How we approach health at Ideal Human
Although everyone is unique, here is a general outline of how patient care proceeds at Ideal Human. You may heal faster or slower based on your individual health condition. The frequency of your visits and duration of treatment will be at the discretion of your provider and will be based on your health and vitality, progress, and health goals.
1//First office visit: During this 60 minute first visit, your doctor will meet with you to review your health concerns as well as your goals. This will include an extensive history, review of medications, supplements, and previous treatments. Your doctor will then perform a physical exam and discuss all findings with you. Together, you determine which lab tests would be appropriate to help determine the underlying cause of your health issues. Labs may include:
Complete thyroid testing
Vitamin D
Food sensitivities
Intestinal permeability
Stool and digestive analysis
Oxidative stress
Cardiac health
Hormones
Adrenal function
At this visit, some dietary changes or supplements may be recommended, although your practitioner may wait for labs to make sure your kidney and liver are functioning well before making recommendations. You will leave this visit with an outline of how all your symptoms connect and what the plan is to address these issues.
2//The Detox visit: At your second office visit, basic lab results like thyroid panel, vitamin D, blood sugar, and liver function will be available for review with your doctor. Normally this is 1 to 2 weeks after the first visit. This visit will be 30 minutes and will include dietary recommendations and a care plan focused on addressing findings from these lab results as well as supporting detoxification. By lowering the body’s toxic burden, all processes in the body will work better, which will help subsequent interventions work better. Energy, sleep, and brain function all start to improve at this visit.
3// The Gut visit: The third visit is all about digestion! This is normally 4 weeks after the second visit (6 weeks after the first visit). If a stool test was ordered, it will be reviewed at this time, as the stool test takes 6 weeks to be resulted. 80% of the immune system resides in the gut, and because the immune system is what creates inflammation, the GI tract must be addressed for optimal wellness. This is the most intensive visit, but it is also where most patients start noticing the biggest changes in their health.
4// The Re-evaulation: By this visit, most patients have drastic improvement in their symptoms, from energy to sleep to digestion. Your practitioner will review your digestive symptoms to evaluate whether it has been adequately addressed. Normally at this visit some of your protocol is reduced as many nutrients have been repleted and symptoms have disappeared. If there are any outstanding lab results, these will also be reviewed at this visit.
5//Weight loss/gain or hormones: Now that the body is functioning well and you are feeling better, it is easy to focus on secondary issues like weight or hormone balance. Often these issues have already improved by this point and are they are much easier to address. Your doctor will continue to adapt your plan as your body heals.
6//Food reintroduction: 6 months after removing any food sensitivities from the diet the immune system will have calmed down its response to these particular foods. If the gut has been healed, these foods can be reintroduced. Your practitioner will explain how to approach this methodically and make sure that you feel comfortable with this process. They will also put together a maintenance plan for your health, because after all your hard work, you want to make sure that you keep up your health.
Curious about how the Ideal Human process might work for you? Let’s set up a free, 15 minute consult to answer any questions you might have!