Dr. Connie Sanchez, N.D., licensed Naturopathic Doctor, Nutritional Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine, Plant-based nutrition, Fasting, Colorado

HOW CAN I SUPPORT AND SERVE YOUR HEALTH GOALS & NEEDS?

My expertise is in nutritional medicine, fitness, and fasting or detoxification. I work with all people, from those who are healthy and who are seeking ways to optimize and maintain their health; to those who are suffering with chronic illness and disease.

I help people navigate their way back to health by empowering them with the tools they need in order to do so. I work with Thyroid Disorders (hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Hashimoto's and Grave's Disease), people who are interested in cancer support and/or prevention, Type-2 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity & Weight Loss, and Autoimmunity (RA, MS, Lupus, Diabetes type-1, etc).

Read My Blog (left hand side)for my personal story of my road back to health.

I have the secret to health....(I bet you've heard that one before), but, the truth is - so do you! The truth is that you are only as healthy as your weakest link. Think of your health as a chain, with each link in that chain representing a component of your life. One link is nutrition, another link is fitness, another is sleep, and stress. Other components are your emotional and/or financial health. Add all these components up and they create the links that form your chain of health. In order to have health you have to learn how to create it. My passion and joy comes from teaching people how they can create the health they want and deserve so that they can LIVE LIFE to the fullest!

If you are willing to work for your health instead of taking a pill or a supplement, then I will help you achieve your goals. The only way to create health is by living healthfully (we just need to understand what that really means).

Health does not come in a pill, a potion, an herb, or even a superfood -- It comes by living healthfully, living in tune with our natural environment!

What is truly sad is that we think that we understand what it takes to be healthy. We think we know what a "healthy" diet is supposed to look like; however, what we have learned from our doctors, our nutritionists, the media, and our freinds and family is WRONG!.

To Your Health video
from Jesse Pomeroy & Julieanna Hever, RD.

My Hero - Ironman Triathlon competitor, Dr. Ruth Heidrich,
talks about surviving and thriving after breast cancer.
You can too.

Become VEGUCATED!

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I teach patients the principles of Lifestyle Medicine and a optimal diet that is based on the Life Science of Natural Hygiene, utilizing the body's innate power to heal itself when given the right environmental and nutritional conditions.

Conditions such as clean water, sunshine, clean fresh air, whole food plant-based nutrition, appropriate sleep/rest, periodic fasting, stress management, mind-body medicine,and exercise/movement. These are the basic foundations for your comprehensive health plan.

I am a graduate of the National College of Naturopathic Medicine (NCNM) in Portland, OR and hold a license in Washington State.

I am a member of the National Health Association/American Natural Hygiene Society, the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (NCLM), the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), and am certified as a Nutritonal Education Trainer (NET) for Dr. Joel Fuhrman's Nutritional Excellence Program. I'll teach you how to become a NUTRITARIAN and optimize your health.

Additionally, I am certified as a CHIP instructor for the Coronary Health Improvement Project. The Coronary Health Improvement Project (CHIP) is an affordable, lifestyle enrichment program designed to reduce disease risk factors through the adoption of better health habits and appropriate lifestyle modifications. The goal is to lower blood cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood sugar levels by reducing excess weight, lowering high blood pressure, enhancing daily exercise, improving dietary choices, and eliminating smoking, thus aiding in preventing and reversing disease. Form more information on CHIP in your workplace or community please contact me.

I am also the local chapter leader for EarthSave Colorado, a non-profit that promotes eating for the health of all beings on our planet and the environment.

I was a frequent guest host for the former radio wellness program, The Wellness Forum , which was heard each Saturday afternoon on 630 KHOW in 2004. I am a nutrition instructor for the Colorado School of Healing Arts. I also work with Whole Foods Market in Belmar facilitating their Heath Starts Here and the Engine-2 Diet Challenge Programs.

I am certified as a Professional Cancer Coach through the National Association of Professional Cancer Coaches (NAPCC). The association's primary responsibility is to unite professionally trained cancer coaches with men and women who want an evidence-based cancer prevention or recovery program. NAPCC's cancer coaches are registered and licensed health care professionals (R.N.'s, Psychologists, Registered Nutritionists, Naturopathic Doctors, Pharmacists, etc.) who are educated and experienced in both conventional and holistic cancer medicine.

I have also earned a certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition.This course was designed and taught by Cornell University professor emeritus, T. Colin Campbell, PhD, author of The China Study.

I am on the faculty of Metropolitan State College of Denver as a part-time, affiliate professor in the Health Professions Department/Integrative Therapeutic Practices (ITP) and a Professor of Nutrition for Community College of Denver.

My professional background in fitness, personal training, plant-based nutrition, natural hygiene, fasting, and Naturopathic Medicine uniquely blends these modalities to offer you the most comprehensive health program available.