Nutrition

Dr. Canuel has taken over 150 hours in post-graduate clinical nutrition training. He is currently working on his Diplomate in Clinical Nutrition and taking classes through University of Miami and Standard Process. Seperate from his chiropractic practice, he offers customized clinical nutrition to his patients.

What is customized clinical nutrition?

A plan that is customized to an individual that is based on their specific needs. The clinical portion of the plan pertains to results that patients have obtained during clinical use of nutrition over many years. The nutrition portion of the plan is designed by nature to include real food that enables the body to heal and repair itself moving toward optimal health.

How do I know what supplements to take?

Dr. Canuel will take a comprehensive history along with Bioelectrical Impedance Measurement (BIM) using the Biomeridian. Utilizing this information, a comprehensive support program will be formulated including detailed recommendations of whole food supplements your body needs to achieve optimal health benefits. Our goal is to have you take the least possible supplements to achieve your specific needs.

What is the Biomeridian?

The Biomeridian is a safe, non-invasive painless tool that is used to assist Dr. Canuel with objective data to determine what major systems and organs of the body are stressed and weakened and may need nutritional support for optimal health. It does this by measuring the electrical conductivity between specific points on the body by creating a "circuit" and then measuring the flow of electricity between those points. Fifty-eight different electrical "circuits" in your body related to specific organs and systems are measured. This data is compared to a database of over 1.5 million tests to identify areas of your body that have moved away from the norm. BIM testing has been used in medicine for many years to obtain important health information. Some recognizable devices are the EKG and EEG used to measure heart and brain function.

What are whole food supplements?

The definition of whole food is "food that has undergone very little processing and has been grown or produced without the use of synthetic pesticides or fertilizers." Simply put, they are supplements made from whole foods. It's source is grown and harvested in nature without refinement. An orange is a good example. It is grown and picked from a tree and contains the things that nature intended for us to be healthy-naturally occurring vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and phytonutrients- the complete complex. In whole food supplements these foods are concentrated in tablet form containing the above mentioned constituents and the complete vitamin complex just as nature intended.

Synthetic supplements are vitamins produced in a laboratory containing vitamin isomers in an attempt to mimic nature. These are typically missing the synergistic vitamins, enzymes and phytonutrients that were designed for our bodies to function healthy and optimal. Unfortunately the majority of vitamin supplements found in health food stores, drug stores and large chain department stores are synthetic.

I eat well, can't I just clean up my diet?

There has been a decline in the quality of food for over the past 50 years or so. Our nation is the sickest it has ever been dependent on pharmaceutical drugs for health. Although many drugs are needed to keep a person alive and for body systems and organs functional, drugs are not food and cannot replace the need for the vital building blocks that are needed restore health to tissues of the body. Our bodies function is founded on nourishment from the environment. Unfortunately today the majority of food contains heavy metals, toxins, chemicals and pesticides in addition to trans-fat and excessive sugar. These are typically disguised with words such as partial hydrogenated oil or high fructose corn syrup. Hormones and antibiotics have become rich in our food supply. Most of what people eat has been drastically processed containing almost no nutritional value and works against your body and health. Even if your diet is high in veggies, fruits and natural meats the nutritional content has been stripped from out soil and grasses leaving these better food choices far inferior than what they used to be and containing the harmful substances mentioned above. It's important to eat as healthy as we can and will make a great difference in your overall health although it's almost impossible to get all the nutritional requirements for optimal health with today's food sources.

How long does it take to become healthy again?

This varies drastically from patient to patient. Most people didn't become sick overnight. It was years of abuse and poor dietary and lifestyle habits. Some people are sicker than others. On average most people begin to have some noticeable improvement in 6-8 weeks however it may take 6 months or even a year before health is restored. I like to put it this way, "health is a journey, not a destination". My goal for most patients is to educate them to eating properly where all they need is one or two daily supplements, maybe an omega-3 and/or a whole food multiple vitamin.

How do I get started on a customized clinical nutrition plan?

Make an appointment by calling (321) 751-2333 to schedule a Biomeridian exam. Some paperwork, including a history and questionnaires, will be given to you to fill out prior to the exam. It's that simple.