“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
- Maya Angelou
In the functional medicine model, the word function is aligned with the evolving understanding that healing is a dynamic process.
It’s a story; your story.
Generalized diets will not give you sustainable solutions; there are many factors that influence your nutritional needs.
> Nutrients needs & deficiencies
> Age & gender
> Relationship with food
> Diet history
> Microbiome health
> Blood glucose management
> Lifestyle
> Genetics
> Food sensitivities & intolerances
Nutrition is your first line of defense against disease. Antioxidants, flavonoids, vitamins, minerals and fiber are only some of the nutrients you find in whole foods that prime your gut microbiome and endocrine system to work optimally.
What we eat affects how we feel. when we learn how to make healthier and more conscious choices, you may be able to control compulsive eating, binging, and weight fluctuations. By taking charge of your appetite, you may also gain a feeling of calm, high energy levels, and vibrancy from the foods you eat.
Positive psychology leverages the tools of its trade to amplify positive behaviors and traits. Its goal is two-fold: Exploring what makes life worth living, and defining the means through which these conditions manifest sustainably. The gold standard of well-being is “flourishing.”
Understand your hunger, connect more deeply with food, place more awareness wherever and whenever you eat. The reality is that we do live and eat, in the real world which is a busy place. I will teach you how to love what you eat and eat what you love, slow down, adopt small rituals, and bring mindfulness to your daily meals.
Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Together we will work on restoring your health and relationship with food by looking for common factors among various symptoms that can be improved (all the way down to the cellular and hormonal level) through nutrition, accountability and lifestyle intervention.
Optimize Your Exposome for Genetic Wealth
Epigenetics explores how the exposome affects the expression of our genes. Being healthy and winning the ‘genetic lottery’ is not about luck; but is based on the interplay between the health of our ancestors and the effects of our environment on your genes.
The variety of inputs from your environment are moulding the expression of your genes; and this is based on the 7 core pillars of wellness:
Personalized
Nutrition
Movement
Stress Reduction
Connection
Purpose
Self-love
Sleep
