I'm Charis Sederberg

Every client that I work with one on one starts with my Prime To Nourish Program. This is a foundational program to address the priorities that your body needs to heal. We will address nervous system regulation and stress, blood sugar balance, digestion and nutrition. I meet each client exactly where they are and design a program especially for you! This yields the best results in the quickest amount of time. It really doesn’t matter what health issues you are struggling with, the foundations are imperative.

Honestly anything! That may sound bold but the reality is that your body is connected in every way. And there are foundations to your health that you can’t ignore.

For example, you could have an amazing diet of whole foods and minimal sugar, yet you have terrible stress and don’t sleep well.

Or maybe you neglect your diet and all of a sudden are having terrible perimenopausal symptoms and horrible energy.

Either way, you need a well rounded and foundational program to support your body and nourish optimal health. If we just try and band-aid or react to specific symptoms, we won’t be addressing the root cause of what is going on in your body.

Every person’s health journey is unique and personal. I find that a three month program (P2N foundations) to start works well for most people. Many people continue on for 6 or 9 months (on average) as we continue to dig deeper and add functional tests to foster greater health.

Absolutely! I am in perimenopause myself as are many of my clients and have become quite familiar with the symptoms that can pop up during this important time in our lives!

The foundations that I teach my clients are especially essential for perimenopause. 

Absolutely! Remember that your body is intimately connected. I address every foundation with every client. Some people need to focus more on nervous system regulation. Some need more help with digestion. But we still need to address all of the foundations.

Probably not. A foundational core of my philosophy is that nutrition is at the forefront of what your body needs to heal. Processed food is not nutrient dense and will not give your body the nutrients it needs to heal. You cannot supplement yourself out of a poor diet.

I do completely understand that there is a time and a place to go on vacation or eat your grandmother’s favorite pie. That is called living your life and my goal is to help you balance your diet so that you can have the freedom to live while also promoting health and feeling your best.

Holistic nutrition therapy is the practice of using food to support your body so it can heal. Nutrients are required for many biochemical processes in your body for optimal function. When your body can’t function optimally, imbalance will occur and symptoms will eventually develop.

Nutrition therapy looks at the balance of your meals and how to eat to optimize blood sugar which is a foundational pillar of health. It also looks at what nutrients (fatty acids, amino acids, vitamins and minerals) you need to support your body. And it focuses on digestion as the healing priority of the body. When digestion is broken down, we don’t absorb the nutrients from the food that we eat and our body will suffer.

I believe that a whole foods diet is the type of diet that serves our body best. Whole foods are nutrient dense and are generally the easiest to digest. There are no man made chemicals and artificial ingredients that can put stress on the body as it attempts to process them.

I believe that animal protein has an important role in a healthy diet. Animal protein from grass fed and pasture raised animals and wild caught fish has a much different nutrient profile that those from conventionally raised animals. The amino acids and fatty acids in this food are essential for your body to function properly.

Many individuals who wish to follow a pescatarian diet do so easily within the guidelines of my practice.

I offer a range of different types of tests for my clients. After completing my P2N foundational program, clients may continue on with me to dive deeper into their health and fully optimize it with functional testing results.

I use the GI map stool test, OAT test, bioenergetic testing, HTMA (hair tissue mineral analysis), and some specific food sensitivity and intolerance tests.

Digestive supplements are often very important when we are supporting the body to improve the digestive process. These supplements allow the body to extract more nutrients from our diet so that they can be utilized by the body.

I strongly believe that giving the body those nutrients up front is very supportive for healing. I also believe that taking a break from nutritive supplements is important to see where you are at and how you are feeling.

Nutrient supplements are also very important for many people that I work with as their digestion is not working optimally. 

There are times when a client will want to stay specific supplements long term. I can guide you through this process and we will always consider the safety of doing so. Most nutritive and digestive supplements are safe for long term use.

In my Prime To Nourish program I do give my clients a meal plan so that they can see what an optimal diet looks like. One of the things we will cover in my P2N foundations program is how to create meal plans for yourself so that you can meet your health goals. I have found that it is really important for us to learn how to plan our own meals. Learning how to fuel your body to feel your best is an important part of the work I do with clients.