Itziar González de Arriba is a Physiotherapist (University of Salamanca), Osteopath (University of Alcalá de Henares), Master in Nutrition and Health, European Master in Nutrigenomics, Postgraduate in Regenerative Therapy, expert in Immunonutrition from the Catholic University of Valencia and Graduated in Nutrition from the University of Burgos.
Itziar González de Arriba is the creator of the Physiogenomics concept that combines Physiotherapy, Osteopathy, Therapeutic Nutrition and Nutrigenomics. The specialist herself describes Physiogenomics as “a science that combines Therapeutic Nutrition, from the point of view of Nutrigenomics, with the characteristic pathologies that attend Physiotherapy consultations.”
“That is to say”, he continues, “we try to improve genetic expression through the system of increasing nutrients and phytochemicals or decreasing those pro-inflammatory foods in order to improve musculoskeletal pathologies with a biochemical origin. Since in the end any pathology or pain has a biochemical component, we try to improve all kinds of symptoms by studying the individuality of the person”.
In fact, as reported by the newspaper Marca, the doctor radically changed the diet of the Real Madrid footballers, Carvajal and Rodrygo, managing to eliminate the injuries they suffered.
General and sports benefits
González de Arriba affirms that, in his consultation, “above all, what we see the most is that the whole person is still not taken into account. And yet, everything is related.
“A person with reflux, headaches, back pain and osteoarthritis, for example, does not have 4 different problems, but one, which starts in the stomach, and by getting the nutritional guidelines right, all problems could be solved. Especially those that are chronic and do not improve with other techniques. It is more likely that they are due to some biochemical origin and we can help them, ”she explains.
The specialist assures that “most people, including athletes, have visceral problems and this reduces their performance. So, first we improve their visceral inflammation and that already improves their physical sensations in training, and in recovery, and it usually alleviates muscle, tendon or joint pain that they have from practicing sports”.
In a second phase “we could improve muscle contraction and recovery through nutrition more adapted to performance, taking into account, in addition to the Nutrition to be used by athletes, the expression of their genes based on their symptoms. For example, there are people who always have muscle injuries and repeat contractures and other people never contract. The diet is different in both cases even if you seek to gain speed or resistance.
There are people who always have muscle injuries and repeat contractures and other people never contract. The diet is different in both cases with Physiogenomics, even if you seek to gain speed or resistance. Image: Freepik.
Precautions to take
Itziar González de Arriba affirms that Physiogenetics can be applied by everyone. “What is difficult is to guess what are the best guidelines for each person, their genes and their circumstances.”
The recommendation is “above all, note that by eliminating ‘poisons’ the person tends to detoxify, eliminating them from the fat, and this process is like ‘a hangover’ that can last days or weeks. We have to accompany this process so that they are able to eliminate it little by little without this altering their elimination systems: colic does not appear because the body tries to eliminate a stone, for example”.
Likewise, the Physiotherapist highlights that one must “find the balance between what is best and how much can be done in habits so that the person does not feel that they are making an effort, that it is torture. A lifestyle should be sought that provides the person with an optimal quality of life without feeling that they are on a diet. This may mean that the improvement is slower but that the person can maintain these habits and therefore their health, all their lives”.
One Hour Campaign
To help find those healthier lifestyle habits, the specialist and her team have launched the One-Hour campaign. “We try to make people move in a fun way, because physical activity can improve genes even more than diet, so the combination of the two is a very powerful therapeutic tool. We seek to show that he does whatever, but that he moves for at least an hour a day, every day”.
The #onehour movement aims to promote prioritizing one hour of physical activity a day, since with one hour of physical activity it is possible to replenish mutated genes more efficiently and more powerfully than nutrition, with the motto: Get #powerful , wear #onehour and you will be a #proton.
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