Helios Rehabilitation & Performance
Holistic Nutrition at Helios
"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food"
-Hippocrates
A Holistic Nutritionist's goal is to help you reach your optimal health potential and is trained in natural nutrition and complementary health to educate and assist you in reaching this goal. Holistic Nutrition focuses on high quality, whole, locally grown foods and sustainable farming practices.
Each person is biochemically unique with respect to genetic make-up, medical history, symptoms, family history, and food choices. Everyone reacts with their personal environment differently. Holistic Nutrition approaches the individual as a whole entity. It considers underlying nutritional deficiencies that may be manifesting in feelings of sub-optimal health. In doing so, holistic nutrition aims to determine the root cause of nutritional deficiencies. A whole foods-based diet and healthy lifestyle choices combined with daily exercise and supplements to prevent deficiencies are important aspects of optimal health. The human body has the innate ability to heal itself and holistic nutrition gives the body, mind and spirit the tools to achieve and maintain optimal health.
Helios welcomes Amanda Argue as their registered holistic nutritionist and is excited to add holistic nutrition to their powerhouse of rehabilitation and performance. When working with Amanda you will learn about health and wellness promotion, injury prevention and recovery through whole foods, and have a program designed for you that will outline possible nutrient deficiencies and which body systems need support and balancing. Amanda will also consider your lifestyle, exercise habits, eating habits, thought patterns, and beliefs in order to to assist you in implementing her recommendations to your diet and lifestyle. Environmental pollution, metal toxicity, microorganism imbalance and food sensitivities are also considered in constructing a personalized assessment and nutritional program. There are many things we cannot control in life but we can control what we eat and drink.
Benefits of Holistic Nutrition:
- Improves energy levels
- Increases memory and focus
- Relief of stress
- Relief of fatigue
- Relief from joint pain
- Releases excess weight
- Disease prevention
- Slows the aging process
- Elimination of toxins
- Improves functioning of vital organs
- Relief from allergies
- Balances blood sugar problems
- Balances blood pressure and cholesterol levels
- Helps clear candida albicans and parasites
- Improves digestive problems
- Enhances quality of sleep
- Balances hormones
- Relieves anxiety
- Relief from skin problems
- Prepares the body for surgery
- Relief from constipation
Additionally it helps children with:
- ADD/ADHD
- Bed wetting
- Ear infections
- Asthma
- Eczema
- Frequent colds and Infections
Registered Holistic Nutritionist
Amanda Argue, RHN
Amanda Argue grew up in Austin, Texas where she lived until she moved to Jasper in 2003. After finding happiness in the Canadian Rocky Mountains Amanda felt it was time to follow her passion and study at the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition in Calgary, Alberta where she received her diploma in natural nutrition and became a Registered Holistic Nutritionist.
Tons of snow, endless ranges of big mountainous terrain, warm summer weather, and amazing skiing and mountain biking and the dynamic community drew Amanda to Revelstoke, BC. Amanda has a passion for ski touring, mountain biking and climbing, and is pumped to step it up in the gnarly Revelstokian and surrounding areas. Amanda plans to have a large fruit and vegetable garden and grow many different varieties of vegetables and berries including superfruits like gogi berries.
As the result of two knee injuries, a broken ankle, and shoulder issues Amanda has developed a keen sense of body awareness and the need to maintain muscular strength to support these potential weak areas. With these experiences coupled with her passion for healthy food and a healthy lifestyle Amanda is set in her niche at Helios Rehabilitation and Performance.
Special Focus
Amanda's passion for sports and the mountains have made it easy for her to find her niche. Sport specific holistic nutrition benefits:
- increase stamina, endurance, and energy
- reduce recovery time
- increase mental focus
- reduce inflammation
- prevent injuries
Initial Assessment (1.5 hour consultation)
During this consultation an extensive analysis of your daily life, job, family and medical history, eating habits and lifestyle will be conducted. This takes approximately 1.5 hours. Amanda will then work in between this visit and your 30 minute follow up to build a program specifically designed for your goals and body needs. During your thirty minute follow-up visit, you will receive your personalized program and Amanda will go over it with you.
- $100 1.5 hour consultation (first appointment)
- personalized nutritional and lifestyle program
- recipes and handouts
- supplement recommendations to balance deficiencies
- 30 minute consultation (second appointment) to receive and go over your plan
Follow-up (1 hour, for clients that have had an initial assessment)
This visit is booked 4 weeks after your 30 minute appointment and is a consultation directed at revisiting Amanda's recommendations. Amanda will assess your progress and make advanced recommendations based on further analysis. You will receive a modified program with advanced recommendations that is adjusted to your new goals.
- $65 1 hour consultation
- reassessment
- modified personalized nutritional and lifestyle program with new recommendations
- new recipes
Initial Assessment Package
- $155 includes 1.5 hour consultation (first appointment), as well as 3 x 30-min follow up appointments to assess progress and update the program as necessary
- personalized nutritional and lifestyle program
- recipes and handouts
- supplement recommendations to balance deficiencies
- 30 minute consultation (second appointment) to receive and go over your plan
- 2 x 30-min follow-up consultations roughly 4 weeks after the first appointment
- reassessment
- modified personalized nutritional and lifestyle program with new recommendations
- new recipes
1 hour Consultation
The intent of this consultation is to spend 1 hour with Amanda discussing questions you have regarding health & nutrition. General recommendations will be made with respect to your nutritional and lifestyle questions. - $70 includes handouts and recipes
½ hour Consultation
The intent of this consultation is to spend a ½ hour with Amanda discussing questions you have regarding health & nutrition. General recommendations will be made with respect to your nutritional and lifestyle questions. - $40
Amanda is available for booking during clinic hours on Tuesdays, Wednesday, Thursdays, and Fridays.
What's to come:
Amanda is currently working on her National Strength and Conditioning Association personal trainer's certification and has plans to merge holistic nutrition with physical fitness to create balance and synergy in body, mind and energy.
- personalized work out programs
- one on one work outs
- motivation, enthusiasm, and encouragement
- group classes: cardio, weights and compound exercises
For:
- athletes looking to optimize their energy and performance
- injury prevention and recovery
- anyone working towards a personal goal
Is holistic nutrition covered by provincial health care? Am I covered?
If you have an extended medical plan or benefits package, you may be eligible for partial or full coverage. Please check with your provider for details.
What are all the questions that I need to ask my benefits provider?
- What is my coverage for holistic nutrition?
- Do you require a doctor’s referral an assessment or consult?
- Do you require the nutritionist to fill out any special forms?