Health & Fitness
Test, Don’t Guess with boutique nutrition testing
Genomes, biochemistry, metabolism, and microbiome factors impact wellness
Personalized nutrition is based on the concept that one-size-does-not-fit-all. Differences in genetics, prenatal experience, health history, lifestyle, nutrient intake, biochemistry, metabolism, and microbiomes contribute to individual differences.
Harmony With Food™, a leading medical nutrition therapy practice, has launched a program to address these differences. Called Biounique Boutique™, the program involves an understanding of chronic diseases; individualized biochemistry; how food is metabolized differently for everyone; assigning nutraceuticals and therapeutic diets; and developing individualized nutrition strategies.
“As consumers become more educated about nutrition, there is a growing demand to dig deeper,” said Registered Dietitian Meg Marie O’Rourke and founder of Harmony With Food. “Biounique Boutique helps clients who suffer from ailments attributed to food sensitivities, malabsorption, malnutrition, weight loss resistance, constipation, bloating, gas, joint pain, and fatigue.”
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The comprehensive program focuses on nourishing the gut with nutrient-dense foods and nutraceuticals, promoting digestive health, preventing weight loss resistance, and improving inflammation and brain health.
Testing is the first step and can provide additional information to understand unique body factors, sensitivities, and potential intolerances.
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“Micronutrient testing analysis, for example, may be quite different for one person than another person,” said O’Rourke. “This is because our micronutrient requirements at age 30 are quite different from our requirements at age 40, 50, and beyond. Absorption difficulties are common as we age.”
O’Rourke says people may think they are eating a balanced diet, but if they do not absorb vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other essential micronutrients well, they will have deficiencies.
With Biounique Boutique, clients gain an effective methodology and clinical information to determine the correct therapeutic diet, learning what foods, supplements, and drinks they should, or should not, be consuming.
