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The Importance of a Personalized Diet

At Hunt Naturopathic Clinic a patient’s appropriate diet is based on their biochemical individuality. Just as each person is unique, so too is their dietary plan.

There are diets that are “generally healthy,” but it is just that. They are general and not specific for the individual person.

The ways to assess the correct diet for each patient is based upon the patient’s health condition (pathology) and laboratory test information.

A patient with specific health conditions such as gout, obesity, high blood pressure, skin issues (eczema, psoriasis), inflammatory bowel disease, atonic constipation, anemia, etc. may receive a diet plan that is individualized to their disease.

Other ways of assessing the proper diet may be through complete blood count, ferritin, food allergy testing, blood typing, stool testing for infectious microbes such as candida, low levels of short chain fatty acids and malabsorption.

With diet being such a critical factor in a person’s health, we invest a great deal of time to make sure we have the correct food plan/diet for each patient.

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Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis

The Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis is a test that can help assess digestive and absorptive functions, the presence of opportunistic pathogens. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing to prescriptive and natural agents.

Gastrointestinal complaints are among the most common reasons patients seek medical care. Symptoms related to GI disorders includes persistent diarrhea, constipation, bloating, indigestion, irritable bowel syndrome, and malabsorption.

The Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis is a test that can hlep assess digestive and absorptive functions, the presence of opportunistic pathogens and to monitor efficacy of therapeutic treatments. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing to prescriptive and natural agents is also performed for appropriate bacterial and fungal treatments.

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