Nutrition Response Testing:

Societies that follow a  "traditional diet" (NOT to be confused with a "paleo" diet) have straight teeth with almost no cavities.  There's more resistance to common illnesses.  Their bone structure is strong.  

These "primative" foods include: 

* healthy fats, including fish, eggs, lard, fatty meats, butter, beans, nuts, and vegetables

* a wide variety of vegetables, including cruciferous veggies, root veggies, leafy greens, spices, herbs, and seaweed

* organs, for their trace mineral content and ability to heal that part of your own body

* fermented foods

* bone, including bone broth ("stock") 

* sprouted and soaked whole grains 

* raw (unfermented) dairy

* salt (in some form)

They don't contain:

* refined grains

* added sugars

* food chemicals like artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives

* excess alcohol

For more details on how to set up your kitchen for healthy eating, download our free cookbook here.  

Food allergies, or more commonly found, sensitivities, can be figured out rather simply.  

1. NRT (Nutrition Response Testing) in our office.  This test measures your muscle resistance in response to specific foods.  Lowered resistance indicates some level of sensitivity.  

2. Elimination Diet.  This 21-day test checks if a specific food is causing any of your symptoms.  The symptoms DO NOT have to be digestive.  Many cases of skin rashes, mental fog, fatigue, and even joint pain could be from food sensitivities or allergies.  

3.  Skin prick or blood allergy tests.  We don't do these in our office.  If you have these test results and want to bring them in for us to analyze, or for a list of items to treat, please do so.  

We use only all-natural, food-based supplements.  99% of store-bought vitamins are synthetic.  Ours are ALL REAL FOOD.  

Food-based vitamins rarely cause side-effects.  They’re made from real things that your body knows how to digest and use. For example, we use calcium sourced from beets; the zinc we use is made from animal liver. 

Most food-based supplements are incredibly safe, even (and especially!) for pregnancy, especially when prescribed by a licensed practitioner. There are rarely any side effects or complications, but please let us know if you have any known allergies.  

Just about anything!

Nutrition is considered “internal medicine,” whereas acupuncture is “external medicine.”

For most conditions, combining both will give you a better and faster result from your treatment. 

Your digestive system, in TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) is part of the Earth element.  It's the foundation.  Often it's the first thing we treat, regardless of what your reason is for coming in. 

Healthy nutrition supports your entire body and the healing process.  

There is no “standard formula” for everybody.

Each recommendation is custom-made for you, your treatment goals, and your symptoms. 

Most people benefit from taking one item from each of these 3 categories:  

• multi-vitamin 
• omega 3 oil
• trace mineral

Some people also need something for digestive support.  

I think so. 

Even if you're eating healthy, it's difficult to get everything your body needs from food alone these days. 

Our soil is depleted of minerals.  We have stressful lives that further deplete our vitamin and mineral stores.  And, let's be honest, we don't always eat the healthiest. 

Unless you're growing your own food with extremely fertile soil, and raising your own livestock, and that's all you eat, you probably need to take something to fill in the nutritional gaps.