Nutritional TherapyUnique from other types of nutrition support, nutritional therapy embodies both time-tested ancestral dietary wisdom as well as the innate wisdom of your own body. Its foundation is built on culinary traditions around the world that produce generations of healthy children. Bio-feedback tools then identify specific imbalances in your body & lingual-neural testing determines what nutrients can support them, tailoring a nutrition plan just for YOU.
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Specializing in the Dental-Orthodontic-Diet Connection
Because Your Mouth is the Window into your Health |
Dental-Ortho-Diet ConnectionWhile dental decay & crowding are common today, they are not in fact "normal". Facial & jaw development are determined by the nutrients we absorb in utero & early childhood. The strength of the jaw muscles & the sturdiness of our teeth & gums continue to be influenced by the nutrients we support them with throughout our lives. Weak, improperly functioning jaws may also then create structural issues that further impact the absorption of oxygen & other nutrients. Deficiencies that lead to orthodontic & dental issues have many other consequences throughout the body & our mouth provides an important early warning sign. Our smile can tell us a lot about our overall health, if we pay attention. The mouth, however, is also key to addressing these underlying imbalances & deficiencies that impact the teeth, gums, jaw, & the whole body. Eat your way to a beautiful smile & overall wellbeing! Read More
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My BackgroundI am a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (FNTP) certified through the Nutritional Therapy Association. I am passionate about the connection between nutrition, oral wellness, & overall health. I specialize in supporting dental & orthodontic patients along their healing journeys with the nutritional foundations to facilitate strong bone & jaw development. I also work with parents to support their nutritional foundations & help them rebuild culinary traditions for their families to set the stage for generational wellness for their children.
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Photo by SoHo Creative Studio
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My StoryWhen I was 10 years old, my orthodontist told me I had the narrowest jaw she had ever seen. My teeth were yellow, crooked, & crowded. Four of my adult teeth were removed in preparation for retraction head gear that drew my jaw inward, against the force of biology. Then the chronic pain began, along with diagnoses of asthma, eczema, osteopenia, scoliosis, anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue, IBS, bruxism, carpal tunnel syndrome, Hashimotos Thyroiditis, & more - each year, a new ailment. I was told they were unrelated, unexplainable, & untreatable. Years later, as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal, however, I was face to face with a community with minimal issues of dental crowding, despite almost no orthodontic care, and free of many of the other conditions I had experienced at such an early age. It was there that I discovered my root causes of poor diet, a compromised airway, & toxicity. I began a long healing journey supported by nutritional therapy & airway orthodontics, which have allowed me to expand my jaw & airway, straighten my spine, energize my life, reduce my pain, & brighten my smile. I am committed to helping others avoid the unnecessary suffering that I experienced & to supporting the dental & orthodontic fields with a root cause approach that builds beautiful smiles from the inside out.
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