Total Wellness Coaching
Preventive medicine coaching
The Vitamin D-Hormone Foundation of South Africa offers wellness and Preventive medicine coaching via Whatsapp Coaching. It is designed for those who would like to remain disease free by taking a proactive approach in determining their risk factors early through full background history as well as disease predicting screening blood tests( including of course Vit D levels!), and occasionally other investigations. It is also for those who would like continuous support for health and wellness issues that their GP’s (family doctors) may not provide quickly enough or without an extra charge, or in-office visit.
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We support you by understanding your unique Risk Profile and advice what further preventive actions you need to take BEFORE disease manifests or worsens. We enter into a full doctor-patient relationship respecting all medico-legal issues as expected by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). It is to be noted that because this isn’t a face to face consultation there may be a need for a clinical examination in certain situations and where this need is identified, we will suggest it via your GP or physician.
We believe that to optimise your health it is crucial to develop a coaching relationship which should continue anywhere from 6 to 12 months, or even longer depending on your wellness goals. Our focus is on educating you regarding factors that bring about well-being. We believe in the sharing of knowledge with you and also an opportunity for you to freely ask as many questions about your health issues as possible. In the end we provide you a full detailed health report that will serve as a guide for your future well-being.
Case Study
Mr A.B is a 35 year old nursing manager at a large urban hospital. He presented with a complaint of fatigue; he felt that the stress at work was contributing to his fatigue and difficulty with coping with his day-to-day activities and responsibilities at work. He had been to his own general practitioner a few months ago for the same concern and was diagnosed with suffering from depression and anxiety and was promptly started on antidepressant medication. We did an extensive blood work up on him and among them we measured his fasting insulin levels, vitamin D, and his folic acid and vitamin B12 levels. We discovered that he had very high insulin levels suggestive of pre-diabetes and insulin resistance. This typically contributes to fatigue and easy weight gain. Both his folic acid and B12 levels were low. These could also contribute to him feeling depressed and anxious. And of course his vitamin D levels were very low. After correcting all these deficiencies we not only helped him to feel a lot better but also helped him to lose weight. Typically we dig deep in trying to find out deficiency states that lead to manifestation of diseases.
We focus on :
Prevention of Heart Disease (vascular disease) and strokes [the No 1 killer in the world]
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Weight loss
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Correction of Insulin Resistance / Prediabetes
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Managing Fatigue
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Chronic aches and pains
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Vit D optimisation
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Correcting Nutritional deficiencies (Vit B12, folic acid, iron, magnesium, calcium, etc)
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Optimising Brain and mental functioning
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Exercise programme
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Sleep management
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Diagnosis of menopause (females) and andropause (men) via hormone testing
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Stress management through mindfulness and meditation (Heart Rhythm Meditation)
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Chronological monitoring of all clinical parameters (eg blood tests) to monitor Health Trends