Welcome to functional nutrition!!

 

I am so happy to be able to share my knowledge with you on your quest to health and wellness. We will work together as a team to uncover the root causes of your disease, pain, and symptoms. It will take time, some work, and consistency but if you are willing and up for the challenge then so am I! I will offer you support, guidance and education during our client-focused and systems-based approach.

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So, who am I? I am a registered nurse who has practiced for 30 years at the bedside with my last 14 years being life flight. Critical care and trauma are my passion! I also have a master’s degree in nursing education. But even though I love this type of medicine, over my career I have seen things that have made me question conventional medicine. Don’t get me wrong, we have done amazing things for healing the acutely ill but are dropping the ball on the chronically ill and managing and preventing chronic diseases. People are living longer with chronic diseases but are not getting the help they need to manage their diseases and symptoms. People are needlessly suffering and don’t need to be. There are also now over 100 listed autoimmune diseases! I felt like there must be a way to help these people and I started researching. This is where functional nutrition comes into play. We will fill in the gaps where conventional medicine fails.

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Along my path of educating myself on functional nutrition, I have learned so many things about how the body works down to the cellular level that isn’t taught in medical or nursing school. So, if you often wonder, why didn’t my doctor tell me that? The answer is they don’t know and were not taught these things. Doctors are trained to treat the acutely ill but receive very little education or training on managing long-term health and illness and are not taught about nutrition at all!!

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During our initial visit, you will be asked a ton of questions that you have probably never been asked before let alone even thought about. Doctors don’t ask many of these questions since they literally do not have time to dig as deep as we are going to go in a 15-minute session with you in their office. There will be many forms to fill out prior to your arrival that will help our first initial visit go smooth.

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What do I need to have for my first session? You will need to fill out the forms that are attached to this email. Please bring a list of all your medications, including herbal and over-the-counter supplements. Also, any recent lab work is a bonus but not necessary. Allow at least 2 hours for this first meeting since we have a lot of groundwork to do so I can get to know you! I am excited to help you change your lifestyle and quality of health! Let’s do this together! See you soon! Everything is connected, we are all unique, and all things matter.

 

Warm regards,

Kitty Cullin, MSN, Certified Functional Nutritionist/ Health Coach