Metabolic Health
What is Metabolic health?
“In a study published last month in the journal Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill evaluated data from 8,721 adults from the 2009 to 2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). They found that just 1 in 8 adults in the United States have optimal metabolic health.
They defined metabolic health as having ideal levels of blood sugar, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, blood pressure, and waist circumference, without using medications. These factors directly relate to a person’s risk for heart disease, diabetes, and stroke.” - Healthline
METABOLIC HEALTH Support
Work with Dr. Jeffery to asses and understand your Metabolic Health profile.
Find and address nutritional factors that can contribute to not being able thrive on healthy diet
Functional Testing for cardiometabolic health, genetics factors like the MTHFR SNP’s, inflammation triggers, food sensitivities, or digestive imbalances that prevents you from eating in optimal way.
Dr. Jeffery also works with Natasha Vaz, CNP in a holistic partnership for whole person care.
You can do treatments and have optimal health regimes- but if your nutrition foundation is off you may not be getting the full benefits of the supplements etc. It is important to look at things from different angles.
Working with Natasha for Metabolic Health Coaching can help implement health promoting habits into daily life and she helps you create habits that become a lifestyle not diet.
Additionally Natasha offers a BIA assessment that will provide valuable insights including finding exactly the right amount of protein you need. This data also is a valuable supporting element of Naturopathic and Functional Medicine and for Dr. Jeffery creating and Individualized Health Plan for you.
Metabolic health coaching
Holistic Nutrition is the study of one’s whole lifestyle and how habits such as eating, exercise, and daily routine can affect one’s health in a positive or negative manner. It is not a “one size fits all” quick fix. It examines overall health and perspective to define what healthy means on an individual level. Building and maintaining health is a gradual process with long-term results that can exceed expectations and improve quality of life in unlimited ways.
A Metabolic Health Coach describes an ongoing working relationship where the "Coach" works to get to know the individual and they work together to build on strengths and move through limitations. This is why progams are done on monthly basis instead of one off sessions. Build rapport and trust can make deep change more possible, leading to a healthier lifestyle instead of just getting on a diet.
Natasha Vaz, Founder of Vaz Wellness is a Certified Nutritional Practitioner focusing on Metabolic Coaching to address digestion, metabolism, blood sugar, IBS, oxalate toxicity, Colitis, SIBO, SIFO and other digestive issues. She is an advocate for food culture and whole well-being. She is also a certified Yoga Instructor, personal trainer and Ayruvedic practitioner who expresses her joy of health and its benefits by also leading classes, group programs, lectures and retreats.
She graduated form the institute of Holistic Nutrition in 2010. She has been upgrading her skills by taking Doctor lead training courses in functional blood labs analysis, Ayurveda, and therapeutic low carb high fat and ketogenic diets. She also completed a 300 hour yoga teacher training in 2018.
Her upbringing on the Mediterranean diet gave a unique insight into health. After changing career paths from finance to wellness Natasha has gone one to work with Medical Doctor's, Naturopathic Doctor's, Sports medicine practitioners and more. She runs dedicated Keto and Intermittent fasting groups and is active in her community.