How To Achieve Your Health Goals: Integrative Nutrition Is a Personalized Solution

By Kristina Pestana, MS, CNS

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How To Achieve Your Health Goals: Integrative Nutrition Is a Personalized Solution

You’re unique and you need a service that is personalized to your needs. Integrative nutrition looks at your symptoms as clues to help identify the root cause of conditions. A nutritionist will help you and create a comprehensive plan taking all different aspects of your life into consideration, including: diet, supplementation, sleep, stress, physical exercise, functional lab results and drug-nutrient interactions. A nutritionist will collaborate with your other healthcare providers, as well, so that they understand the whole picture.

Not only will a nutritionist look at your overall physical health but they can answer any questions or concerns you may have. They can give you the overall support that you may need to reach your health goals.

Personalized Nutrition Makes a Difference

Many have tried the latest diet plans, but there’s a big difference between these off-the-shelf plans and a nutrition plan personalized just for you. A personalized nutrition plan takes into consideration your current medical condition, nutrition objectives, and information from a set of functional tests to give your nutritionist the critical insights about your body and how it handles nutrients.

There is a wealth of information online, but self-diagnosing can be risky. Recommendations found online are often impersonal and may lack scientific evidence. That’s where a nutritionist comes in: they offer expert advice that utilizes your input to provide a personal protocol to address your needs – both for prevention and management of chronic conditions.

Functional Tests Provide Valuable Insights

An integrative personalized approach to nutrition is science-based, so it usually starts with a series of lab tests that gives a full picture of your nutritional challenges. Your nutritionist will have available useful tests that gives insight into: Metabolic age, BMR, BMI, muscle mass, fat mass, visceral fat rating, bone mass, body water, GI flora (good and bad bacteria), food sensitivities, intracellular micronutrient levels, gut inflammatory markers, quantified yeast, parasites, and bacteria, among others.

Teamwork Provides Better Results

A licensed nutritionist’s services are always patient centered. You are their priority and they will collaborate with other healthcare providers with a common purpose – your health. Teamwork offers the best outcome, encourages discussion and generally leads to innovative ideas for problem solving. That’s why they collaborate with physicians, chiropractors, holistic practitioners, physical therapists, herbalists and acupuncturists. Don’t hesitate to tell your healthcare provider you want to work with a nutritionist to enhance your healthcare outcomes.