CONDITIONS ADDRESSED
The Simply Nourished clinic focuses on food as medicine-centered treatments and protocols. Food as medicine is the understanding that food can serve as a direct contributor to dysfunction/disease or driver for optimal organ function and overall wellness. I utilize functional laboratory assessments/markers, a food-as-medicine approach, mind-body counseling, and pharmaceutical-grade nutritional supplementation to address and correct underlying issues to promote optimal health and whole-body function. Working with an integrative dietitian from a functional medicine approach can help you to improve overall balance within your body!
Integrative Medicine is the practice of medicine that reaffirms the importance of the relationship between practitioner and patient, focuses on the whole person, is informed by evidence, and makes use of all appropriate therapeutic approaches, healthcare professionals, and disciplines to achieve optimal health and healing.
Functional Medicine addresses the underlying causes of disease using a systems-oriented approach and engaging both patient and practitioner in a therapeutic partnership. Functional medicine involves understanding the origins, prevention, and treatment of complex, chronic disease.
Hallmarks of a functional medicine approach include:
— Patient-centered care. The focus of functional medicine is on patient-centered care promoting health as a positive vitality; beyond just the absence of disease. By listening to the patient and learning his or her story, the practitioner brings the patient into the discovery process and tailors treatments that address the individual’s unique needs.
— An integrative, science-based healthcare approach. Functional medicine practitioners look “upstream” to consider the complex web of interactions in the patient’s history, physiology, and lifestyle that can lead to illness. The unique genetic makeup of each patient is considered, along with both internal (mind, body, and spirit) and external (physical and social environment) factors that affect total functioning.
— Integrating best medical practices. Functional medicine integrates traditional Western medical practices with what is sometimes considered “alternative” or “integrative” medicine, creating a focus on prevention through nutrition, diet, and exercise; use of the latest laboratory testing and other diagnostic techniques; and prescribed combinations of drugs and/or botanical medicines, supplements, therapeutic diets, detoxification programs, or stress-management techniques.
Functional nutrition is the advanced practice of personalized nutrition assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and monitoring with the goal of promoting optimal health and preventing diet-and-lifestyle-related disease, using the concepts of functional and integrative medicine.
Conditions I specialize in:
— PCOS
— Irregular cycles
— PMS and PMDD
— Endometriosis
— Hormonal imbalance
— Fertility
— Digestive disorders including IBS/IBD, SIBO, bloating, and irregular bowel habits
— Food sensitivities/intolerances
— Thyroid issues
— Skin issues including acne and eczema
Integrative Medicine is the practice of medicine that reaffirms the importance of the relationship between practitioner and patient, focuses on the whole person, is informed by evidence, and makes use of all appropriate therapeutic approaches, healthcare professionals, and disciplines to achieve optimal health and healing.
Functional Medicine addresses the underlying causes of disease using a systems-oriented approach and engaging both patient and practitioner in a therapeutic partnership. Functional medicine involves understanding the origins, prevention, and treatment of complex, chronic disease.
Hallmarks of a functional medicine approach include:
— Patient-centered care. The focus of functional medicine is on patient-centered care promoting health as a positive vitality; beyond just the absence of disease. By listening to the patient and learning his or her story, the practitioner brings the patient into the discovery process and tailors treatments that address the individual’s unique needs.
— An integrative, science-based healthcare approach. Functional medicine practitioners look “upstream” to consider the complex web of interactions in the patient’s history, physiology, and lifestyle that can lead to illness. The unique genetic makeup of each patient is considered, along with both internal (mind, body, and spirit) and external (physical and social environment) factors that affect total functioning.
— Integrating best medical practices. Functional medicine integrates traditional Western medical practices with what is sometimes considered “alternative” or “integrative” medicine, creating a focus on prevention through nutrition, diet, and exercise; use of the latest laboratory testing and other diagnostic techniques; and prescribed combinations of drugs and/or botanical medicines, supplements, therapeutic diets, detoxification programs, or stress-management techniques.
Functional nutrition is the advanced practice of personalized nutrition assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and monitoring with the goal of promoting optimal health and preventing diet-and-lifestyle-related disease, using the concepts of functional and integrative medicine.
Conditions I specialize in:
— PCOS
— Irregular cycles
— PMS and PMDD
— Endometriosis
— Hormonal imbalance
— Fertility
— Digestive disorders including IBS/IBD, SIBO, bloating, and irregular bowel habits
— Food sensitivities/intolerances
— Thyroid issues
— Skin issues including acne and eczema