Supportive management for auto-immune disease
What is Autoimmune Disease
An auto-immune disease or condition is when our body encounters something foreign in its environment and it initiates an immune response against that substance to protect itself from potential harm. The problem is that the body may not recognize that the "foreign substance" is some part of self, with potential serious consequences effecting the individual's health.
Statistics - a major healthcare challenge
According to recent studies, there are an estimated 23.5 million Americans effected by Autoimmune Diseases
Research has identified 80-100 different autoimmune diseases and suspect at least 40 additional diseases of having an autoimmune basis
Autoimmune diseases are chronic and can be life-threatening
Your risk for developing an autoimmune disease is partly due to your genetics. Studies indicate that 95% of risk is due to lifestyle choices, the food we eat, physical activity, and the environment we live in.
food is medicine
Integrative Health Management will complete a comprehensive assessment to support our clients implement new lifestyle strategies that include whole food nutrition. We will introduce a plan that includes a variety of fruits and vegetables that consist of phytonutrients that have healing effects on your body. Phytonutrients are natural elements found in plant foods such as vegetables, fruit, whole grain products and legumes that have beneficial effects that act like medicine in our body to promote good health and prevention of disease.
We agree that food is medicine and plays a critical role in our health and well-being. Integrative Health Management will help you to develop an autoimmune wellness plan that includes nutrition, detoxification if necessary, lifestyle changes, gut health and stress management. We support the "Whole Person" through holistic measures that will influence your optimal health and proper balance in life. Your nurse wellness coach and nutritionist adopts the holistic philosophy that the whole person is made up of interdependent parts and if one part is not working properly, all the other parts will be affected. For those clients who have imbalances (physical, emotional, or spiritual) in their lives, then their overall health will be negatively impacted.
The Good News
You care about your health since you are reading this information. Integrative Health Management will partner with you to help you achieve optimal health and well-being, support a healthier immune system, and increase your quality of life through our client centered practice. Knowing that certain plant foods act as protective barriers and guard the body from disease is a good start. We will share our knowledge with you to enhance your health and management of Autoimmune Disease.
