Nutritional and Integrative Medicine
What does it mean? |
In addition to Western traditional medicine, Dr Amelia has additional qualifications in Nutritional and Integrative medicine as a Fellow of the Australian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine. Her approach takes into account individual nutrition requirements and status, lifestyle, potential environmental exposures and how they can contribute to health or disease.
For Dr Amelia this means incorporating individual nutritional and physiological assessment, supplementation if required, and potentially diet-based therapies in addition to standard pharmaceutical management. |
Dr Amelia and Functional Medicine
Integrative and Functional Medicine are terms that are often used interchangeably. Dr Amelia offers in depth consultations for this approach which includes comprehensive review of health history as well as nutritional status assessment and investigation. Other testing may include hormonal testing, gut microbiome testing or breath testing for SIBO. She does not currently offer interpretation or testing of heavy metals or mould toxicity.