NUTRITIONAL MEDICINE
Do you know the nutrient status of your body?
How to take your body and brain to the next level and achieve your best health.
vitamins + minerals +co-factors for energy
MIND AND BODY IN BALANCE
Correct your excess and deficiencies with Professional Guidance
Learn the 4 key steps to what you need for a nutrient dense diet. Balance your vitamin and mineral status. Boost your energy and gain cognitive clarity.
Learn what nutrients your brain and body need
Get laboratory analysis on major factors
Learn the basics of meal plans and prep
Learn how to do this with your busy lifestyle
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Watch overview of Nutritional Medcine
"Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food."
~ Hippocrates
Is this for me?
Stages of Life
Nutrient demands change with age.
Medical Conditions
Many conditions can be helped with nutrient management.
Medication Induced
Sometimes medication can deplete nutrients.
Here’s what you’ll find ...
Physical Assessment & Labs
Your journey starts with physical signs and symptoms that relate to nutrient imbalance. This can be things you notice about yourself that don't seem right, things that are noticed during your physical screening in an appointment or results from laboratory blood, urine and stool tests. As a naturopathic doctor, Dr. Brown will take your whole body, brain and dis-eases into account, and work with you to create a plan that helps sets your path straight.
Daily Diet Tips
Do you know what to eat?
Our bodies are designed with a blueprint made many hundreds of years ago. Our lifestyles and environment have changed a lot since then, but our bodies have not.
We still need healthy fats to build cell membranes, insulate our nerve fibres and construct hormones for good message conduction. Proteins are the building block of DNA, RNA, muscle, bone, organs and neurotransmitters. Carbohydrates provide energy to think, move and build our body. Finally, we need lots of vegetables to provide the polyphenols, minerals, antioxidants, fibre, flavonoids, phytosterols, (and many more plant compounds) that helps us eliminate toxins and waste.
Dr. Brown will help you learn how to stock, stack and store the food you need to fuel your day to day. Whether you are vegan, vegetarian, omnivore, or carnivore, there is help for you. Whether you live with an autoimmune disease, a food sensitivity, ADHD, cancer, chronic fatigue, anxiety or depression, there are ways to maximize your food for medicine.
FAQ
Nutrient FAQ
Can I get all I need through food?
Nutrient depletion can be a slow drain overtime. Symptoms can vary. Diet alone is no longer enough. In the last sixty years, there has been an alarming decline in nutritionally essential minerals, vitamins and polyphenol compounds in world-wide crops. While we use food as medicine as far as we are able, sometimes supplemental vitamins, minerals and energy co-factors are necessary to achieve optimum health.
Who is most at risk for nutrient depletion?
Those with poor dietary nutrient intake, women, infants, children, and adolescents are at particular risk of malnutrition. Given the growing prevalence of long-term drug use, it is prudent for us all to be more aware and screen for potential consequences of interactions of prescription drugs and nutrient status. Additionally, regardless of what drugs, studies show significant deficiencies of vitamins D, B-1, B-2, B-6, B-9, and B-12 in elderly individuals taking more than any three prescription drugs. Those following restricted diets may be even more at risk of nutritional decline.
Get the facts on your nutrient stats
It is advisable, along with a varied and healthy diet, to obtain blood work, clinical assessment, and consider appropriate supplementation in order to prevent micro nutrient deficiencies.