Naturopathic Medicine: Not just hippie medicine anymore

Naturopathic Medicine is the science-based holistic alternative to depersonalized, drug-dependent medicine, which the current healthcare system often delivers. Keyword: HOLISTIC. Your naturopathic doctor wants to know about what you eat, your mood, your quality of life and what your goals are for personnal health and wellbeing. Why? Because they are trained to provide excellent guidance in these areas to bring you closer to optimal wellness . Naturopathic doctors have the expertise to look at the BIG PICTURE of your health…putting together pieces of the puzzle and making sense of them. The human body is very smart - everything that it does is meant to enhance survival. If you eat food that is not nourishing your body is wise and lets you know "Hey, if you keep eating that crap, we’ll never live long enough to spoil our grandkids" and now the blood sugar is imbalanced, you feel anxiety or depression, and you gain weight. These effects, like other symptoms you may experience for other reasons, are your WARNING signs. Your body is communicating with you. A Naturopathic Physician knows how to help you bring your body back into balance by working together with your body’s biochemistry and physiology rather than fighting it with unnecessary force, such as drugs. Drugs/pharmaceuticals are not always unnecessary and ND’s are trained to prescribe drugs when the situation is right. In states where ND's are licensed, you get the best of both worlds - holistic and natural medicine to support the body’s innate healing capabilities combined with the option to use pharmaceuticals when necessary.