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Barb specializes in digestive disorders; Celiac Disease, Crohn's Disease,
Irritable Bowel Disorder, Colitis and Food Allergies which affects approximately eighty percent of the population. Barb
has extensive experience with weight loss and pre and post nutritional guidelines for those patients who require gastric
or lap band surgery. She is a Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist that utilizes a Functional Medicine approach.She also
specializes in diabetes, cardiovascular disease and hypertension. Barb is also a graduate of the Applied
Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice program from the Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM) and a practitioner of
Functional Medicine. Functional medicine is a personalized medicine that deals with primary prevention and underlying
causes instead of symptoms for serious chronic disease. It is a science-based field of health care that is grounded in the following
principles: Biochemical individuality, Patient-centered medicine, and promotion of organ reserve as the means
to enhance health span. Functional medicine is anchored
by core imbalances that underlie various disease conditions. Those imbalances arise as environmental inputs such as diet,
nutrients (including air and water), exercise and trauma are processed by one's body, through a unique set of genetic predispositions. Barb is also Certified in Weight Management from the American Dietetic
Association and First Line Therapy Certified. Barb has appeared
on Fox News and ABC News as a featured nutritional consultant and a columnist for The Carrollwood Village View.
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