Functional Nutrition for
Health Optimisation
With or without recourse to a genetic evaluation, but generally with recourse to some analyses/tests to evaluate mainly your nutritional status, it is possible to optimise the way you feel.
With so much information about nutrition available these days, only a personalised follow-up can help you decide what's really best for you.
There are so many examples that can be discussed in consultation depending on you, your characteristics, personal tastes, eating styles, metabolism. Here are some interesting examples:
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Green tea can be a wonderful drink, but counterproductive if you have a polymorphism in the COMT enzyme gene (COMT 472 G>A);
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Flaxseeds can be a good way to help the body produce EPA and DHA fatty acids, but not for you if you have a fatty acid disastrousness favouring the production of arachidonic acid rather than EPA and DHA;
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Measuring oxidative stress may help us to understand whether the vegetables and fruit you are eating are sufficient or whether a supplement is really necessary;
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Your vitamin B12 value is within the normal range but we may need to get it up closer to 500-600 pg/mL to make you feel more energetic; ...
The themes will be unique in each consultation because each patient brings with them different baggage.
If you know of someone who could benefit from dietary or lifestyle changes or an assessment, you could also offer a consultation. Gift yourself or a loved one.
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Dietary tips so you can maintain a healthy weight all year round. Because each patient is truly unique.