HOLISTIC NUTRITION
A Holistic Nutritionist, is an allied health practitioner trained in nutritional (food & supplements) interventions and protocols to help with a variety of symptoms, health conditions and concerns. What differentiates the holistic Nutritionist from other practices and professions in the nutritionist arena is that we take a holistic perspective, meaning that we understand how food and nutrition relates to all aspects of one’s health, and how other factors, such as environmental and emotional factors for example, influence health and nutrition.
For instance, if you seek help for a digestive ailment - not only will we address your eating habits (food choices, how you eat, when you eat, where you eat, etc), sleep, stress and environmental factors will come play a role in our investigations and recommendations. We touch upon it all!
THE IMPORTANCE OF NUTRITION
Nutrition is fundamental to help with digestion, energy, blood sugar, weight management, hormonal health, inflammation, skin health, cholesterol, heart health, food sensitivities, prenatal health + more.
WHY SEE A NUTRITIONIST?
Nutritionists combine a fundamental understanding of nutrition, with the latest evidence, and clinical experience to provide targeted information and recommendations in a simplified way. Our training helps us put the pieces together for you, and not only provide you with the information but with the strategies to implement the information into your specific day-to-day. As a practitioner, we are trained to ask the right questions in order to get a full picture of your health. We will assess your health and nutrition goals along with your lifestyle, schedule, food preferences, relationship to food, barriers and hurdles, to provide you with a customized nutrition plan and tools to succeed.
Whether you are looking to eat more healthily or your primary physician recommended you target a specific system to avoid or manage a condition such as high blood sugar, pre-diabetes, diabetes, heart health, high blood pressure, etc., holistic nutrition can help. Or maybe you been told nothing is wrong with you and yet you still don’t heel like the ‘right’ you, because you have less energy, less vitality, your digestion is not working properly, you are having difficulties sleeping, your moods are unstable, your memory has declined, you have brain fog, and the list goes on, holistic nutrition can help.