nutrition

      Nutritional considerations are fundamental to any successful treatment plan.
Whether your problem is mild or severe, acute or chronic, or you are relatively
healthy - what you put in to your body determines how well it works!
      Recently termed "Functional Medicine", nutrition is a very complex subject
and should only be evaluated by trained professionals. Many people supplement
their diet today based on recommendations from friends, radio ads, TV and more.
This could be potentially harmful as each individual has their own unique makeup
and requires varied levels of countless of nutrients.
      Objective testing is a way of assessing deficiencies and following a course of
treatment to maximize the potential for positive outcomes. The way you feel is not
always a good indicator of true function or health. These tests may include:
various types of blood work,                                                , urine tests, saliva tests,
stool analysis, hair and nail analysis, written evaluations and more.
      Our foods these days are depleted of much of the nutrients they once had.
Even people with "healthy" diets generally can not take in all of the nutrients
needed to sustain all of our body's numerous chemical reactions on a daily basis.
For this reason, monitored supplementation is crucial to proper body system
functioning and overall health. The supplements you take should be of high quality
and have appropriate certification as to their actual ingredients. Supplementation
should be monitored for potential interactions and side effects as well.
Please call for complementary consultation to see if you would benefit from
functional nutrition counseling (See 15 minute consult page).