Nutrition Consult (with CNP or RHN)

A Holistic Approach to help you achieve Better Health through what you Eat and Drink

Holistic Nutrition is a combination of using alternative healthcare such as whole foods, natural supplements, exercise, and stress lowering activities to correct the body's many possible imbalances.

You might benefit from a nutritional consultation if you have any of the following health concerns:

• Energy issues: lethargic, low energy, trouble sleeping
• Skin issues: eczema, psoriasis, acne, frequent rashes, keratosis pilaris, rosacea
• Digestion issues: insulin resistance, gas, bloating, diarrhea, constipation, stomach pain, mal-absorption, difficulty digesting certain foods, poor quality bowel movements, IBS
• Hormonal issues: irregular or absent periods, severe premenstrual symptoms, pre and post menopausal symptoms, infertility, polycystic ovarian syndrome
• Weight issues: difficulty losing weight, difficulty gaining weight, gaining muscle
• Decreased immune function: frequently getting sick and/or infections

Our focus is on creating a customized protocol for each client that is specific to their individual needs. The protocol should be attainable and realistic to carry out depending on how the client wants to live their life based on what they are willing to change or not change.  Nutrition is a complex topic and consequently what may be detrimental to one's health may not be for another individual given the wide range in genetic and physiological make up of the human body.

Holistic Nutrition also aims at determining the under lying cause of your symptoms and not just treating symptoms separately.  Even the simplest tweaks to a person's daily routine can make a difference.  Simple practices such as consuming more water, implementing exercise, or changing your relationship with food, can increase a person's well-being and vitality. Everyone's health journey is a complex process of trial and error.  We are here to make that journey easier, less-stressful and a bit more enjoyable.

Nutritional consultations can help:

• Optimize daily nutrition
• Identify and improve an underlying health issue
• Figure out which foods should be minimized, included or excluded in the diet
• Create a personalized supplement program
• Provide simple exercise or stress-lowering suggestions
• Support any nutritional deficiencies
• Pinpoint things that you're consuming that could be getting in the way of your health goals
• Assist with meal planning

Prior to your initial nutritional consultation you will be asked to complete a client intake form and a 2 week food and beverage diary.  With the diary you will be recording everything you put in your mouth for 2 weeks so we can get a good sense of what you are consuming.  This includes any caffeine, alcohol and water.  Most clients tell us they "eat well" or claim to have a "clean diet" but this is all very subjective and once things are kept tracked in the diary it allows us to get a more objective picture of the individual's dietary and beverage intake.

Your intake form and diary will be reviewed carefully and a protocol that you are comfortable with will be outlined for you to take home.  Depending on the complexity of your health situation a follow up appointment to complete the protocol may be required.  At the very least you will get some basics to work from following the initial consultation.

Subsequent consultations will consist of following up with the previous recommendations and check-ins to see if there are any changes or issues that you'd like to go over.

Please see pharmacy fee schedule for consultation fees associated with this service.

"It is ironic that the food and beverage industry generally does not pay much attention to health - on the flip side the healthcare system pays little attention to food and beverage."

Peter Lee, Integrative Health Pharmacist
Founder of Balanced Health Integrative Pharmacy