Build yourself a team you trust
If there's one thing I'd encourage anyone navigating their health to do, it's this. Gather a team of trusted practitioners around you.
Integrative, functional, and holistic professionals who work alongside your doctors, never instead of them. The more good people you have in your corner, each looking at you from their own angle, the better supported you are. For me, that team has been one of the most valuable parts of looking after myself.
Working with a nutritionist like Amanda has helped me make sense of the health system, understand my medical diagnostics, and learn how to support my body through nutrition, supplementation, movement, breath, and so much more. She doesn't replace my doctors. She works beside them, and that partnership has changed how I care for myself.
Amanda Martindale
Integrative Holistic Nutritionist ยท Inner Fit Nutrition
Amanda is my nutritionist, and someone I trust enough to share with my own friends. She takes the time to understand the whole picture of a person, and she works on a "test, don't guess" approach, getting to the root of things rather than working in the dark.
She sees clients online right across Australia and further afield, as well as in person, so you don't need to be nearby to work with her. That telehealth reach is part of why I feel comfortable pointing people her way wherever they are.
Visit Amanda at Inner Fit Nutrition. If you reach out, let Amanda know Carla sent you.
The strategy that changed things for me
Test, don't guess
One of the most powerful things I've put in place is simple. I have my bloods done every three months. My GP reads them and explains them to me, and then I take my own printed copy to Amanda, who deep-dives them a little differently, on her level. Between the two of them, I get two sets of trusted eyes on the same results.
From there, we adjust my supplementation based on what my blood is actually showing, so it's specific and personal to me rather than guessing and reaching for everything on the shelf. What my body needs in winter isn't what it needs in summer, and this lets me give it the right support at the right time of year.
At my worst, my daily routine was mostly pharmaceuticals, with very few supplements. Over time, working closely between my GP and Amanda and always guided by my blood work, that picture has slowly changed. Today it's the other way around, and I'm quietly proud of that.
I don't think there's a test Amanda offers that I haven't had done.
I want to be clear about something. Every change I've made was made with my doctor, for my body, based on my results. This is simply my story, not a path for anyone else to follow. Your team and your blood work will tell your own.
So here's the encouragement I'd leave you with. Get your bloods done with your GP. Ask for your own copy to keep. And if you can, find an integrative, holistic practitioner like Amanda to look over them with fresh eyes. Two perspectives on the same results can show you things you'd never see on your own.
The best thing you can do for your health is to stop walking it alone.
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