Anti-Inflammatory Nutrition

Did you know that what you eat can directly impact how much pain you feel?  Dr. Johnson specializes in diagnosing a condition known as "silent inflammation" and routinely prescribes different nutritional products, and lifestyle changes in an effort to correct some of the underlying issues that are contributing to your pain.

"Silent Inflammation" is a term that was coined by Dr. Barry Sears, PhD.  Many of today's diseases are really the result of ongoing chronic inflammation inside the body.  Issues such as heart disease, Alzheimer's, cancer, and diabetes all have an inflammatory component to them.  Other problems that are linked to silent inflammation include back pain, neck pain, headaches, joint pain, muscle pain, or "fibromyalgia".

So how do you know if you have silent inflammation?  Symptoms felt include pain in your joints or muscles, chronic fatigue, fatigue despite getting adequate sleep, frequent headaches, forgetfulness, frequent colds and/or infections, and feelings of irritability.  Clinical findings can include any of the following: Elevated fasting insulin levels, high triglycerides (TAG's), elevated blood glucose, increased C-Reactive Protein (CRP), high cholesterol, and body mass index greater than 30.  Many people are surprised to learn that elevated cholesterol and high triglycerides are a symptom of underlying metabolic issues and are not a disease themselves!  However, the standard medical approach is to treat the high cholesterol directly instead of addressing the underlying cause of silent inflammation which does little to improve the functioning of the body as a whole.

Only Professional Quality Nutritional Products Used

The products that we use in our office are professional, pharmaceutical grade products that are only available to health care providers.  These products are superior to many products sold in stores, and are subjected to third-party lab testing to ensure purity and potency.  These high level companies that our office uses are as follows:

• Metagenics

• Davinci Labs of Vermont

• Juice Plus