Table 7-.

Treatment and Specific Nutritional Interventions Means for Activity Frequency and Risk

Item	Frequency Mean (SD)	Risk Mean (SD)
How often do you recommend therapeutic levels of vitamins and minerals?	4.5 (.7)	3.3 (1)
How often do you assess the existence of risk factors and contraindications to nutritional intervention?	4.4 (.8)	3.8 (.9)
How often do you recommend/help develop special diets (eg, diabetes, kidney disease, allergy elimination, gluten or lactose intolerance)?	3.9 (.9)	3.5 (1)
How often do you utilize nutritional detoxification protocols?	3.6 (1)	3.3 (.8)
How often do you utilize herbal therapy using American and European herbs (extracts, teas tablets, etc.)?	3.6 (1.1)	3.2 (.9)
How often do you use specific amino acid therapy (eg, arginine, glutamine, tryptophan)?	3.4 (.8)	3 (.8)
How often do you use phytochemical supplementation (eg, isoflavones, epicatechins)?	3.4 (1)	2.7 (.9)
How often do you utilize weight loss management programs?	3.3 (1.1)	3.2 (.9)
How often do you use glandular therapy?	3.2 (1.2)	3 (1)
How often do you recommend supplementation for classic nutritional deficiency diseases (eg, scurvy, beri, iron, pernicious anemia, Rickets)?	2.9 (1.1)	N/A
How often do you recommend/provide nutrition—focused patient education classes?	2.8 (1.2)	2.7 (1.2)
How often do you use hormone therapy (eg, growth, melatonin, progesterone)?	2.7 (1.1)	3.4 (.9)
How often do you use homeopathy?	2.6 (1)	2.5 (1.1)
How often do you utilize herbal therapies using traditional Chinese herbs?	2.4 (1)	2.9 (1)
How often do you utilize anorexia/bulimia management programs?	1.8 (.8)	3.7 (1.1)