With so many of you showing such a keen
interest in our newest Well4ever member, we've decided to put our resident
Naturopath, Kimberly Parsons through her paces and come up with 10 questions
for her to fret over.
Here is part 1 and be sure to tune in next week for part 2...
We hope
you enjoy getting to know her a little better. Here is what she had to say...
How did you get into Naturopathy?
I knew
I wanted to be a Naturopath from the age of 15. I did toy with the idea of
training as an Osteopath for a while but there was always something that
brought me back to Naturopathy. As a child I was brought up with Naturopathic
health care. I remembered my mother with her spoonful of cod liver oil every
morning at breakfast and dissolvable vitamin C supplements as we left home for
our day at school. I was always the kid at school with the 'weird' lunch box;
instead of crisps and cheese sandwiches, I had containers of chickpeas, nuts
and seeds and half an avocado!
What is Naturopathy exactly?
Naturopathy
is an umbrella term used to describe a natural health practitioner who is
trained to use a range of natural therapies. Naturopath's understand the
traditional use of remedies as well as recent biomedical research and will implement
modalities such as herbal medicine, clinical nutrition, homeopathy, iridology,
manual techniques such as massage or reflexology, acupuncture and dietary and
lifestyle modifications to treat and diagnose their patients.
Each
practitioner differs in the modalities they choose to treat with but each will fundamentally
focus on treating the underlying causes of disease by assessing and treating
the patient as a whole. A Naturopath believes health and wellbeing are affected
by multiple external and internal factors, some of which lead to functional
disorders and chronic disease. A Naturopath sees their role is to educate the
patient, develop preventative practices and reduce the incidence of relapse.
What is your education?
I am a
registered N.D. (Doctor of Naturopathy). To obtain this accreditation I studied
a Bachelor of Health Science in Naturopathy at the renowned Southern School of
Natural Therapies, in Melbourne Australia. SSNT is a private college with 50
years academic excellence in the field of Naturopathy, SSNT has played a
leading role in the development of complementary medicine both in Australia and
internationally. My qualification was an intensive 4 year degree, encompassing
subjects such as western herbal medicine, clinical nutrition, homeopathy,
iridology, counselling studies, pharmacology, clinical studies as well and
providing all base subjects such as biochemistry, anatomy and physiology,
psychology and pathology. I loved my time at SSNT because of its incredibly
well rounded curriculum, and the education I received gave me a great
springboard to continue in my own way.
There
is no statutory legislation for the registration for Naturopaths in the UK at
the moment, although the legislation is slowly changing. I strongly advocate registration
and have chosen to become a registered member of the General Council and
Register of Naturopaths.
How can you help me?
I am
hoping to bring a fresh perspective to helping people make the link between
food, nutrition and their health; Educating the Well4ever community on how food
and its nutrients impact our health. More specifically, I specialise in women’s
health. In the areas of infertility, pre-conception care, pregnancy, and
menopause.
What health practitioners do you visit
regularly for your own health?
I visit
a Chiropractor each week to keep myself aligned and in tune. I'm a big
subscriber to a healthy spine, a healthy mind and a healthy diet being the key
to happiness and longevity.
The
philosophy behind Chiropractic care is very similar to that of Naturopathy in
that both believe the body possesses an innate intelligence where if kept in
check with good nutrition, a healthy mind, lifestyle and regular spinal
re-alignment the body will maintain its own equilibrium and live without dis-ease.
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