The naturopathic doctors on our cancer care team have additional training in integrative oncology and focus on supportive and therapeutic care for people with cancer.
They view every person as a unique individual whose disease developed due to numerous different factors.
Therefore every person receives a specialized treatment plan based on their individual needs. It is our goal to provide excellent care for every patient that walks through the doors of Optimum Wellness Integrated Clinic.
We also strive to collaborate with our patient’s other health care professionals to improve their health outcomes.
Naturopathic doctors at the Optimum Wellness Integrated Clinic offer a high level of knowledge in integrated cancer care.
Dr. Kozin, ND completed a residency in naturopathic cancer care in the USA where he rotated throughout conventional oncology settings and learned how to integrate naturopathic medicine alongside conventional medicine.
Their extensive accreditation, experience, and total focus on patients with cancer enable them to create a program using natural intravenous solutions, oral products, and lifestyle medicine alongside specialized testing and advanced treatment equipment.
The Optimum Cancer Wellness program uses evidence-informed naturopathic approaches.
The Optimum Wellness Clinic team offers naturopathic therapies alongside conventional cancer treatment, in coordination with each patient’s oncology team.
There is an information overload on the topic of fighting cancer ‘naturally’ on TV, in magazines, books, health food stores, and on thousands of internet websites. It can be overwhelming for patients and their families looking for help navigating their journey through a cancer treatment program.
At Optimum Wellness, we educate patients and their families with specific, evidence-informed, information on testing and natural treatment options. Every patient receives an individualized treatment plan according to the nature of their diagnosis, their current health status, and the conventional treatments they are undergoing.
Please be aware that individual responses to treatments may vary and results are not guaranteed. A multi-faceted approach combines the best of many different naturopathic therapies, including the following.
Includes Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid), Alpha Lipoic Acid, IV Curcumin, and others. IV administration directly bypasses the gastrointestinal system and liver and allows for maximum absorption of compounds. As responses and results vary and are not guaranteed, please speak with your naturopathic doctor about whether IV therapy is appropriate for your case.
European mistletoe (Viscum Album) has recently gained popularity in Canada. It is the most widely studied and used complementary therapy for cancer in Europe. It is now also being used and studied for other disorders (heart and circulatory disorders, arthritis and even neurological disorders like epilepsy).
Conventional therapies, such as: surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, are instrumental in fighting cancer. Many of the therapies we offer at Optimum Wellness Integrated Clinic may help reduce the long-term side effects of conventional therapy and cancer. This can include symptoms such as neuropathy, pain, inflammation, impaired immune function, anxiety and more.
Cancer has the ability to suppress the function of and evade destruction by the immune system. It can also co-opt the immune system and use it to further grow, invade and metastasize. For many years conventional medicine largely ignored the immune system and the effects that conventional therapies had on it. The use of immunotherapies is now commonplace in conventional medicine.
Nutrition has been shown to possibly help impact cancer outcomes, to possibly help mitigate side effects of conventional therapies and to possibly help reduce the risk of cancer from recurring. Therefore, any comprehensive CancerCare program should include a focus on nutrition. The doctors at our clinic are trained in clinical nutrition as well as naturopathic CancerCare.
Supplements, sometimes called nutraceuticals, are refined and highly potent mixtures of bioactive compounds, vitamins, minerals or botanicals. Professional grade supplements are standardized and have guaranteed potencies which may not be the case with supplements bought online or in health food stores.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a medical system that has been in practice for over 2,500 years. TCM includes medical acupuncture, botanical medicine, lifestyle counselling, massage, diet and exercise. TCM also has its own system of diagnosis. The World Health Organization recognizes TCM as a major complementary practice to conventional medicine.
The lab tests used at our clinic can range from those you are most likely familiar with such labs for blood counts, hormones, and lipids. We also can use more broad spectrum labs that look at factors such as your microbiome, nutrient levels and tumor cells in your blood stream.
As with any cancer treatment, individual responses to treatments may vary and results are not guaranteed. A multi-faceted approach combines the best of many different naturopathic therapies.
One of the greatest honours we have at our centre is receiving referrals from other healthcare professionals. Referrals are welcome to the clinic generally, or to one of our naturopathic doctors at the Optimum Wellness Clinic.
