Nutritional Support

Proper nutrition is essential in both preventing illness and recovering from disease. Specific nutrients can help your body detox, give you sustained energy, help you sleep better, and support your overall well-being. However there are also foods that can be detrimental to your health, especially if you make poor food choices and continue to eat the foods that harm your body. 

In Functional Medicine, nutrition means finding the right way of eating for each of us as individuals and using food to maximize our potential for health and wellness. There is no single proper diet that works for all of us, but there are some specific principles that are the foundation of an optimal diet. 

For hundreds of years, humans have relied on the food supply to obtain our food and energy. However, in the last 50 years, changes in our food supply and the way that we use it have greatly contributed to the chronic disease epidemic we are currently experiencing. 

How food affects our health

All food consists of two things:

• Macronutrients: Protein, fat, or carbohydrate which is the building blocks of all food.
• Micronutrients: Vitamins and minerals

Food that is processed or packaged alters the basic elements and those alterations can have detrimental effects on our health. Things such as hydrogenating oils, adding sugars and artificial sweeteners, applying toxic chemicals (such as pesticides), or trans fats. These all serve to make the food look better, appeal to our pleasure centers in our brains, or keep the food on the shelf longer, but when constantly used in our diet, they make us sick.

Food is also more than energy, for many of us it represents connection to our families, friends, culture, and celebration. 

Science very clearly tells us that food has a powerful effect on our health. Beyond fueling our bodies, it contains many components that have important roles in the way our body functions. Poor food quality can create disease while high-quality food can reverse disease and create optimal health. 

Creating health with proper nutrition

At Alaska Functional Medicine Clinic, we believe that proper nutrition is the foundation of health. We work with our patients to correct nutrient imbalances and get you eating the right foods for you and your unique situation. 

We offer

• Repletion IV Therapy
• Personalized nutrition plans
• Oral Supplements 

If you want to get a jump start on your optimal nutrition plan, start keeping a food journal before you come visit us. Write down the time, what you ate (you do not need to be exact in the amounts), how you feel (energy level, mood), and any other pertinent information.

If you are interested in working with us to get your nutrition optimized, call and schedule an appointment today, we would love to go on this journey with you!