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Functional Nutrition is a common-sense approach to health based on the philosophy that food is medicine. Everybody requires vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids and protein to build and maintain optimal health. Nutrition from food is a key to health; we don’t consider synthetic vitamins nutrition. When a body has chronic symptoms, in natural medicine, we know that it is already 80% compromised; meaning the symptoms show up after the body system has been weakened for a while.

We offer a complimentary Nutrition Assessment to help evaluate which specific body systems-digestive, nervous, cardiovascular, endocrine, and others-are at the root cause of the adverse symptoms. This assessment will ask you to rate the symptoms that you are having on a 0 to 3 scale. There are 200 questions to assess your nutritional needs from a whole-body perspective. Your results will be emailed to you. You will also receive a schedule suggesting nutrient rich supplments from Standard Process and herbal products from MediHerb to provide your body with the support it needs to regain and maintain your natural health and become symptom free.

The season of fall brings cooler weather and shorter days. As with any season, the world adjusts accordingly. Plants begin to go dormant, animals begin scrounging for food to store to get them through the upcoming winter months and humans start winterizing everything.

As fall descends on the land, it reminds us we need to start cutting back on the numerous cooling foods that are consumed during the summer months. Things like raw foods, salads, juices and fruits should be decreased because they can create too much cold in the body, according to traditional Chinese medicine. continue reading »

Back pain is a very common problem–one that will strike four out of five Americans at some time in their lives. In fact, it’s one of the top reasons people seek medical care. Unfortunately, back pain isn’t always easy to diagnose or relieve. Low back pain in particular can become a chronic or ongoing problem. continue reading »