My Naturopathic Doctor visit

Tonigth I had my first visit with my new Naturopathic Doctor! She was fabulous. She is the wife of the Dr that I took Cooper to.

the first thing I did was give a urine sample, which was kind of funny because I was soooo dehydrated after vball last night that I was glad to hear they didn't need much for the tests ;)

Then I did a BIA (Bioelectrical Impedence Analysis) which is a method of assessing your body composition. The measurement of body fat in relation to lean body mass. I hadn't really expected to ahve that tested lol so it made me nervous. Anyway it was fascinating. We went through all the norms for my age group and my results. I was sooo surpirsed at how well the old bod was handling itself! Here are a couple of the key points:

Phase Angle For my age group: my result:
(measrued by resistance and reactance

6.6

my result: 7.1
(so better than the target
indicators of cellular health. basically by that much. it made me
how toxic is my system from ingested feel really confident in the and environmental toxins) choices we've been making
in our cleaning products ,
food etc.. )

Fat mass 22.5

my result:
23.2
cutting myself some slack since Coopers only one (lol) but I am very close to the target so it is a new goal for me)

Extracellular water
(basically how my body is aging
compared to my actual age (she and I were both really
happy with this result
sincei t means my body is
aging less quickly than
my actual age in yrs)
45.5

my result: 39.7

So I brought up some concerns I had (lactose intolerance, digestive issues, some eczema) I have one supplement I got today as well as continuing the L Glutamine, Udo's oil, and acidophilus plus.

Tomorrow I start a Hypo allergenic cleansing nutrition program that will hopefully get rid of the eczema since it oculd be a food sensitivity. Then after 3 weeks I can re introduce the eliminated foods and see if I get a reaction from them. There are tons of foods I can eat BUT I can't have dairy, wheat, processed foods, caffeine and some proteins and vegetables. But there really is a ton i can eat I jsut need to go shopping and get some stuff on the list so if I feel snackish I have some things handy that are allowed.

I am eating my last bowl of popcorn for 3 weeks haha, of course with popcorn seasoning on it. Might as well go out with a bang! lol

I go back in 3 weeks and hopefully the eczema is gone! If not we will try a new approach. The expreience was great. I'm really happy with how it all went and I'll be looking forward to seeing the same results as we have seen with Cooper after his appt!