"Eat real food. Mostly plants. Not too much."
-Michael Pollan
Family Grit community members who choose this pathway of consulting, must first fill out this topic specific questionnaire.
After you fill out this questionnaire, Helena will contact you to schedule your appointment. Payment is due when your appointment is scheduled.
All initial consultations with Dr. Mike are $125 / 90 minutes.
Subsequent consultations are $65 / 50 minutes.
If you experience fatigue or have lost your sense of engagement in life, you are in the company of millions. The complexity of life in the United States places demands on our bodies that are unique to our generation. Consulting with Dr. Mike in this topic area will focus intently on the topics of energy and nutrition. Specifically, you will learn how your body produces energy, what stops or diminishes that energy production, and how losing the ability to make energy leads to not only fatigue, but to many chronic illnesses. In these consulting sessions with Dr. Mike you will...
- Discuss your own experience of having or not having the energy you need to live the life you want.
- You will learn the cellular basis of energy production.
- You will learn what chronic inflammation is, how it causes damage to your bowels, brain, and blood vessels.
- You will learn important steps you can take to reduce exposure to pro-inflammatory foods.
- You will learn how to fortify your health, and the health of your family with anti-inflammatory foods.
- You will work with Dr. Mike on how your imagination drives your brain and helps create energy.
- You will learn important breathing skills to energize your brain with oxygen.
- You will learn how the brain utilizes oxygen and glucose to remain healthy.
Over many years, Dr. Mike has been gathering knowledge about the use of food, breath, and supplementation to help his own family, and the families he cares for in his professional life. As you are aware, coming to simple, practical strategies for maintaining your families health is not a small task, and a lot of the information we can find on the internet and in books is conflicting, and often incorrect. Dr. Mike takes this very seriously, and understands that all of our families make choices based on health needs, special requirements, and budget constraints. Each of these is a big deal, and decisions have to be made that will have consequences in our lives.
When you consult in the area of Nutrition and energy for family health with Dr. Mike, you will be engaging a meaningful area of study that will likely result in improved energy, clarity of thinking, improved sleep, reduced stress, and better ability to remain focused on your family and personal purposes, but only if you take positive action.
Here’s why and how...
Our bodies require a lot of oxygen and glucose to build our muscles, bones, and other tissues, and to keep our brain functioning at a healthy level. We can cause trouble for ourselves by doing either of the following
Not getting enough nourishment from our food choices.
Consuming foods that trigger inflammatory and immune responses in our bodies that may lead to diabetes, depression, chronic fatigue, cardiovascular disease, thyroid disease, and Alzheimers disease.
This topic is of great importance to all of us in the Family Grit community.
If you choose to work with Dr. Mike on the Nutrition and Energy pathway, here are the steps you will take.
- Fill out the Nutrition and Energy for Family Health intake form and send it to Helena. Helena will forward this to Dr. Mike and he will review it carefully.
Schedule your appointment time with Dr. Mike, through Helena. Appointments must be made and paid for 3 days in advance of the scheduled time.
Arrange to have a blood test performed at a local hospital, lab, or at your primary care physicians office. In order to give you advice that directly pertains to you, it is necessary to have the objective results to reference. The required tests include - a Chem 24 panel, Hemoglobin A1C, TSH, and a lipid panel. Dr. Mike requires individuals who consult with him to have these test done so we don’t waste time speculating on your health needs. A recent set of lab results meets this requirement. Please have these test results faxed to Helena three days prior to your consultation.
Come to your Nutrition and Energy pathway consultation well prepared with good questions and a readiness to work together with Dr. Mike. Once you have made your appointment, you will be sent three short videos of content from Dr. Mike to pave the way for your learning.
This is an exciting pathway for you and your family and you will benefit from your new understanding for the rest of your life, as will your family.
You will learn how energy is produced, how you can make more energy, how energy can be depleted and reduced, and what you can do nutritionally to support your families health and vitality!
Return to the top of this page to fill out your questionnaire and get started!