For today’s post I wanted to explain a little about what exactly Holistic Nutrition is. The term nutritionist is less regulated than some other health practitioners, so it's important to look for specific certifications to make sure you're getting the real deal!
Holistic Nutrition is a natural approach to health that uses evidence-based techniques for diet, lifestyle and detoxification. Instead of focusing on just one aspect of the person, or taking a one size fits all methodology, holistic nutrition evaluates the complete health history, emotional state, lifestyle habits and current diet habits of an individual to determine the root cause of his or her health issues. Here are just some of the issues holistic nutritionists help with:
From there, the goal is to empower and educate the client into improving his or her health with the use of nutrient dense foods, natural supplementation and lifestyle recommendations.
As holistic nutritionists are not yet government regulated, it’s important to look for the certification, Certified Nutritional Practitioners (CNPs), as CNPs are holistic nutritionists with a diploma in Applied Holistic Nutrition. This is recognized and approved by the Certified Nutritional Practitioners Council of Canada (CNPCC). The other certification to look for is RHN which stands for Registered Holistic Nutritionist.
It depends which company you use, and this is constantly changing - more and more companies are starting to cover Holistic Nutritionists.
If your benefits plan is under Greenshield or Manulife, it should be covered; however, it's typically under "Nutritional Counselling / Social Work / Counselling" and is not the same as being covered with a Registered Dietician or Registered Nutritionist. If your benefits plan is under Sunlife, Great West Life or Pacific Blue Cross, there is a chance it's covered, but you will have to call to confirm.
The more times that you request Holistic Nutrition to be covered, the more likely this will keep expanding to be covered under more plans.
Here are the main areas that I help my clients with, and you can click through to each section of my website to learn more:
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