“Brick by brick,” Cell by cell, it can take 7 years to rebuild your body. Did you know you could build up your immune system, reduce contributing stressors in your life, support digestion and reduce the risk of disease?
Health is foundational. But it’s not just about eliminating symptoms and specific conditions—it’s more than that. You need to optimize your diet and lifestyle. What if the food you eat is the process to new found health?
Are you having digestive issues and trouble losing weight? Do you have gas, bloating, diarrhea, or constipation? You could have slow digestion and a leaky gut. Leaky gut is when the lining of the small intestine, called the Mucosal Barrier, becomes damaged. Tight junctions inside your gut loosen up with inflammation and become hyperpermeable (leaky).
You need a digestive enzyme for that slow digestion & a probiotic to support good bacteria. Nonetheless, you don’t have to live like that and just accept poor health. You could change your lifestyle and take supplements to control symptoms so you can live an optimal life feeling vibrant!
Life today is a balancing act with stress. Cortisol, your main stress hormone, elevates when chronic, but can become low over time. It’s counterbalance, DHEA, another steroid hormone, decreases and this is the first sign of HPA Axis dysregulation (adrenal fatigue). This increases inflammation, suppressing your immune system, damaging the mucosal barrier and increasing your susceptibility towards leaky gut. A Healthy Intestinal Mucosal Barrier is critical for both digestion and immunity. Did you know 70% of your immune system is in the gut?
One of the main contributors to a leaky gut is Wheat. It Is one of the most inflammatory foods you can consume. It damages the gut mucosa and creates holes in the tight junctions in the gut lining. Nutrient absorption becomes compromised. This can also cause depression and anxiety. Not absorbing nutrients, fats and protein, in your gut is malabsorption. Our brain needs these nutrients for neurotransmitters to feel happy and be resilient. A leaky gut and inflammation are contributing factors to depression, anxiety and many diseases.
Your health begins in the gut. Would you like to look inside and see what is happening? You don’t need to live with the symptoms of dis-ease. You have the ability to change this.
As FDNs, we test and discover hidden dysfunction and healing opportunities within the hormone, immune, digestion, detoxification, energy and nervous system. We can discover what is going on in your gut and with your digestion so you don’t have to have bloating, gas, constipation or diarrhea. You can optimize your weight. We can restore function.
One of the tests we will have you take is the Intestinal Permeability test to check for leaky gut and inflammation. You could take the GI Map test to check for pathogenic bacteria, yeast, parasites and dysbiosis. What does your gut look like?
Are your hormones in balance? Are they high or low? Is your cortisol on overdrive or too low, are you cortisol dominant, estrogen dominant or are your hormones tanked? We will also run a hormone panel that will give you a snapshot of your hormones with a saliva test and check your HPA Axis adaptation.
Part of FDN philosophy that makes us different from the medical model is that we don’t treat symptoms even though symptoms are important. Instead of chasing symptoms, We want to treat you as a person and get to your underlying core dysfunctions. That is why we test and don’t guess. Testing helps us uncover your healing opportunities that will treat your whole body more effectively than just treating a symptom one at a time.
When we work together, I will look at your hormones and investigate. Together we will test and discover if you have a leaky gut and what the health of your Mucosal Barrier is inside the intestines and whether your immune system is turned on or off.
I can be your “Bridge to Health” as your personal Health Detective. It can be scary to invest in the unknown. Push doubts and fears aside and get excited! “Brick by brick” cell by cell you could rebuild your health. Consider a health journey with a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner and end your “Cycle of Trial and Error.”
Can you imagine your health journey to a better and brighter future? I could always imagine it and had hoped for it, but I couldn’t find it quickly and easily. I had to wait for someone to go through what I went through and then follow them to health. It took me years to find my health.
Life is a journey, but the path to health should not be a long one. Health can be elusive for years without the knowledge and right pathway to follow. Optimally, we need a Health Coach who has been there to quicken the path. My program in Functional Diagnostic Nutrition could be that pathway to restore your gut health and help you lose weight normally by reducing inflammation and restoring a leaky gut and balancing hormones.
A question for you, “If you were to wave a magic wand, what would your life look like if you woke up tomorrow without any symptoms?”
What would it look like in five years if you didn’t do anything? There are no shortcuts. I can help you rebuild your health with Functional Diagnostic Nutrition. This is Real Results.
Schedule your onboarding to a healthier life today at loribalue@gmail.com. Let’s rebuild your health and reset this past year. We all have the choice for wellness. Choose yours today and get your real results.
Lori Balue, A-CFHC, FDN
This information is being provided to you for educational and informational purposes only. It is being provided to you to educate you about functional health and nutrition and as a self-help tool for your own use. It is not medical advice. This information is to be used at your own risk based on your own judgement. For my full Disclaimer, please go to my website loribalue.com.