Cancer is a messenger that tells us the body needs help. It is important to think about cancer as a metabolic disease. This means your body’s terrain was primed for cancer, whether through genetics, exposure to toxins, chronic inflammation, or other factors.
Our specialty is working with people who have been diagnosed with cancer, whether they are in survivorship and on the other side of treatment suffering from long-term side effects or currently undergoing treatment and wanting to take action to help mitigate side effects, protect healthy cells from damage, or just feel better overall. Either way, the main goal is to reduce inflammation and mutational burden to prevent cancer growth and recurrence.
When cancer is sent into remission, patients feel relieved, of course – but many still worry about the future (and perhaps rightly so). “Why did this happen to me?” and “What can I do to prevent it from coming back?” are two questions that loom large.
Cancer survivors are acutely aware of how their bodies have suffered through treatment. It is common to see new members struggling with inflammation, hormonal imbalances, poor gut health, sleep trouble, weight gain, and the like.
“This is just a side effect of treatment,” their doctor will say. “You’ve got to learn to live with it.” We see this all the time – people just like you who have been from doctor to doctor … yet not getting the answers you need.
And we want you to know that healing is possible … when you partner with the right provider that is asking the right questions – so that you can finally get to the root of what caused your cancer. Through this process, you will also be able to pinpoint the specific imbalances that need to be addressed to get you finally back on track living the rich and vibrant life you deserve.
Yet, this type of approach is not commonplace, and that is likely the reason why you may have struggled needlessly … until now. Because when you partner with our team, we will create a personalized treatment plan based on functional medicine principles.
And rather than matching symptoms with a diagnosis, our in-depth evaluation and advanced lab testing will give us a much more complete picture of what triggered your specific physiological imbalances that caused your symptoms in the first place.
That way, we can design a custom-tailored plan to address the root cause instead of managing (or covering up) your symptoms.
Elemental Health is a marriage of modern science and research coupled with the wisdom of ancient, time-tested, traditional medicine and philosophy.
My professional career started in 2003 as a licensed naturopathic physician where I spent ten years in private practice as a primary care practitioner. After many patient hours, advanced training and a rigorous examination, I became a Fellow of the American Board of Naturopathic Oncology (FABNO) and licensed as a naturopathic integrative oncologist, a credential held by around 100 physicians in all of North America.
In my career, I have observed that when we focus on preventive health, living a life of intention, and loving ourselves deeply for all that we are and all that we aren’t, we can achieve balance and a sense of having returned to the once perfect state that is our true North.
I have a passion for helping people live their most healthy and fulfilling lives where one can achieve anything they want. Cancer patients and survivors are especially poised and inspired to reach for this in their lives, and thus, ironically, I have heard many times that a person’s diagnosis of cancer was a “blessing in disguise” or “wake up call” to prioritize themselves and what is most important to them.
Mission Statement
We are an agent of change in the healthcare movement aimed at eradicating our country’s most deadly diseases from a paradigm of prevention, conscious living, and empowered action.
Elemental Health is a business birthed out of deep respect for all of the inhabitants of the earth; people and planet. I will only partner or recommend companies whose missions and actions are rooted in socially and environmentally conscious manufacturing, production and investment. Choosing as many locally sourced products that are wild or organic are ideal. We work with organizations who protect our natural resources by not over-harvesting plant medicines and food in the wild, controlling the growth of invasive plant species and supporting agricultural biodiversity in order to sustain valuable ecosystems.
Incorporating the latest advances in science, functional medicine affords a completely new way to view chronic disease from lipid disorders to diabetes, allergies to autoimmune disease, anxiety to cancer and more.
These issues and symptoms such as fatigue and weight gain are the result of physiological imbalances throughout your body and could be caused by one or more issues– from systemic inflammation, insulin resistance, oxidative stress, to hormonal imbalances – made worse by poor diet or undiagnosed food allergies, lack of key nutrients, stress, emotional and environmental toxins, as well as a sedentary lifestyle.
At Elemental Health, we take a proactive, preventive approach to improve your overall function and state of wellness. You will be partnering with a care team of integrative medicine doctors, health coaches, nutritionists and other functional specialists to ensure results and be able to sustain those results your new lifestyle long term.
As such, our integrative medicine approach, under my guidance, focuses on:
Using a variety of treatment modalities, including using food as medicine in tandem with state of the art testing.
Focusing holistically on all the areas that impact your health … including mind, emotions, and mindset.
Focusing on optimal health, based on your unique biological needs, not just the absence of symptoms or disease.
Teaching patients how to take an active role in health creation, so that they can heal and/or keep chronic illness at bay.
Acknowledging the multi-factorial nature of complex causes of illness, which requires an experienced clinician who can pinpoint the reasons you have the illness and craft the correct treatment plan.
Using natural, non-toxic therapies, as much as possible, harnessing the body’s amazing ability to heal itself.
Over the course of 3-9 months, we provide a personalized treatment package (depending on the severity of your situation). Most of our patients experience significant improvements to their wellness within a few weeks of starting to work with our team.
Free Discovery Consult
A short 15-minute discovery consult with our patient intake coordinator.
Intake Visit
A reduced-fee initial complete wellness evaluation to review your needs.
Follow-Up Visits
We will explore a 3, 6, or 9 month program depending on your needs or goals.
Take The First Step On Your Journey With Me
Perhaps you have questions you’d like to ask about what it’s like to become a practice member. We are happy to answer any questions you have to determine if Elemental Health is right for you.
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