Optimal Health Hickory

04/07/2026

It’s a beautiful day for a walk! Left a couple minutes early to get some extra steps in to walk to the class I am teaching today!

03/27/2026

We are so grateful to be able to do what we do! This is what it’s all about! 💚

03/22/2026

Gooood morning! ☀️

03/20/2026

We are excited to announce 📣 DrinkLMNT as one of our Sponsors for Health & Longevity Symposium May 16th! What this means is free goodies to all our attendees including a large door prize raffle from LMNT!

A growing body of research reveals that optimal health outcomes occur at sodium levels 2-3x government recommendations. That’s why we say, More Salt, Not Less!

You could be eating correctly but if you do not have the proper ratio of electrolytes with water, you may be feeling off!

Hydrate Correctly with LMNT!

Click on link to purchase Tickets to The Event:

https://optimalhealthwnc.com/events/

03/20/2026

Come be a part of the Welness Symposium 2026.

03/20/2026

Come hang out with us!

Come be a part of the Welness Symposium 2026.

03/17/2026

Wishing we were all in the Caribbean like Michelle is right now! Maybe we should start writing prescriptions for vacations for everyone with low vitamin D levels? 🧐

03/16/2026

Come spend the day with us!!! 🥳🎉👏🏻

Come be a part of the Welness Symposium 2026.

03/15/2026

Goooood morning! 💚☀️🌅

03/15/2026

Get outside & get some steps in 💚
The weather is perfect!

03/14/2026

Parasites:

We get asked a lot about parasites. Apparently there are a lot of podcasts, social media platforms, and even regional practices that communicate that the majority of Americans have parasites.

Maybe this is true, maybe this is not. We are not in the business of guessing and when someone does not have overt symptoms of a parasite infestation, such as prolonged chronic diarrhea, maybe better to test than guess.

While parasite cleanses can be a relatively benign process, using herbal formulations, or even something like mebendazole or ivermectin, it is unlikely the majority of the American population has parasitic infestation.

We have testing for that, with several different laboratory companies that provide a comprehensive stool analysis including genetic PCR testing as well as direct visualization for parasites.

If this is something you want to know about, and prefer confirmation rather than empirically treating, we can help you with this. The testing provides confirmation not only of clinical infection, but also of subclinical infestation, which can contribute to leaky gut, systemic inflammation, and various generalized symptoms. Even autoimmune conditions and neurologic disorders can be affected by this.