Sally will not advise you to stop any prescription medication without first consulting with your prescribing Dr. If the aim is to work towards weaning you off any prescription medication, this will also be done in consultation with your prescribing Dr, but not before treatment with the appropriate nutrients is undertaken to prepare your body to come off the prescription medication. This is to reduce the chance of any side effects, and only if appropriate for your condition.
Sally is happy to work in conjunction with your medical Dr or any other health care practitioner, providing they are open to adopting an integrative and nutritional medicine approach to improving your health.
The time it takes for you to experience a major shift in your health, will vary between each individual and your pre existing health condition. However you should expect to see some changes as early as a few days. Others will take longer depending on the nature of your condition and other factors influencing, including your lifestyle, stress levels, sleep, work hours, and of course your compliance to the eating and treatment program prescribed to you. Remember you will get out what you put into your body. Some people may experience side effects associated with the detoxification process, however these
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Sally applies a nutritional and functional medicine approach to treat a wide range of health conditions and chronic illnesses. Sally applies scientifically proven treatment and testing protocols to provide you with a comprehensive assessment and treatment program for achieving optimal health. Her approach aims to target the underlying cause of any biochemical imbalance within the body, as opposed to the use of chemical based pharmaceutical drugs to simply treat the symptom and induce negative side effects and nutrient deficiencies. Sally believes the body has the ability to naturally heal itself, provided you create the internal and external environment to enable
Yes, most patients are prescribed individualised, therapeutic or medicinal doses of specific combinations of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, essential fatty acids and herbs, in addition to comprehensive dietary advice. The duration of Sally’s treatment programs is determined by your pre-existing health condition and desired health goals.
A Naturopathic approach to health is very similar to the Orthomolecular / Nutritional Medicine approach used by Sally, in that both modalities view and treat the body holistically using a combination of whole food eating, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and herbs to correct underlying nutrient and biochemical imbalances to heal the body. Sally’s approach to achieving your full health potential focuses on healing your gut first and foremost, no matter what your presenting ailment.
Orthomolecular medicine, was conceptualized by the renowned double-Nobel prize winning, Chemist Linus Pauling. An Orthomolecular medicine approach aims to restore the optimum environment of the body, through correcting individual imbalances or nutrient deficiencies, using substances natural to the body such as vitamins, minerals, amino acids, trace elements and essential fatty acids. The principle behind orthomolecular medicine is that genetic factors affect not only the physical characteristics of individuals, but also their biochemical environment. Diseases such as heart disease, cancer, anxiety and depression, are associated with specific genetically inherent, dietary and environmental factors, causing biochemical imbalances which contribute to illness. An
Many people assume a Nutritionist just advises someone on how to eat healthy food and count calories! But Sally’s approach is very different to that of a classic dietician. For starters her studies were not in the field of dietetics, but more along the lines of Orthomolecular / Nutritional Medicine, where she learnt to use food and nutrients in medicinal doses, to heal the body from illness, rather than using pharmaceutical medicine and how to implement preventative health programs to ensure optimal health. Sally’s holistic approach to health – meaning the whole person is treated when they come for treatment,
Medicare rebates only apply to consultations with medical doctors, however you will need to enquire with your private health fund as to whether they cover consultations with Nutritionists. Please note Sally is not a dietician and many private health funds only cover consultations with dieticians. Private health fund rebates on consultations with nutritionists is usually only $20 for the initial consultation and $10 per follow up consultation. Sally’s provider number is 9979.
