YOUR JOURNEY BACK TO HEALTH STARTS HERE

IF YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS AND DOCTORS ARE WORKING FOR YOU AND YOU ARE FULL OF ENERGY, AVOID GETTING SICK EASILY AND HAVE NO CHRONIC HEALTH ISSUES, THEN YOU DON'T NEED ME!

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But to the person who has gone from specialist to specialist, test after test, without real answers or improvement, you're the one I'd like to see!  Modern medicine is amazing and the first line of defense for fixing crisis situations, but for long term chronic conditions like: heart disease, autoimmune diseases, having a high A1C (pre-diabetic) blood test result which eventually leads to type 2 diabetes diagnosis, hormone imbalances, ADD/ADHD, arthritis, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, IBS, leaky gut, allergies & chronic sinus issues, migraines, chronic fatigue, panic attacks, adrenal exhaustion, sudden weight gain around the middle or sudden weight loss, slow metabolism, hyper/hypothyroid, fibroids, endometriosis and menorrhagia, certain cancers, acne, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS, Lyme and co-infections, rheumatoid arthritis, and chronic pain and inflammation, the process takes years to develop and the power to control the severity or existence, in some cases, is in your hands.

We have to work strategically WITH your immune system to reverse the disease processes. 

Yes, I meant reverse the disease process! In some situations, where too much tissue damage has occurred, full reversal may not be possible, but restoring healthier body system function will make some noticeable improvement. There is proven clinical research for all of the above conditions. Providing the body with targeted nutrition and restoring, or at least improving, proper system functions will help it heal itself, given the correct tools. The body is designed to do so! It all goes back to how we started...The cell. If you nourish the cells properly, you create healthy organs in time, which lead to healthy body systems and a healthy body.  Disease is the opposite process where a cell breaks down, and then the organ, and then the system, and eventually the body as a whole.  Now, I'm not saying it's easy, and I'm not saying I diagnose, treat, cure, or heal any disease. I offer a deep understanding and appreciation of how the body is designed and how it functions best. The body is masterfully designed and always reacts in predictable patterns (outputs) to the nutrients and lifestyle (inputs) we provide it. Basic Anatomy & Physiology tells us that the human body strives to achieve homeostasis at all costs. Eating nutrient-rich foods, drinking quality water, exercising, and sleeping well, your body functions extremely efficiently. It can use its energy to fight off the millions of viruses, bacteria, and parasites it encounters daily quite easily. (Good input = Good output)  However, when you don't take care of yourself properly, by eating a typical American diet of fast/ processed/ chemical-filled, non-nutrient foods, that we often overeat, followed by caffeinated and sugary drinks, and add in the stress of our daily lives, our bodies must fight hard to compensate and reach homeostasis. It will compensate very well for a while, until our nutrient reserves are depleted. This is why it seems that young people can eat and do whatever they want without issues. Their cells are more energetic, and their nutrient reserves are still established.  What you don't see, though, is the slow and steady decline that we usually feel by the time we reach middle age if we continue down this road. By this time, our body is tired of compensating for our bad habits without proper nutrients to restore the levels. So, what does it do? It steals the needed nutrients from our bones, because after all, the body's main job is to keep us alive and support our hearts and brains above all else. It will rob Peter to pay Paul, so to speak.  We have forced the body to run in crisis mode and will compensate as best as possible for as long as possible, but with less efficiency.  We start having stomach and intestinal distress, food and chemical sensitivities, chronic infections, a toxic bowel and sluggish liver, which compounds the issues exponentially because they can no longer protect us from toxins, which lead to hormonal imbalances, sugar handling problems, weight gain, slow metabolism, exaggerated hang overs from alcohol, especially after beer or wine, arthritis, skin reactions, aches and pains, fatigue, anxiety, depression, panic attacks, adrenal and thyroid exhaustion, and the decreasing ability to ward off bacteria, viruses and parasites that we come across daily. Our cells get confused and start attacking healthy tissues, and the start of autoimmune disease begins. One system's inefficiency stresses the next until you are heading down a downward health spiral.

The interesting thing about this is that your body does an amazing job of compensating so that your blood work will remain within the normal limits during this time, but that doesn't necessarily mean it is working optimally. There are many subtle and not-so-subtle indicators along the way.  (Bad input = Bad Output eventually)

By restoring healthy body patterns and rebuilding those nutrient reserves, your body can function efficiently again and not be in crisis mode over time. You will be heading towards good health rather than away from it. Many people find that disease symptoms may disappear because there is no longer an underlying problem, but again, this is your body healing itself, not something I am doing. I provide the education, guidance, and tools to put you in a position to make healthier choices, which lead to a healthier life.

Now, I know this all seems too simple, because if it were really this easy, everyone would feel great, right? When was the last time someone, especially your medical doctors, whom you entrust with your health, reminded you about how important nutrition is? Less than 30% of medical schools in the U.S. require future doctors even to take a nutrition class! This is crazy to me! How can you have good health without proper nutrition?  Your body knows the difference between synthetic chemicals and true nutrients, and you can't outsmart your body to work efficiently without the correct fuel.  That's like expecting a car to run on Coke Slurpees! Our bodies function entirely off of chemical interactions between mainly sodium (the true element, not table salt, which has chloride attached to it), potassium, and calcium, among others. When one level gets low, it impacts the others, and in turn, all body systems start working in crisis mode rather than healthful patterns. For example, if you develop osteoporosis, it is from your body pulling nutrients out of your bones to compensate for the lack of nutrient reserves.  Your entire skeleton replaces itself completely every seven years. If your bones keep losing nutrients from functioning in crisis mode, then every seven years, your body is getting weaker and weaker. Think about that! This information is mind-blowing when you think of how osteoporosis affects our older generations at tremendous rates, and it wouldn't need to if proper nutrition were discussed early on.  If you truly understand how the body is designed to function and then examine the output (or symptoms) closely, you can figure out the root cause. It's basic biology and chemistry, not rocket science!

While that seems easy to grasp, unfortunately, it's not always as simple as grabbing a multivitamin off the store shelves or changing some habits for everyone. In some people, we also have to account for genetics, which provides the probability of an event or condition occurring due to the dysregulation of certain enzymes that affect how nutrients are assimilated (processed). With targeted nutrition designed to address your symptoms and specific genetic predisposition, we can turn on or off those genes, so they reduce the likelihood of the event or condition occurring. This is an exciting new field called Epigenetics, and it's a passion of mine because we have far more control over our health than you would ever realize!

     For example, a conservative estimate indicates that 40-50% of the population has at least 1 genetic defect for the MTHFR enzyme, unlocking B vitamins and allowing your body to process (use) them. EVERY cell in your body requires B Vitamins to function correctly. With 1 defect, it is estimated that you have a 30% reduction in this enzyme; with 2 defects, you have a 70% reduction. Now, what does that mean? It means that these people have an increased risk for cardiovascular problems, chronic fatigue, bipolar disorder, addictions, anxiety, depression, autoimmune diseases, autism, neural tube defects, multiple miscarriages, and certain cancers, to name a few. Suppose you have decreased amounts of this enzyme. In that case, your body has a difficult time turning folic acid into usable forms, so the folic acid that is added to so much of our processed foods and most cheaper multivitamins can build up into toxic levels in your system and leave you starving for the usable version, or folate. Since every cell depends on these essential B vitamins, you can only begin to imagine the problems unfolding when your body can't unlock them (use them).  I think this is important since almost half the population (conservative estimate) is walking around with unexplained cardiovascular disease, chronic fatigue, and autoimmune disease(s), and on prescriptions for anxiety, depression, etc.  If this group of people started supporting their body with the usable forms of those few vitamins, it would provide their body the fuel it needs to function efficiently, and inevitably, they would see some symptoms improve.   Now, I'm simplifying the process for ease of understanding, but amazingly, we can compensate for these genetic defects in natural ways!  There is always a root cause; disease doesn't just occur in healthy cells. 

                  Don't wait for disease, dysfunction, or discomfort to set in; be proactive and take back your health!                                                                             Life is too short to not LOVE your life!