Are you tired of
chasing symptoms?
Let Holistic Digestive Solutions' expert functional medicine nutritionist help you find the root cause of your symptoms.
Do You Struggle with Any of the Following?
Weight Gain
Fatigue
Depression
Gastrointestinal Problems
Female Hormonal
Imbalances
You don't need to struggle any longer – Holistic Digestive Solutions can help you.
Holistic Digestive Solutions uses a functional medicine methodology that is based on a health approach focusing on addressing five common conditions – weight gain, fatigue, depression, female hormonal imbalances, and digestive problems – through restoring the 3 main body systems: the Hormonal System, the Digestive System, and the Detoxification System.
What would you pay for your health?
You are missing healing opportunities because traditional reports don’t share enough information. Functional medicine labs have much more comprehensive reporting that focuses on the root cause of why you are feeling unwell.
Start your journey to feeling healthy, happy, and energized again with Holistic Digestive Solutions.
Learn more about our services:
15-minute Free Consultation
During this individualized consultation, we will discuss your symptoms, goals, and create a plan that focuses on treating the root cause of your symptoms
Extremely Thorough Reporting
Our testing and blood work is extraordinarily thorough, diving much deeper than traditional testing at doctors' offices and medical centers
Bio-Individualized Care Plan
We will work together to create the ideal care plan for you based on your test results, focusing on maintaining cortisol levels while treating the underlying causes of your symptoms
Read below to learn more about your body's 3 main systems and the importance of restoring them through functional medicine methodology.
Your Hormonal System
Hormones act as the command center of the body, regulating energy production, fat burning and mood. Hormonal imbalances are common among people suffering from chronic stress or illnesses, fatigue and weight fluctuations.
Nearly all cases of hormonal imbalance are an automatic response to different stressors, which can be categorized as emotional stressors, a stress brought on by physiological factors, or digestive stressors.
When one’s cortisol levels are unbalanced, this will result in hormonal imbalances. Our functional medicine expert is trained in managing these issues by focusing on mediating the root cause.
Your Digestive System
Did you know that the majority of your immune system lies within your digestive tract? For that reason, the foundation of great health lies in proper digestive function.
Proper absorption of vitamins, proteins and essential fatty acids from the foods you eat is necessary to sustain you and keep you healthy. Low stomach acid and low digestive enzymes are common issues found in those with poor diets and high cortisol levels brought on by different stressors.
Many have struggled with gastrointestinal discomfort for so long that their bodies have adjusted to the poor functioning of their digestive systems. By treating digestive issues at their root, you will feel energized not only after a meal, but all day.
Your Detoxification System
The detoxification system is the body’s pathway for eliminating harmful toxins, such as chemicals found in food, and the products that result from the breakdown of substances and medications.
Your liver is at the center of your body’s detoxification system, playing the primary role in filtering toxins out of your blood. A primary source of toxic exposure is through the digestive tract. Diets high in fats, artificial sweeteners, alcohol, and caffeine can wreak havoc on one's detoxification system. Hormones and antibiotics fed to animals, as well as the preservatives used in foods you eat can also lead to serious symptoms and side effects.
An overworked liver can become ‘backlogged’, causing toxins to back up and recirculate back into the bloodstream. Inadequacies in one's detoxification system eventually leads to allergies, accelerated aging, asthma, joint pain, skin problems, headaches, and issues with concentration.
These three vital systems are all in constant and seamless interaction with one another.
For example, if you consume food or drink that you are reactive to, it will cause your GI tract to inflame, which in turn impacts digestion and absorption of vitamins and nutrients. Said inflammation then generates a hormonal response and causes a spike in your body’s cortisol production, which lowers overall immune function and sex hormone levels.
ALL OF THIS simply because you went with a bagel for breakfast this morning!
You're Missing Healing Opportunities
You are missing healing opportunities because traditional reports don’t share the right information. Functional medicine labs have much more comprehensive reporting that focuses on the root cause of why you are feeling unwell.
Start your journey to feeling healthy, happy, and energized again with Holistic Digestive Solutions.
15-minute Free Consultation
During this individualized consultation, we will discuss your symptoms, goals, and create a plan that focuses on treating the root cause of your symptoms
Extremely Thorough Reporting
Our testing and blood work is extraordinarily thorough, diving much deeper than traditional testing at doctors' offices and medical centers
Bio-Individualized Care Plan
We will work together to create the ideal care plan for you based on your test results, focusing on maintaining cortisol levels while treating the underlying causes of your symptoms
Our Clients' Lifechanging Stories
I feel too blessed to be able to work with Karen. She's easy to talk with, reliable, and has taught me so much. Karen's screening and planning are comprehensive, proactive, and personalized. I hope to continue working with Karen for years to come.
- Sabel F.
Karen is absolutely wonderful to work with and is great about explaining my test results and providing me with diet strategies. I know that she really cares about my health and is there for me every step of the way. I feel so much better since working with her!
- Pat B-F
Karen Thomas has and still is helping me with my transition to better health. She has a very caring and professional attitude with her clients to make sure they feel comfortable and are informed with every step of their treatment. She entails the very definition of a great practitioner.
- Dr. Regina P.
Meet Karen
Karen is the CEO and Founder of Holistic Digestive Solutions. Karen’s passion for the healthcare industry began at the age of 15 in dentistry. Over 39 years later, her passion has grown to include functional medicine to improve the overall health of her clients.
She is a Licensed Nutritionist, Certified Nutritionist Specialist®, and Certified Biological Dental Hygienist, Certified Integrative Nutrition® Health Coach, Certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner (FDN-P), and a motivational speaker, educator and the award-winning author of Overwhelmed & Undernourished: Use Food as Medicine and Turn Your Life Around. She also holds a Master’s of Science in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine.. Karen also is the recipient of the 2020 Sunstar/RDH Award of Distinction.
Karen’s own health took a downward spiral when chronic stress led her into a 2-year, bed-ridden battle to regain her wellness. Without a proper diagnosis, she searched for the answers none of her physicians could give her. Karen was forced to figure it all out herself. Her research led her to several great resources, including the Institute for Integrative Nutrition®. This taught her the health benefits of appropriate nutrition and grew her ever-expanding journey into helping others find answers to their own, similar health mysteries.
She currently works with private clients in addition to working with physicians who seek her counsel on finding the root causes of mysterious autoimmune diseases for their own patients. Karen uses functional medicine testing to accomplish this. She then designs bio-individual protocols to aid in reversing chronic health diseases.
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