Increasingly, evidence indicates that gut health impacts overall health. And remember, the gut microbiome plays a critical role in mediating the effects of diet and other factors, including digestive, immune, metabolic and nervous system imbalances.
Which means that assessing GI health helps get to the root cause of many chronic illnesses.
If you want to improve your gut health, we need to first address your underlying issues, and then rebuild your gut from the bottom up!
Approach: 5 R’s
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REMOVE the foods, chemicals, medicines and unfriendly gut microbes that are causing inflammation and “leakiness” of the gut
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REPLACE with beneficial digestive enzymes and an anti-inflammatory diet
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RE-INOCULATE with pre and probiotics to maintain and defend gut integrity
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REPAIR the gut lining with key nutrients to promote healing
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REBALANCE by addressing issues that impact the gut, like stress, sleep and daily food choices.
The process of gut healing and repair takes time, commitment and perseverance. This program takes six months of targeted coaching and tests, which is pretty incredible considering you are resetting your digestion, rebuilding your gastrointestinal system, and overcoming the chronic conditions that may have developed over many years!
Program Details:
The value of this program comes from the testing and supportive follow up from practitioners who specialize in gut health.
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Initial One Hour Consult with Live Blood Analyst/Nutritionist: Review your health history, symptoms, and live blood health. Review program approach and initial findings from your live blood appointment.
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Two 30 Minute Follow Ups: Your next couple of visits will be focused on fine tuning a targeted program just for you, discussing the step by step implementation so you don’t feel overwhelmed” Focus will be on diet, lifestyle and supplement adjustments.
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One 30 Minute Live Blood Follow Up: Assess progress, adjust, and continue with program based on what is showing up in your blood.
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Two 30 Minute Follow Ups: Assess progress, adjust, and continue supporting integration of changes. Measure success and decide if further testing is recommended. (below)
Cost: roughly of $110 a month for 4 months. (pilot pricing)
Comprehensive Approach:
To move things along more quickly, consider either of the following:
Uncovering your specific list of food sensitivities provides a great foundation to any health care plan.
Food sensitivity testing in done in our office by Jennifer Kaster, one of our Naturopathic Doctors, using Electrodermal Screening (EDS). EDS testing is done as part of a naturopathic visit and you get the results right away. Most extended health insurance plans will cover naturopathic visits, therefore it will cover this test.
Overwhelmingly, research indicates that gut health impacts overall health. The gut microbiome, in particular, plays a critical role in mediating the effects of diet and other factors on health, including digestive, immune, metabolic and neuroendocrine functions. Assessing GI health with the help of a Naturopath can get to the root cause of chronic illness faster..
The GI-MAP (Microbial Assay Plus) is unique in the field of comprehensive stool testing. It relies exclusively on quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) technology to detect parasites, bacteria, fungi, and more, by targeting the specific DNA of the organisms tested.
An unhealthy gut does not always manifest in digestive symptoms-other symptoms may range from fatigue to joint pain to skin problems! So yes, your acne and achy elbows could be due to your gut health!