Functional Nutrition

If you would like to improve your health and prevent future health problems, the best way to do it is to improve your diet.

The Standard American Diet (SAD) is loaded with sugar and unhealthy fats.  Americans sometimes believe that their eating habits might catch up with them in the form of cancer or heart disease at some time in the future.  They don’t think of how their diet is affecting them now.

The first symptoms that show up from eating SAD, is muscle pain, headaches, stomach upset, depression and anxiety.  I know from experience that many patients reach for Tylenol, Tums or Prozac to combat the effects of consuming soft drinks, candy and fried food.

It may surprise you to know that you could feel much better in the next few weeks just by eliminating some foods from your diet and replacing them with healthier choices.

If you suffer from chronic pain, you are going to need to change what you are eating and drinking in order to get over it.  It’s just that simple.

Also, the inflammatory processes that cause chronic pain are associated with increased risk of heart disease, cancer and stroke.

If you are currently suffering from anxiety or depression, you need to know that it is very likely to be caused by what you are eating.  Not just what you are thinking.  The scientific literature is saying that these illnesses are the first signs of more serious brain disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

So, it would be in your best interest to change your diet now, so you can prevent some really nasty future problems.

If you become a patient and you are interested in being healthier, I would like to help.  I offer some nutritional programs with different levels of involvement, based on your interests.
I can have you do a one week dietary journal for me to review.  I will suggest some better food choices.  I will review any supplements that you are taking and see if they are right for you.  And, I will review your medications, because many are known to rob the body of nutrients and we may be able to stop that process.
If you want to take your health to the highest level you can. I can recommend blood and urine testing to look for certain markers in the blood that have been shown in scientific literature to cause disease.  We can test for food allergies.  We can test for things that may be causing problems now and we can test for disease processes that may occur in the future.  We can look for weaknesses you may have and support them with targeted nutrition. We can re-run the tests in a few months to see what kind of improvements were made and make further recommendations.

This type of targeted nutrition can produce dramatic health improvements.

Blood drawing and lab work is done at a separate, local facility (Labcorp).  Urine testing is done with kits that are sent to a regional lab.  Charges for testing are separate from what I charge and in most cases you pay the lab directly.  I am able to get these tests very reasonably.  Most tests are done at one-fifth the cost of those done through a medical facility.

A few words on supplements

I have studied nutrition for many years and I have seen some really good things and some really bad things.  So I felt that I wanted to put in writing a few of my thoughts, so you know where I stand and hopefully we can work well together.

I really want you to know that I care for my patients like they are members of my own family.  Most of the things I suggest my patients do, I have done, or I am currently doing.  Anything else I suggest, I would do, if I were in the same situation.

My experiences with many supplement companies and their representatives, is that I often didn’t know whether I was being told to take this supplement because I needed it, or because the person wanted to sell more supplements.

The internet has been a great source of information for people.  However, there is so much out there now it’s incredible.  But, unfortunately, much of the data is not true.

In order for me to help you, you are going to need to trust me.  I need you to know, that when I recommend a supplement to you, it is because I feel you need it, not because I want to sell supplements.  So, when I make a recommendation, I will recommend that you take certain dosages of a particular nutrient. You are free to get that nutrient anywhere you like.

With that being said, I also want you to know, that I have researched various vitamin companies.  I have sorted through the hype and looked at what really works, according to science.

I only carry products that are of excellent quality and reasonably priced.  I carry lines from BIOSPEC, Designs for Health, NOW and Anabolic Labs because they have supplements that are put together to target many of the common health problems I treat. BIOSPEC and Designs for Health have panels of physicians that I can consult with.  So, in essence, I am able to get the opinions of the best nutritional experts in the country.

They also have kept their prices reasonable. I don’t think you would be able to find the dosages you will need, at better prices, anywhere.  But, again, you are free to try.

In closing I would like to say that I am very excited to be working with you.  I think chiropractic and nutrition are very powerful tools in restoring health.  And, I look forward to seeing you healthier and happier.