Today DS and I went to the Natural Health Improvement Center for our follow-up appointment. We met with woman A who went over the findings report with me. This report basically informs you if you are or are not a good candidate for NRT (I am.) It then identifies the "Nutrition Response Reflex Points." For me, those are "blocked/scars" and "skin/hand/feet." It lists my "Clinical Nutrition Supplements Needed" as "wheat germ oil" and "Lactenz." The report goes on to explain the steps toward achieving health through this system. The are "Fine Tuning Your Program," "Natural Healing and Observation Period" and "Maintenance Phase." It was explained to me that the first phase involves weekly visits for 3-6 weeks, the second takes about 12 weeks, and the third involves months visits for about 4-6 months, with follow-up visits every few months as needed. A fee schedule and review of a "family plan" follows. The final page is a print out from my first visit, and I don't much understand it except that it reports that my fitness level is pretty poor. (How they determined that, I can't imagine...) It says I'm in the green, or normal level, but I'm much closer to the yellow, or below normal than I am to the blue, or athletic zone. I have to chuckle at this! I did no fitness test of any kind while there. Interesting. Anyhow, the rest of the visit...
We were then seen by woman B, the Clinical Nutritionist who saw us last time. She did a shortened version of the test she did last time, with the wheat germ oil bottle in my hand, and pushing down on my other arm. She briefly tested DS the same way as last time, with me holding him. She gave me a metal "flashlight" for lack of a better word, and instructed me to shine in into my belly button for 4 minutes. (If I wasn't so incredibly under control at all times, I would have cracked up....ok I'm not that in control, but I didn't laugh out loud.) She informed me that I would need to prick a wheat germ oil capsule every day and rub the oil on my belly button. (oooooohhhhkaaaaaaayy) She had me hold one, then two, then three, etc up to five tablets which I presume were the lactenz tablets, and by pushing on my arm with each "dose" she was able to tell how many my body needs. She informed me that I need to take 4 every day, divided up with my meals. (2 at dinner, the biggest meal) She tested Sean to see if this amount in me would also work for him, with positive results. I asked her about our diets, because I've kept us off of dairy and gluten for 1.5 weeks now. She didn't give me any direction with that, so I said that I might as well drop the diet. Then she told me not to do that, but to gradually turn the kitchen into a healthier one. She did tell me to reduce our sugar intake.
On the way out, we were given, to the tune of $39.00, a bottle of lactenz supplements. No wheat germ oil, but I didn't think at the time to ask for it. They gave me the appointment free, as I had emailed to say that I was surprised at the cost of the initial visit, and asked if the follow-up was included. So yay me.
I told them that I wasn't sure I was going to continue to have DS as a patient, as I feel that he'll benefit from whatever changes I make. They didn't disagree with this, but will see him again in a month for a couple of months. Fair enough. I go back in a week.
Supplement one taken with lunch today. I added slightly less sugar to my afternoon cup of coffee. ;)
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5 years ago
wow so much different than what we did w/ Onaleigh. sounds like they know how to make money. diet is huge and very important. the supplements alone are just bandaids. treat the cause, not the symptom is my motto.
ReplyDeleteI forgot about this until I had written this already, but she did suggest that I eat eggs. She didn't really say why, but encouraged them. When I asked her about the gluten and dairy-free diet I've been on, she eventually said not to return to eating wheat, and has since emailed me an article on why. I have yet to read it, but will write about it when I do.
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah, it's not inexpensive. But they did give me today's visit free. I now have payment information, so there will be no surprises with that.
Oh, and I have to keep track, on a form they gave me, of what I eat, and what DS eats. What a pain in the tukkis! I eat all day. So does DS. We're grazers. So it's really hard to fill the form out accurately. It has places to write in breakfast, lunch and dinner, and a small area for snacks. They want the time we eat. Well, we eat at 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m.....you get the idea. When the woman (B) asked me to keep track of DS's food, I said "For a month??" She replied that I could do it for a couple weeks then stop. What a giant commitment. Ugh.
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