Optimizing your health and vitality by empowering you to make better choices based on your body’s unique needs.

We will accomplish this mission by:

• Using scientific testing to customize a program for your individual situation.
• Applying leading-edge nutritional and anti-aging research.
• Integrating traditional and natural, holistic approaches.
• Educating you on key principles of diet, nutrition and preventive health habits.
• Providing recommendations and ongoing coaching to help you implement your program.
• Helping you make smarter decisions on your nutritional product purchases.

Our Vision

We consider our mission fulfilled when our clients report that:

• Energy, stamina and overall health have improved noticeably.
• Undesirable symptoms have significantly diminished or disappeared altogether.
• They make better choices regarding diet and health on a daily basis.
• Their overall quality of life has improved.

What We Believe

• We believe that people are affected by everything they eat, drink, breathe or contact, and that many of the adverse conditions we suffer are because of our failure to understand how our everyday actions affect us.
• We believe that everyone is responsible for their health, and that there are consequences when you delegate or ignore that responsibility.
• We believe you can only achieve optimal results when you are fully informed and learn to make better choices about what affects your body.

About Amy Joy Smith, Nurse Practitioner

Amy has been a registered nurse for 29 years, and a women’s health nurse practitioner for 16 years. She has been a practitioner, researcher and educator in nutrition since the early 1980s and is unique in her approach in that she blends the best of western medical science with eastern healing modalities and natural remedies to provide robust and informative nutrition programs for her clients.

Amy uses blood chemistry analysis to look at the health and stress of the individual glands and organs, screens for trace minerals, toxic metals, and other nutrient levels to educate her clients on their body’s own nutritional requirements and detoxification needs. She compassionately walks people through the process of change as they begin to incorporate new health habits into their day to day lives to bring a greater sense of balance and vitality.

Amy received her BS in Nursing at Syracuse University, her Nurse Practitioner certificate at San Jose State, and her M.S. in Nursing and Public Health at the University of Minnesota. She trained in the field of nutritional or “orthomolecular” medicine in the early 1980’s with Dr. Joseph Montante in Boulder, Colorado, who apprenticed under William Donald Kelly. Dr. Kelly was the first to use computer-based blood chemistry analysis to determine the body’s unique nutritional needs.

Amy has thousands of hours of coursework and experiential seminars in many kinds of healing and spiritual disciplines. She is a certified Rebirther breath coach and has facilitated classes and healing retreats since 1990.

Her programs are health oriented and education based. Amy does not treat disease or medical conditions and her program is not a substitute for medical care.

For contact information, please see Contact Us.

Important Note: Programs and information offered by NutriEssentials are for health education purposes only. They are not intended to diagnose or treat medical conditions or be a substitute for medical care.