Functional nutrition is the holistic evaluation of a person’s health. It encompasses nutrition, lifestyle, health history, and diet to determine what needs to be supported through nutrition. By supporting the body through nutrition, the body changes in a positive manner and conditions may be reduced or eliminated. By integrating this with chiropractic care, the physical functionality of the musculoskeletal system and the cellular function can be addressed through nutrition , maximizing the body’s ability to heal.
Performance Chiropractic added functional nutrition to our practice because Dr. Hannegan was noticing patterns with patients and knew there was a way to help support these issues through nutrition. By adding functional nutrition, allows us to help our patients achieve their goals to live the lives they deserve.
So many people are sick with chronic diseases and the traditional medical approach is to just treat the symptoms. The belief is, these diseases can only be managed and that the patient has no control. The medical model doesn’t see the value in nutrition and therefore gives no thought to the idea that poor nutrition actually causes many of the diseases they treat. Nor do they consider nutrition as a viable method of treatment. We know this is not true. Nutrition can improve people’s lives!
Dr. Hannegan has always been interested in nutrition and has talked to patients for years about the benefits of eating clean, high quality whole foods, and avoiding processed foods. But functional nutrition is taking the body to a whole different level of helping it heal itself. Dr. Hannegan wants to see people become healthier so they can spend more time with their loved ones and live quality lives.
Our food system has become significantly depleted of nutrients and more processed than ever before. Our bodies are stressed every day by the chemicals around us. To deal with these stressors and improvement nutrition we use two high-quality whole food product lines, Standard Process and MediHerb to add those needed nutrients back into the body. When the body has the correct amount of needed nutrients it can start to heal and properly function again.
Standard Process is a whole-food nutritional company and farm based in Wisconsin where they grow their own food and process it into supplements, creating extremely high-quality supplements full of nutrition. Dr. Hannegan has visited this farm and seen first-hand how they use the healing power of nature with scientifically supported evidence to create high quality supplements. MediHerb is an Australian company who focuses on herbal supplements. Both are constantly researching their products to maintain their unmatched quality and effectiveness.
Schedule your appointment below and Dr. Hannegan and you will discuss what supplements are best for you. You can get your supplements at the office at the time of your visit or order them online to have them shipped directly to you, anywhere in the USA.
