Naturopathic Nutrition has similar principles to Functional Medicine and also has its own unique statements:
- Work with the healing power of nature, trusting the body’s inherent powers of recovery.
- Your therapist is also a teacher – educating people in the art of self-care and the steps they need to take to achieve optimal health.
- Food selection, preparation and eating is a healing art.
- A therapist should use the most natural, least toxic and invasive therapies first.
- Optimizing healthy energy levels.
- Supporting healthy weight.
- Optimizing a healthy endocrine system (e.g adrenal glands/system, thyroid gland and more).
- Promoting emotional and psychological well-being.
- Supporting a healthy immune system function.
- Support for coping with the pressures of modern lifestyles.
- Supporting healthy female hormonal systems and life stages (e.g menstruation, menopause).
- Supporting healthy fertility and pregnancy.
- Optimizing gastrointestinal health to promote healthy digestion.
- Helping to promote tolerance to a wide range of foods or food groups.
- Supporting routes of elimination and detoxification (the colon, the kidneys & bladder, the lymphatic system, the liver and more).
Common Conditions
Acne, Eczema, Hives, Rosacea
Allergies, Asthma, Sinusitis, Rhinitis
Adrenal Fatigue, Anxiety, ADD/ADHD, Depression
Arthritis and other Pain Disorders
Cardiovascular Diseases and High Cholesterol
Digestive Complaints
Crohn’s, IBS
Food Allergies/Intolerances
Insomnia and adrenal fatigue
Chronic Fatigue
Menstrual Irregularites,
Hormonal Imbalance,
Infertility, PCOS
Smoking secession
Depression
Thyroid Disorders
Weight loss