Naturopathic Doctor
The Toronto Naturopathic Doctors at Higher Health help you become the healthiest version of yourself.
Whether your goal is to…
- Have more energy
- Lose weight and Detox
- Balance your hormones
- Optimize performance
- Or to finally overcome a health issue that traditional medicine has failed to address
The Naturopathic Doctors at Higher Health can help you.
We do this by giving you a personalized health blue print based on your current circumstance, medical history, blood and lab work. That blue print includes customized nutrition, health coaching, nutrient supplementation, IV micronutrients and live support.
With your health blue print in hand, you have easy action steps to help you achieve your best health while enjoying the process, seeing results, and not sacrificing everything you love to get there.
You are never alone on this journey.
Even if past diets, workouts, fasting, and health fads have left you frustrated, and did not help you ‘get healthy’, the Naturopathic Doctors at Higher Health will move you towards feeling your best.
When you feel your best, every part of your life benefits too!
Discover how our Naturopathic Doctors can help you. Book your free consultation and talk to one of our NDs about all the wonderful things you can do to feel better today.
Toronto Naturopathic medicine is a distinct form of Primary Health Care. It is an art, science, philosophy and practice of appropriate assessment, , treatment, progress monitoring and prevention of illness.
Most importantly, naturopathic medicine facilitates greater health within your whole body. Drawing on modern and traditional healing practices, as well as scientific and evidenced based medicine, Naturopathic Medicine optimizes your overall well-being.
As Naturopathic Doctors…
We address how your body functions as whole and how each organ system is affected or influenced within the whole system. While standard medicine uses pathology, diagnosis and pharmacology as the basis for understanding disease, we as Naturopathic Doctors, view illness more as a process.
Recovery depends on addressing the barriers and disturbances to restoring health. Understanding the full picture of a person’s state of health requires a thorough assessment, a detailed history, physical exam, baseline blood work, advanced testing, and ongoing support.
Naturopathic Doctors are Primary Health care Providers, but can also complement conventional medicine. We work closely with Medical Doctors to provide informed and integrative care for you.
Principles
The practice of Naturopathic Medicine includes six underlying principles of healing. These are based on the observation of health and disease:
- Stimulate your bodies inherent self-healing capacity. You have an inherent self-healing process within you. We identify and remove obstacles to healing and recovery using an intelligent therapeutic order.
- Identify and Treat the Cause(s): We identify and remove the underlying causes of illness, rather than merely eliminating or suppressing the symptoms.
- Avoid/Minimize Side Effects: We use methods and medicines which minimize the risk of harmful side effects. We acknowledge, respect and work with you and your body.
- Doctor as Teacher: We educate, motivate, and inspire meaningful change.
- Treat the Whole Person: We are thorough. We assess the physical, mental, emotional, environmental, social and genetic factors for each patient.
- Prevention and Continued Higher Health: We assess risk factors, susceptibility and lifestyle habits, and then make appropriate recommendations in partnership with you in order to support your best state of health and well-being.
Naturopathic Treatment
Treatment methods and modalities are selected and applied based on naturopathic principles in relationship to your specific needs and goals.
- Advanced Laboratory Analysis
- Supportive Nutrient Therapy
- Botanical Medicine/Natural Pharmacology
- IV Vitamin Therapy
- Personalized Nutrition
- Acupuncture and Cupping
- Hydrotherapy
- Lifestyle counseling
Naturopathic vs. Traditional Medicine
Naturopathic doctors (ND) and medical doctors (MD) undergo very similar levels of training. Both are required to complete an undergraduate degree at university before completing further training at either a naturopathic college or medical school.
Naturopathic students attend a four-year graduate level naturopathic medical school followed by North American Board Examinations which they must pass to receive their license. MD’s and ND’s study pathology, pharmacology and diagnosis with a similar intensity and depth.
Additionally, ND’s also receive in depth training in the use of clinical nutrition, botanical medicine, homeopathy, IV vitamin therapy, traditional Chinese medicine, hydrotherapy, spinal manipulation, massage therapy and lifestyle counseling.