Proper Nutrition is Essential for Health
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Health is a state where all organs and systems are
operating normally in a balance with each other. Proper
nutrition is essential to maintain health, or to restore health during illness.
Nutritional needs can vary greatly from person to person,
and change dramatically with age, stress or chronic
disease.
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The common symptom in every disease is the loss of
health, and any
disease can be made worse if nutrition is inadequate. This is particularly true in chronic
disease where nutritional deficiencies are common.
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Prescription medications usually don't address nutrition
concerns and may actually increase the risk of malnutrition
by causing side effects like nausea, vomiting, decreased
appetite, taste alterations or malabsorption of nutrients.
Drug side effects are
often treated with more drugs.
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Patient care should always include a nutrition assessment to
rule out the possibility of any symptoms being related to nutritional
insufficiencies.
Assessments and Consultations
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Nutrition Assessments identify strengths and weaknesses in
diet and digestion, potential drug-nutrient
interactions, and give recommendations on how
to promote optimum nutritional health. Information on
meal planning, dietary revisions and any needed dietary
supplements is included.
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Nutrition Consultations help clarify the recommendations in the
nutrition assessment and answer any additional questions the
client may have.
For more information, see
Assessment-Consultation Facts.
May Be Covered
By Health
Insurance
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John Cartmell is an in-network provider for Regence, Premera Blue Cross
and First Choice Health plans. Other health plans may also
provide benefits for nutritional services.
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Check with your insurance provider to see if your plan
will cover nutrition consultations or assessments for medically related conditions that may be
associated with chronic nutritional imbalance or
insufficiency.
To Schedule a Nutrition Assessment and Consultation
Contact
John W. Cartmell at:
dietadvisor@comcast.net
Or complete the form by clicking here
Nutrition
Assessment Form and saving
the file to your desktop.
John W.
Cartmell, MS, CN, LMP, has been a Licensed Massage Practitioner in
Washington State since 1985, and a Certified Nutritionist since
2004, receiving a Master of Science degree in Nutrition Research
from Bastyr University of Natural Medicine, Kenmore, WA. His
master's thesis was on "Nutrition in Fibromyalgia". H
As a
Certified Nutritionist, he specializes in clinical nutrition,
helping clients
with obesity, diabetes, digestion problems, acid reflux (GERD),
irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative
colitis
or Chrohn's disease),
cancer, memory problems, insomnia, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS),
fibromyalgia, allergies, arthritis, autoimmune disorders, heart
disease, hypertension, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), age-related
degenerative disease and other chronic conditions of ill health.
He has
published papers and letters on
health and nutrition in several professional journals. His book, “Fibromyalgia, a Nutritional Approach
to Prevention, Treatment and Cure”, is available here:
Fibromyalgia Book.
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