Nancy Crites B.ED, RHN, NCP, D.Hom.
Holistic Practitioner
Nancy is a Nutritional Consulting Practitioner and a member
of the International Order of Nutritional Consultants. She
has had a life-long interest in health and wellness, particularly
the role holistic nutrition plays in preventative health and
healing. As a holistic practitioner, she focuses on prevention,
and considers natural methods, such as holistic nutrition, supplementation,
homeopathy, biotherapeutic drainage, kinesiology, botanical treatments,
and lifestyle counseling. She also uses the Emotional Freedom
Technique and meditation in her practice.
Nancy has just received the designation of Naturotherapist,
and she is presently completing her training in Auricular Medicine..
Nancy has added the Biomeridian computer to her practice. BIM
is a very effective health assessment tool and is used for sensitivity
testing as well. It provides secure valuable, detailed
information about your body which is useful in determining the
best course of action needed for your individual health needs.
Nancy has been a professional educator for many years. She has
taken her love of teaching into the realm of holistic and complementary
therapies, and enjoys educating people to help them build and
maintain nutritional well being.
Passionate about her work with nutrition and healing, Nancy
finds it a privilege to participate with individuals on their
journey towards wellness. She is pleased to offer a holistic,
complimentary service, supporting health and wellness at her
office in the Devenish Building.
Address: #314 908 17 Avenue SW
Phone: 403.618.5700
Email: nancycrites@shaw.ca
My Story
I would like to share with you how my experience
with pharmaceutical grade vitamin supplements led
me to become a Holistic Health Care Practitioner.
I have always
been aware of the importance of eating good quality food, I lived in
the country and grew my own food organically in my market garden/greenhouse
operation. Each week I made my family yogurt, bread, soups, etc.. I raised
goats and used their milk in my food preparation. I nursed
my babies for an extended period of time and took pride in doing
all I could to ensure I was feeding my family the very best quality
food possible.
I have always been very active and participated
in aerobics, weight-bearing exercise, yoga, Qi Gong, Tai Chi,
and I love to jog.
I have a strong sense of spirituality and have practiced meditation
for years.
However, In spite of all my efforts in nutrition, my health was
declining and around ten years ago I found myself to be in a
very bad way. I suffered from constant headaches and each
morning I would evaluate the intensity of the headache and decide
what level of painkiller was required to take to manage the pain
for that day. I had plantar fasciitis and wore orthotics, I had
a hip brace for my sacroiliac pain, I had a custom thumb splint
made, to allow me to hold and use a pen to write. My back
was in a constant state of spasm, and it was thought that I had
Fibromyalgia. I suffered from extreme Irritable Bowel Syndrome,
and was in digestive distress on a daily basis. I received
allergy shots for my allergies, and I became addicted to
decongestant nasal spray.
Needless to say I was spending a lot of time visiting a variety
of health care practitioners including my family doctor, a physiotherapist,
a naturopath, an acupuncturist, a massage therapist, an osteopath,
and a chiropractor. Yet the pain persisted and I became
a chronic pain sufferer.
A friend of mine recommended that I try her pharmaceutical grade
multi vitamin/mineral supplements. I resisted initially,
as I believed I was receiving adequate nutrition through eating
a great diet of organic, natural, good quality food. However,
I did give in and began the supplements and I was amazed at the
improvement I experienced! The first thing that happened
was that my headaches disappeared, next the plantar fasciitis,
then the allergies, and wonderfully my body pain was gone!
This amazing and wonderful response to the Usana Health
Sciences supplements made me sit up and pay attention
to what a difference optimal nutrition through supplementation
can make!
I went on to learn more about the importance of a pharmaceutical
grade, broad spectrum, easily absorbed, bioavailable, multi-vitamin,
as well as other nutriceuticals. My interest in the subject
led me to study nutrition at the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition,
where I graduated with Distinguished Merit at the top of my class,
and earned the designation of Registered Holistic Nutritionist and become
a member of the International Organization of Nutritional
Consultants, and the Professional Alliance of
Naturopaths and Naturotherapists, and received the title
of Registered Nutritional Consulting Practitioner, and Naturotherapist. I
have continued my studies in the areas of Biotherapeutic Drainage,
Homeopathy and Auricular Medicine, and specialize in Chronic
pain and Digestive Disorders.
With all this professional training and experience in a private
holistic practice, I appreciate that each individual is biochemically
unique, and that one man's food may be another man's
poison, but something as simple as supplementing
a good diet with a pharmaceutical grade multi-vitamin is a fabulous
place to start to build health, wellness and longevity!
Yours in good health,
Nancy
