As a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and soon to be an FDN Practitioner:
A Customized and Individualized The WHOLESTIC Method protocols to
transform the WHOLE you from the inside out!
We work by optimizing function of the body systems and decrease or eliminate contributors to the “METABOLIC CHAOS” that has created various unexplained symptoms in the individual.
Overcome individual obstacles to healing, repairing and functioning at optimal level!
Steps to resolving METABOLIC CHAOS as an FDN Practitioner:
- Assess underlying conditions and contributors to “Metabolic Chaos” includes a comprehensive investigation including detailed history and well-chosen functional lab testing. We run labs to help identify HEALING opportunities and malfunctions within the internal HIDDEN Stressors… as it is the hidden internal stressors and malfunctions underlying most chronic health complaints:
- Hormone system
- Immune system
- Digestive system
- Detoxification system
- Energy systems
- Nervous System
The test results are not the problem- they give us insights to the problems or areas of opportunity that need improvement and support to function at optimal levels. We can work together with the labs and assessment to put the pieces of the puzzle together and a pathway will reveal itself that will help restore order in the body systems so we can reach ideal homeostasis, so all “engines” body systems run at optimal levels.
- Customize a “D.R.E.S.S. for Health Success Program” – includes lab guided and individualized protocols to be included in the clients personalized “The WHOLESTIC Method” Plan.
- The Health Coaching Process begins! We focus on coaching up function while coaching down contributors to “METABOLIC CHAOS”. As we start our new journey together, we adjust and corrections as needed based on the body’s feedback in order to reach the overall goal- homeostasis so the client feels better, looks better and moves better! The client ideally will end up feeling better as “we figure out what is wrong and help fix it” -Reed Davis, the founder of FDN Practitioner program.
- STRESS & HORMONE Profiles. We look at the HPA Axis (dys) function – lab testing will measure cortisol, DHEA, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone and melatonin to get a snapshot of overall adaptive vital and metabolic reserves to guide us as practitioners which areas we should investigate further as well as for baseline data. We will evaluate with the lab testing:
- Cortisol dysregulation
- Circadian rhythm problems
- Sex hormone imbalances
Chronic stress leads to METABOLIC CHAOS! Results of METAOBLIC CHAOS – dysfunction contributes to METABOLIC CHAOS. The root causes may be unknown, but we can have an impact on the area out of whack.
- Metabolic Assessment Profile: assess gut, toxicity, liver, maldigestion, dysbiosis, oxidative stress, free radicals, poor detoxification, hepatic circulation; Identifies multiple healing opportunities, areas of opportunity to improve, and direct measurement of liver congestion.
Dysfunction in these areas contribute to METAOBLIC CHAOS!
- Intestinal permeability: “leaky gut”, assess mucosal barrier function: nutrient assimilation, penetration immune system. A healthy mucosal barrier protects the very sensitive inside of our bodies from the very toxic outside world.
- GI Pathogen Screening: assess pathology, dysbiosis, overgrowth, infestation. We identify pathogens, overgrowth and biofilms that prevent healing and contribute to METABOLIC CHAOS.
WE don’t treat the lab results… we treat the client’s individuality.
The secrets to unraveling the METABOLIC CHAOS!
- Oral Intolerance Testing: test up to 150 reactive foods, avoid consuming for 3 months then re-introduce one at a time! Food sensitivity tells us much more about a person than which foods to avoid.
“The lab results are not the problem- they are a result of the problem. We identify healing opportunities and apply wellness principles”- Reed Davis, Founder FDN
How do we create the program after we assess the client’s history and lab work?
The next step is how to create an individualized program for the client. Warning- we, as FDN Practitioner and as an NTP Practitioner, do not diagnose health concerns. We don’t treat anything specifically, but we treat the WHOLE you – every cell, tissue, organ and system are affected at once!
Reed Davis of the FDN Program create the “DRESS for Health Success Program” – a system that makes sense as well as perfect addition to my The WHOLESTIC Method program!
D- diet
R- rest
E- exercise
S- stress reduction
S- supplements
As your health coach, I will be putting a program together based on all of this information, including nutritional therapy assessment, observations, labs and genetic assessment (DNAFit) I collect on our journey to help transform the WHOLE you from the inside out with The WHOLESTIC Method.
We will support the “areas of opportunities” to get all parts in alignment to work together at optimal level – just as working on your car engine to function efficiently needs the parts in working order, gas, oil and tires in alignment! The WHOLE you work together from the inside and out…when one system or part is out of alignment then we have a domino effect of imbalances or as Reed Davis calls it… METABOLIC CHAOS!
More to come on my new online coaching program for individuals and groups!
Let me know if you have questions on getting started on transforming the WHOLE you from the inside out!
Debbie Potts
The WHOLESTIC Method
Burn Fat. Optimize Health. Improve Performance.
Trainer, Coach, Speaker & Podcaster
Fitness Forward Studio, LLC
The WHOLE Athlete Podcast
NPT, Kion Coach, NASM CPT, CHEK HCL, USAT
(425) 466-3653
Author and Speaker of “Life is NOT a Race” & “The WHOLESTIC Method”
