At Harmony Heals, there are many very skilled practitioners that help to heal those who walk through our doors. One of these practitioners is our Certified Nutritionist, CN, and a Functional Nutritionist. This is what she has to say about what she does.

“People often come to me when they have exhausted their time energy and money with mainstream medicine. What sets me apart from other nutritionists is that I have a set of testing, protocols and tools that treat the body systems not just the symptoms. As a Functional Medicine Nutritionist, I treat the cause. The cause of depression, anxiety, digestive disorders including IBS, colitis, acid reflux, weight gain, loss of energy, loss of libido, RA, migraines, addictions, eating disorders can be traced to nutrition on a biochemical level.“

A few years back Time Magazine had a picture of man on fire on its cover, stating that the medical world did in fact attribute chronic diseases to underlying inflammation but that’s where that message stopped. Most of the medical world did nothing to test and treat the underlying cause of the inflammation. We know that symptoms are still being treated by the staggering sales of anti-depressants, anti-anxiety meds, cholesterol and heart disease medications, libido enhancers, chemo medications and the list goes on.

There are three main body systems that influence the overall health of our body. If one or more of these is off then there is often inflammation and our brain doesn’t work correctly, leading to all of the above listed. These three systems include our hormones (focusing on the adrenal glands), the digestive tract and our liver or detoxification system. There are simple ways to test to see how all of these systems are functioning and get to the root of 90% of what ails people.

Let’s take a real case. A client came to see me because she had been anxious, had a difficult time losing weight, had no energy, chronic constipation and experienced bloating after each meal, a little bit of heartburn and sometimes nausea. We found out that the root of her problem was tied to her digestive tract. She had a parasite that she had been carrying for some time along with an overgrowth of yeast and a leaky gut. Her digestion/absorption had been immensely compromised causing a tremendous amount of inflammation. All of this inflammation caused for her adrenals to be taxed, causing hormonal imbalances, anxiety, lack of energy, and constipation. This also caused an overload on her liver. So what we did is repair the digestive tract by removing the bugs and yeast, adding some supplements to repair the intestinal and stomach lining, gave her some adrenal support, and supplements to detox and support the liver. This protocol along with a few dietary and lifestyle changes gave my client her life back. She is full of energy and all of her symptoms are gone. Let’s take a minute to look at what mainstream medicine would probably have done-probably would have given her an anti-depressant, or anti-anxiety medication, and an antacid, and possibly some synthroid for thyroid, none of which would have gotten to the root of her problems and helped her to becoming healed

Please come visit me at Harmony Heals and let me heal your body and your mind. Get back to the person who looks and feels great again!