Holistic Nutrition Therapy - For You

Welcome to my first blog. I cannot believe I am writing this during the COVID-19 pandemic. My heart goes out to everyone who has lost someone, all the healthcare workers who are in the frontline making lots of sacrifices and for all those who have patiently sat in their homes quarantined. There is such a sense of panic and fear. We never know what life has in store for us - and although we cannot control it, we can at least put energy and effort into our health.

I have never considered myself a writer; I am a professional photographer by trade until I went back to school for holistic nutrition. Although I am more comfortable communicating through images, my intention is to help you live a better, healthier life.

So why did I go back to learn holistic nutrition? Because in my twenties I struggled with hormonal imbalances, specifically estrogen dominance. I had endometriosis, ovarian cysts and heavy periods. And now recently, I am recovering from a double mastectomy from estrogen-positive breast cancer. I was lucky that it didn’t spread and that I didn’t need chemo or radiation. But had I known the information I know today several years ago, I would have been a lot more aggressive in eliminating all my excess estrogen.

In addition, my family - husband and kids included - were plagued with autoimmune conditions ranging from Hashimoto’s, PANDAS and alopecia. That was enough to push me into educating myself so that I could help my family and eventually others. I am stubborn. I need to know the why - was it genetic? was it their gut health? a detoxification issue? problems with blood sugar? adrenal fatigue? sluggish livers? was it environmental? methylation? If it was out there, I researched it. I didn’t just want a batch of prescriptions.

So how are the kids and my husband doing? It took some time as I implemented little by little of what I learned each passing season of studying. But they are all doing so much better. Hair grew back on my youngest daughter, my other girls became way less anxious and my husband’s antibody numbers for his thyroid have been decreasing.

As for me? Even though diet had led me to feeling so much better and pain-free when I had endometriosis in my younger days, I still had a lot of estrogen dominance in my system. I knew that because I had received training in the DUTCH test (salivary hormone testing). When I saw that my estrogens were through the roof, I became assertive last year with a “benign” tumor they had found three years ago. They cleared me year after year. Because I knew my numbers were dangerous, I requested different testing (MRI). Luckily, this time around, they caught the cancer instead of waiting yet another year for my next mammogram which they had advised me to do.

Now equipped with knowledge and the ability to order labs for hormones, nutritional deficiencies, food intolerances and gut health, I can guide you to better health - custom and unique to your bio-individual needs.