What is Integrative Nutrition?

Integrative Nutrition unites Holistic Nutrition, Behavioral Psychology and Empowerment through Education to provide you with a comprehensive and unique service that transcends mainstream nutrition services and gives you insight into your relationship and behavior patterns with food.

Integrative Nutrition looks at the psychophysiology of how digestion, assimilation, calorie burning and all the nutritive functions of the body are literally and scientifically impacted by stress, relaxation, thoughts, beliefs, emotions, pleasure, eating rhythm, eating speed, awareness, our past experiences, and more.

To put it simply…. There’s a lot more to it than just WHAT you eat.

According to the well accepted research, STRESS has the following impact:

• De-regulates appetite and drives us to eat more
• Increases cortisol and insulin which signal weight gain
• Decreased muscle growth
• Causes digestive upset
• Leads to intense nutrient excretion 
• Kills healthy gut bacteria
• Increases unhealthy cholesterol levels
• Can lower thyroid and growth hormone levels
• Can make us more susceptible to food allergies
• and the list goes on!

Nutrient balance is the key to success! We are rooted in the belief that given the right tools – with proper nutrition and lifestyle habits – our bodies can attain balance and achieve optimal health. With Integrative Nutrition, negative symptoms can be prevented, managed and often reversed. Our mental, physical and emotional state all depend on our ability to not only eat, but absorb and properly utilize, the nutrients from our diet.

By using an Integrative Nutrition approach, we are able identify the root causes of ailments. By identifying root causes, rather than just “fixing” symptoms, we can work towards living a fuller, richer, and more balanced life.