Andrea Sevsek MSc RHN ROHP

What is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist?

Unfortunately, mainstream medicine does not seem to place the right emphasis on poor nutrition’s role in many health disorders. Most people are aware of the benefits of good nutrition, however, there is so much conflicting information, that most people are also quite confused as to what “good nutrition” looks like. Registered Holistic Nutritionists guide clients through the maze of information from books, magazines, supplements and diets on the market. Registered Holistic Nutritionists work with clients to identify and help correct the nutritional causes of diseases, and are qualified to design personalized diet and lifestyle programs to optimize health.

A Registered Holistic Nutritionist focuses on the whole person, acknowledging that everyone is unique and, hence, has unique needs. The goal is to unify the physical, nutritional, environmental, emotional and spiritual components of a client’s life to promote healing and wellbeing.

A Registered Holistic Nutritionist believes that there is no one diet or lifestyle that is right for everyone all of the time; there are no miracle foods or herbs that will cure all illnesses. Because everyone is different, every effort is made to understand each person's individual needs, likes and dislikes in order to formulate the best diet, supplement, and lifestyle approach for that person.

A Registered Holistic Nutritionist is aware that each generation's health is slightly more compromised than the previous one, due to environmental deterioration, changes to our food supply and exposure to a greater variety of electromagnetic frequencies (EMFs); therefore, it is more important than ever to consume foods of the best quality and to pursue a lifestyle geared toward healing. There is a direct relationship between what we eat (and our lifestyles) and how we feel, which ultimately affects our quality of life. Only live, natural, good quality wholesome foods can produce the degree of health that brings peace of mind and enjoyment of life!

Due to their level of knowledge, Registered Holistic Nutritionists are valuable contributors to health care and work alongside medical professionals such as chiropractors, naturopaths, homeopaths, and medical doctors.

A Registered Holistic Nutritionist educates individuals about the health benefits of natural nutrition and healthy lifestyle and recommends a combination of diet, supplement, and lifestyle changes to optimize your health!

A Registered Holistic Nutritionist also often incorporates cleansing and detoxification strategies to help you on your path to optimum health.

Code of Ethics for Registered Holistic Nutritionists

Registered Holistic Nutritionists agree to:

1. Maintain an interest in the wellbeing of all human beings, regardless of color, creed or nationality, and in the care of planet Earth
2. Respect the right of his/her client as an individual in all respects, as to personal tastes, morals and social values
3. Be non-judgmental as to the life values and experiences of the client
4. Treat the client, under all circumstances, with due concern for the dignity of the individual
5. Respect the confidential nature of his/her relationship with the client and protect the confidentiality of assessments and recorded documents
6. Guide and counsel his/her client in the best way to achieve optimal health through natural nutrition, but always respecting the right and need for the client to make the final decision in all wellness plans
7. Teach the client to accept responsibility for his/her own health choices and actions
8. Accept full responsibility for the consequences of his/her own actions
9. Provide professional services only in those areas in which he/she has competence and training;
10. Recognize the need to work co-operatively with other disciplines, holistic or allopathic, to best serve the client’s need, respecting the unique contribution of each discipline
11. Respect differences of opinion and exercise tact and diplomacy in interpersonal relationships
12. Resolve to improve and maintain his/her professional competence in the field of natural nutrition and holistic health care

Scope of Practice of a Registered Holistic Nutritionist

The services offered by a Registered Holistic Nutritionist are grounded in the following principles:

1.  Acknowledgement that each person is biochemically distinct and has unique nutritional needs
2.  Awareness of the meaning of holistic nutrition: the interrelationship of mind, body and spirit, and the importance of addressing these interactive factors that are unique to each individual
3.  Promotion of whole, locally grown and organic foods, sustainable farming practices, and the necessity of living in a non-toxic environment
4. Understanding that prevention and self-responsibility are fundamental to any successful health care program
5. Recognition that supplementation is not a substitute for wholesome, nutritious foods but that it may be helpful in recommended form, dose and frequency
6. Respect for clients; respect for their wellness goals, and for their personal tastes, morals, social, and life values
7.  Acceptance of the unique contribution of other health care providers, and the need to work co-operatively with them regardless of their discipline, holistic or allopathic
8. The main services provided by an RHN include the following:
   1. Document client’s goals, needs, and plans
   2. Evaluate client’s food selection, preparation and intake
   3. Evaluate client’s lifestyle and overall feeling of wellbeing
   4.  Evaluate client’s use of dietary supplements e) Identify client’s nutritional imbalance(s) and lifestyle habits
   5.  Work with other health care professionals, if applicable, in order to determine all nutritional and lifestyle-changing needs of the client, including referring client to other health care professionals as deemed appropriate
   6.  Support the progress of client’s health goals, by creating an individualized wellness program, which will include the use of whole, nutrient-dense foods, menu plans, natural source supplements, and lifestyle modifications; including the use of non-toxic environmentally friendly household/personal products
   7.  Provide further guidance to the client, if necessary, by explaining food labels, and by offering food preparation techniques and shopping tips
   8.  Guide client in the implementation of a long term personal health plan, provide education when necessary, and offer ongoing assessments
   9.  Monitor client’s personal health plan in order to reinforce participation in the achievement of the health goals
   10.  Act as a community educator to the public and to other health care professionals, developing curriculum, preparing manuals, writing articles, publishing books, and teaching
   11.  Promote health discussions in schools, industry, and community agencies
   12.  Bring holistic nutrition knowledge, principles, and philosophy to other professions

 

What does Board Certified in Practical Holistic Nutrition Mean?

Board Certification status is granted by the Canadian Association of Holistic Nutritionist Professionals (CAHN-Pro) to those individuals who not only passed their requirements for Registered Holistic Nutritionists, but also took extra courses and fulfilled extra qualifications to be recognized as board certified by CAHN-Pro and abide by a higher set of standards set by an independent regulatory association.

CAHN-Pro is a non-profit organization regulating and board certifying holistic nutritionists. CAHN-Pro is dedicated to promoting holistic nutrition solutions for consumers and health practitioners.

CAHN-Pro’s mission is to advance the holistic nutrition profession, to maintain the highest credibility of holistic nutritionists and to promote the knowledge and standards of holistic nutritionist practices within Canada. CAHN-Pro's initiatives are propelling the holistic nutrition profession to be recognized by governments and insurance providers.

What is a BIE Practitioner ?

A BIE Practitioner is a highly educated individual - such as a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, a naturopath, a homeopath, a chiropractor, or other holistic practitioner - who has undergone the additional comprehensive training on how our cells’ vital life-force energy, or Bio-energy, is affected by stressors that can result in homeostatic imbalance.

A BIE Practitioner is trained to use Biofeedback Analysis Testing to determine stressors that are causing the body’s homeostatic imbalance. Biofeedback Analysis Testing is a diagnostic technique that is valuable to many procedures and treatments. It is a viable, efficient, effective, and painless tool for determining the body’s stressors. Biofeedback Analysis is currently being used by many healing disciplines: medical doctors, acupuncturists, chiropractors, naturopaths, osteopaths, holistic dentists, veterinarians and other practitioners. In fact, many books have been written on Biofeedback Analysis including one written in 1995 by medical doctor and psychiatrist David R. Hawkins. He previously co-authored a book on orthomolecular psychiatry with Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling.

 

A BIE Practitioner first uses Biofeedback Analysis Testing to detect homeostatic imbalances, and then uses the BIE Modality as a tool, along with the rest of their extensive knowledge and tools, to effectively and efficiently facilitate the return of the body’s cells to homeostasis, thereby alleviating suffering.

 

Please click on the BIE Modality and Frequently Asked Questions tabs at the top of the page to learn more about stressors, homeostatic balance, and the BIE modality.

Disclaimer:

BIE practitioners are not medical doctors and do not use medical diagnostic or treatment procedures. The services performed by BIE practitioners are at all times restricted to consultation on the subject of nutritional matters and does not involve the use of scratch tests, needles or blood tests to verify the client’s diseases, medical conditions, sensitivities, allergies or intolerances to foods or environmental substances. All services provided are done for experimental or educational purposes only and does not involve the diagnosing, curing, prognosticating, treatment or prescribing of remedies for the treatment of disease or any act, which will constitute the practice of medicine in this country, for which a license is required.

All suggestions (if any) regarding herbs or nutritional matters are based on historical and traditional use.

Program compliance is required for guaranteed results