Introductory meeting
The introductory meeting is via phone and always free and without obligation. You will tell your story and we will ask you questions and answer all the questions you have for us. If you decide to start a trajectory with us then you will receive via e-mail a detailed inquiry (the anamnesis) and we will schedule an appointment for the intake.

Intake
During this conversation, we will discuss the complaints you experience. Based on your complaints and your history we will decide if we need to run a blood test and or stool test and what we want to test for.

You will receive the sample sets at home. For the blood test, we refer you to the nearest laboratory. The blood and or stool samples have to be placed into the supplied envelop and send to the laboratory.

Blood test
The blood in your system will tell us if there are enough vitamins and minerals present. Unfortunately, you won’t know yet if these important substances are doing their job properly on a cellular level. We do learn something about amounts. Maybe you have a deficiency of a certain type of vitamin or too much of another substance.

We will also look at the values in your blood which tells us about the state of your organs. Often it is about enzymes and hormones. The information we have gained, tells us about how the biochemical processes are working in your body. Shortages in your blood are often the result of processes that have not been working properly for a long time.

The difference with blood test compared with regular care
Your M.D will use referential values to decide if your blood contains enough of a substance. Those values are different from the optimal values. Optimal values are personal and based on your own biochemistry. At IBD Free Life we will use the optimal values that match your body and your complaints. Shortly: what your body needs to heal and to stay healthy.

Stool test
To find out what is going on with your intestines, we need to look inside of them. This can be done by performing a colonoscopy but luckily there is an alternative: we can take a sample of your stool and analyze this. The stool test will be analyzed by a specialized laboratory. This means that we will look beyond what regular M.D`s do. We will take a look at:

• Your digestive system: are you able to digest what you eat?
• Your intestinal flora: which creepers are living in your stomach and which ones would you rather not have?
• Your immune system: are there any inflammations or might there be a case of hyperpermeable? (Leaky gut.)

By taking a close look at the efficiency of each system, we will almost always find the source of your complaints.

Imagine your body to function like an old fashioned clock with thousands of large and small cogs. These represent all the processes that are happening every second in each cell. What if not all processes are efficient? For example, you have a nutrient deficiency or genetic predisposition? If only one of these cogs is oxidized and stalls, it will have consequences for the entire system. Our treatment consists of:

• Sharing our knowledge
  How does your body work and what does it need?
• Nutrition advice
  Customized based on results from our research and adjusted to your wishes and lifestyle.
• Supplements
  To balance out your body you almost always need to take certain supplements like vitamins and minerals.

Our DarmSpecialists are trained orthomolecular and epiphysiological therapists. They have extended knowledge about the complex systems in your body and know exactly what your body needs to function properly. During the consultations, you will learn about your body and how you can make sure every cog in your body is running smoothly.

Intestinal diseases are part of the so-called lifestyle diseases. IBD, UC and Crohn`s disease are most often present in Western Europe, North America and Australia and has an obvious correlation without lifestyle and nutritional patterns. Your intestines are making sure that the right substances (fats, proteins, vitamins, and minerals) are reaching the right places in your body to help maintain all the difficult processes and organs to keep your body functioning properly. A deficiency of nutrients can result in digestive problems, heartburn, irregular bowel movements or intestinal complaints.

Nutritional advice is all about customization
That is why the DarmSpecialist is not relying on basic types of advice. The advice we will offer you is not only based on our intricate knowledge of the digestive system but yours especially. No two humans are the same and thanks to the blood and or stool test we know down to the cellular level what your body requires.

Changing old habits can be very complicated
To make the change easier, it may help to understand why change is necessary. You won`t be offered advice only, but during consultations, you will also learn:

• Which types of food is encumbering your intestines.
• How your digestive system is working.
• Which effects stress can have.

Often you feel better after approximately 2 weeks thanks to the targeted treatment. After 3 to 12 months (depending on the duration and the seriousness of your condition) our clients can live their life without medicine, without pain and without complaints. And that is permanent.