Where we look

Your daily habits have a direct effect on your health, so we look closely at how you actually live. We ask about your sleep, and whether you wake up rested. We look at your light environment: how often you get outside, whether you see morning sunlight, and how much time you spend under artificial light and screens, especially at night. We consider how much you move throughout the day, not just whether you exercise, as well as your stress levels, how much water you drink, the quality of your relationships, the demands of your work, and the health of your nervous system.

Symptoms rarely start when you first notice them. There is usually a history behind them: antibiotics, birth control, food poisoning, chronic stress, traumas, living in a water-damaged home or dorm, getting Covid, or another major shift that changed your health. We look at your timeline to connect the dots and understand what may have contributed to where you are today. That history helps us decide what is actually worth testing and what you can stop chasing.

Your gut does more than digest food. It houses roughly 70% of your immune system, it’s where used hormones like estrogen are eliminated, and it’s a common starting point for chronic inflammation. When you aren’t breaking down and absorbing food well, the effects show up everywhere: energy, mood, skin, cycles, and mental clarity. We test for the underlying causes, such as infections, low stomach acid, sluggish bile flow, low digestive enzymes, and a leaky gut lining, instead of treating symptoms one at a time.

Toxic exposure starts before birth. Studies of umbilical cord blood have found more than 200 industrial chemicals passed from mother to baby. From there, exposure continues through food, water, air, and personal care products. Pesticides, plastics (BPA and phthalates), heavy metals such as lead and mercury, tap water contaminants, and mycotoxins from mold in water-damaged buildings can build up in the body over time. These compounds can impair mitochondria, the part of your cells that produces energy. They can also interfere with hormone signaling and keep the immune system in a state of chronic inflammation. Most standard medical workups don’t test for them, so symptoms like brain fog, fatigue, and autoimmune flares often get a diagnosis without anyone looking at toxic exposure as a possible cause. We test to identify what you’ve been exposed to. Then we support the organs and pathways responsible for clearing toxins, including the liver, gut, kidneys, and lymphatic system, and address the damage those exposures may have caused.

Food is more than fuel. Your body needs a steady supply of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids, and other nutrients to make hormones, neurotransmitters, enzymes, immune cells, and energy. Those same nutrients are also required for the liver and other detoxification pathways to process and eliminate compounds the body needs to get rid of. When your diet is lacking in key nutrients, these processes can become less efficient. There is no one-size-fits-all diet, which is why we do not hand you a generic meal plan. We look at your labs, symptoms, digestion, blood sugar, and lifestyle to build a way of eating that gives your body what it needs to function, repair, and eliminate waste effectively.

You can eat an incredibly nutrient-dense diet and still be deficient. What matters is not just what you eat, but how well you digest, absorb, and utilize those nutrients. Gut health and the integrity of your digestive system affect how much of what you eat your body can actually use. Soil depletion and food quality can also affect nutrient status, while stress, illness, medications, and the demands of detoxification can increase what your body requires. That is why we do not assume a good diet means you are getting everything you need. We look at your nutrients directly and consider your digestion, absorption, lifestyle, and your body’s demands to understand where you may be falling short.