I am a Doctor of Chiropractic and Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist. I managed my own evidence-based practice as the lead Chiropractor. I can use my broad knowledge in medicine, nutrition, chiropractic, physiotherapy, fitness, lifestyle behavior, and wellness to provide optimal patient care.
Currently, I am consulting patients with clinical issues by altering lifestyle choices, implementing fitness, and introducing options for better mental health. Incorporating recipes following the Mediterranean diet, Plant-Based Diet, Intermittent Fasting, Vegan Diet, Paleo Diet, Keto Diet, etc., into the patient's lifestyle. The clinical issues include type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, obesity, metabolic syndrome, fibromyalgia, hypothyroidism, gut health, detox, inflammatory diseases, stress, allergies, arthritis, etc. The consultation entails an extensive inquiry about health history, goals, biochemical nutritional assessment, determine patient involvement to achieve success, current diet log, discuss lab work, advise changes in diet, suggest recipes, educate the importance of nutrients and elements about metabolic pathways, the importance of supplementation, inquire check-ins/support needed to reach goals, implement fitness, recommend options for mental health, etc.
I have generated numerous educational material per patient, medical blog content, brochures, developed website information at optimalhealingchicago.com, wellness & nutritional workshops. Developed & counseled programs with recipes in weight loss, anti-inflammatory diet, elimination diet for allergies, various detox plans, lifestyle plans, diabetic care, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stress, anti-aging, pediatric care, women's health, pregnancy, cancer dietary needs, child nutrition, pediatric nutrition, meal planning, & various other nutritional plans for chronic diseases.
Created extensive research and detailed content for Certified Nutritionist and Health Coaches for online hormone course. The course provided information on each hormone's role, external factors on hormone imbalance, hormone conditions, & a coaching guide for each personalized protocol. The content also included nutrition, dietary, supplements, & lifestyle changes to overcome the hormonal imbalance.
I have also written a 40,000 word and a 120-page book on healthy joints consisting of joint classifications, diagnosis, types of arthritis, sports or occupational related-joint injuries, conventional treatments, alternative or complementary treatments, dietary supplements, homeopathy, exercises, healthy diet, protecting your joints, living with joint pain, & managing stress. I have compiled over 100 hours of medical writing on many conditions, diseases, prevention, and treatment options.
After discovering my daughter’s many food allergies, I developed a greater interest in pediatric meal plans by developing healthy, tasty & eye-catching recipes for children. I prescribed many of these recipes to my pediatric patients with allergies.
My approach is to provide realistic healthy advice that can become part of one’s daily lifestyle. Through my passion for traveling, I can tailor many ethnic recipes to each patient’s individual to provide realistic goals for optimum benefit. I am efficient & proficient in providing content to fit your needs best!