Health Coaching & FREE Vitamin Consultations Are You Sick & Tired? You Need a Doctor, Not a Do it Yourself Program!

       Where else can you pick up the telephone and receive the guidance of an experienced physician with a vast array of knowledge in Preventive Medicine, Functional Medicine and nutrition? Dr. Elizabeth Walker spends the majority of her practice time helping clients all over the United States understand how to get healthier and have more energy.

FREE Vitamin Consultations: 

Does the vast array of nutritional supplements available confuse you? Let Dr. Walker help you choose the most efficient and cost effective products to buy. Email her at VitalityDoctor@comcast.net with the following information. Dr. Walker may return your call quickly or get back to you within one or two business days, depending on her availability. Please list your phone number and best time to call:

• male or female

• age, height, weight

• your typical blood pressure reading (if known)

• your five symptoms or chronic diseases of greatest concern

• medications used frequently (including over-the-counter meds)

• any recent abnormals on lab work (include recent fasting glucose and lipid scores, even if they were normal)

• supplements you are currently taking 

We look forward to hearing from you!

HEALTH COACHING:

Two types of Health Coaching are available. Some people desire just a single phone consultation - a "Wellness Checkup." These sessions can be very helpful to pinpoint diet, lifestyle or nutritional supplement recommendations that can produce dramatic improvements in just a short time. Dr. Walker offers these sessions at only one-third the cost of her typical in-office visit. A single 30-minute session costs $40. For this session, please download all five of the following forms listed below.

However, most people seek Dr. Walker's guidance for conditions that have developed over months and years. Dr. Walker offers Health Coaching and 30 Day Wellness & Detoxification Programs to help the following:

Anxiety	Depression	Irritable Bowel (IBS)
Attention Disorders	Diabetes - type 2	Liver Enzyme elevations
Canker & Cold Sores	Diarrhea	Mononucleosis
Cardiovascular Disease	Fatigue	Insomnia
Colitis	GERD, heartburn	PMS
Constipation	Gum Disease	Pregnancy Side Effects
High Blood Pressure	Hypoglycemia	Sinusitis, Colds, Flu

       In this era of internet medical research, people are tempted to try to become their own doctors to find answers to their medical challenges. With specialized medicine, it is rare for one doctor to look at every facet of the care being provided to a client with multiple health problems. In addition, most medical offices do not schedule adequate time for diet, nutrition and lifestyle counseling and cannot offer these valuable tools for healing and regeneration of a client’s total picture of health. 

       On the contrary, Dr. Walker's primary tool for healing has been to delve into her clients' diet, lifestyle factors and nutrition to identify the many risk factors responsible for their health problems. Dr. Walker has been extensively studying nutrition since 1975, encompassing two different health careers, chiropractic and dental hygiene. In addition, she is a licensed acupuncturist and has studied the Oriental perspective of using "food as medicine."

        Every symptom has a meaning and very often health problems relate to nutrition imbalances or disorders of the GI tract caused by a person’s dietary habits. Every chronic disease has multiple causes, which require more than one solution.

       There will never be a magic pill that offers a “cure” for any chronic disease because total health requires a strong commitment from the client to improve their diet and lifestyle. No doctor or pill can improve a client’s health without their cooperation in removing all the risk factors that caused the disease.

       Changing health habits requires coaching and guidance. The client must understand the benefits versus the consequences in order to have compelling reasons to incorporate the changes into their daily routine. Plus, a knowledge of human nature is necessary for a coach to assist people in overcoming the physical and emotional stumbling blocks associated with behavioral changes.

       Dr. Walker has over three decades of experience in teaching her clients how to improve their health. She understands what works and what does not. In just one month's time she can help most people turn their health around and dramatically improve many of their symptoms. Since fatigue is a factor in all chronic diseases, she wrote Conquer Fatigue in 30 Days as a roadmap for better health. It teaches principles of nutrition, balanced detoxification and stress management.

       The "Toxicity Quiz" (also found on p 4 - 5 of the Conquer Fatigue book) is part of Dr. Walker's health evaluation listed below. She has used this quiz for many years in her health coaching practice to gauge progress on clients who undergo the 30-Day Wellness & Detoxification Program. Page 6 of her book shows graphs of three different clients who went from initial total scores of 95 down to 16, 153 to 47 and 140 to 31 in just one month's time under her guidance. These people suffered from problems such as ulcerative colitis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, hypoglycemia, insomnia, excessive weight, anxiety and depression.

30-Day Wellness & Detoxification Program

       For people who score 50 or greater on the Toxicity Quiz, a 30 day wellness program is extremely helpful. Every person is an individual and it takes time to implement changes. Dr. Walker assists each Health Coaching client with personalized consultations spaced one week apart. Her 30-Day Wellness & Detoxification Program includes first a one-hour telephone consultation to discuss a variety of health questionnaires, a list of your medicines and nutrition supplements and a diet/activity survey.

       Follow-up sessions are 15 – 30 minutes weekly and include discussions of diet and lifestyle changes and any subsequent diagnostic tests. The fourth session includes a reevaluation using the Toxicity Quiz. For Dr. Walker's in-office clinical program the same hours of appointment time would cost over $400. The VitalityDoctor.com telephone Health Coaching program fee is only $150 for all four sessions.

       Please request from your doctor copies of any laboratory or diagnostic tests done within the past two years. It is not necessary to include the medical records (notes of doctor’s visits).

       Please email (VitalityDoctor@comcast.net) or fax (call for number) copies of diagnostic tests.

To mail copies, send to:
       Dr. Walker, 3525 Auntie Stone Street, Unit 18, Fort Collins, CO 80526.

       Please download all of the following forms to fill out completely. Either resend them by email attachment or mail with copies of your diagnostic tests:

• Confidential Case History
• Toxicity Quiz
• Medicines and Nutrition Supplements
• Initial Diet/Activity Diary
• Informed Consent

       A word about Detoxification - to a layperson, detoxification conjures up unpleasant images of drug and alcohol rehab or periodic fasting, doing enemas or colonics and drinking disgusting solutions designed to cause massive bowel evacuation or make your gallbladder cough up gallstones. 

        To the Functional Medicine physician, detoxification is happening every minute of every day without your effort or attention. Scientists are recognizing that inflammation (one example of poor detoxification) is a common denominator in the development of most chronic diseases because it greatly impairs health and healing. Proper detoxification must happen on a daily basis to maintain good health. 

       Dr. Walker assists her clients with gentle, non-irritating methods to enhance detoxification. This requires simple steps such as dietary changes which decrease inflammation and potential allergens, exercise, warm baths or saunas, breathing exercises, and specific targeted nutrition to help the organs of detoxification work more efficiently. It is something that fits easily into your daily routine and Dr. Walker encourages that many of these habits should become a life-long practice.

       To assist with the healing process, Dr. Walker sometimes utilizes the following patented medical foods which have been thoroughly researched and clinically tested at The Institute for Functional Medicine in Gig Harbor, WA. This facility is the research arm of the number one nutrition company of doctors, Metagenics. Dr. Walker has used Metagenics products for over twenty years and has had extensive experience and outstanding results using each of these medical foods.

       In 2007, Metagenics spent over $7 million of their profits to conduct clinical research to help find health, non-toxic answers to our country's most challenging chronic health problems. In 2008, Metagenics will conduct seven clinical trials and in 2009 there will be twelve. When you consume Metagenics nutritional products you are contributing to this body of research and supporting the work of outstanding scientists and clinicians. For more information on these products, please visit our ONLINE STORE.

1.  UltraClear PLUS pH - For improved liver detoxification and a more alkaline pH

• chronic headaches, including migraines

• arthritis

• food allergy or intolerance

• chemical or environmental sensitivity

• recovery from alcohol and chemical dependency

2.  UltraInflamX PLUS 360 - To decrease inflammation and pain

• rheumatoid arthritis

• irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis

• fibromyalgia

• skin diseases

• requent infections

• bronchial asthma

• periodontal (gum) disease

3.  UltraGlycemX PLUS 360 - For improved blood sugar control

• type 2 diabetes

• high blood pressure

• hypoglycemia

• metabolic syndrome or pre-diabetes

• high triglycerides

4.  UltraMealPLUS 360 - weight management and control of blood sugar and lipids

• high cholesterol or triglycerides

• overweight or obesity

• high blood pressure

• Metabolic Syndrome or pre-diabetes

• estrogen imbalance and menopause symptoms

       Please understand that Dr. Walker's Health Coaching by telephone is only an adjunct to your local medical care. It is meant to compliment, not replace your other doctors' care. Dr. Walker helps you to pull everything together to understand that all parts of the body are interconnected and require a whole body approach to healing and regeneration. Her role is that of a Health Coach and a teacher of health principles to guide you in implementing changes.

       Finally, NEVER decrease or stop your medication on your own with the expectation that nutrition will take the place of your medication. Health changes take time and medication changes can only occur after you have built a solid foundation of good health. Dr. Walker will NOT assist you in decreasing or stopping the use of any prescription medicines. Dr. Walker is not a medical doctor and is not licensed to prescribe prescription medicines. Medication changes should only be done with the assistance of the doctor who prescribed your medications.

PLEASE NOTE: Dr. Walker does not work with the following conditions:

• Anorexia & Bulimia
• Bariatric surgery clients
• Clients undergoing chemotherapy
• Clients with organ transplants
• Kidney failure or clients on dialysis