Dr. Kristy Appelhans, MSRA, NMD, is a naturopathic doctor who received her doctorate in 2007. Her undergraduate degree is in clinical nutrition, and her master's degree is in food/drug regulations. Dr. Kristy is also the founder/CEO of a naturopathic medical corporation and private practice established in 2009. Her practice focuses on a functional medicine approach, allowing her patients various options to address their health goals and become informed advocates for their own healthcare.
Dr. Kristy has over 20 years of experience and education in helping others achieve health and wellness through various functional medicine modalities, which are designed to find and treat the cause of a disease or condition rather than just the symptoms. Her various approaches include:
- Lifestyle modification
- Dietary supplementation
- Nutrition
- Fitness
- Prescription therapies when necessary
Dr. Kristy strives to be an example of making healthy choices at any age to inspire positive lifestyle changes in the community. At 48 years young, she is a national professional-level fitness and bodybuilding champion and has transformed her health, nutrition, and fitness many times as an athlete/competitor, an expectant mother, a role model to her young son, and now as a member of the healthy aging community. Dr. Kristy's patients know she has firsthand experience in addition to her vast expertise in transforming health, which helps her fully connect and educate her patients so that each may be empowered to achieve personalized healthy lifestyle goals for themselves.
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