Speaks fluently in Dutch, French, & English
Dr. Van Aken graduated from the University of Antwerp in 1995. She worked as a traditional general practitioner for more than 25 years. Out of great frustration with the current mainly symptomatic and pharmaceutical-oriented medicine, she started looking for broader approaches to help patients further.
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She does this on the most natural basis possible and from the full belief that the self-healing capacity of every human body is stronger than any medical intervention if you know how to use it.
This is how she ended up with orthomolecular nutrition, orthomolecular health and evolutionary health. She then completed the 2-year training in clinical psycho-neuro-immunology at Natura Foundation (Netherlands) and focused on the Functional Medicine training program at the Institute for Functional Medicine (USA).
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Together with classical medicine, this is an extremely valuable addition to the approach to patients with chronic problems. Taking a broader view of health has expanded her palette as a practitioner and coach.
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Sometimes medication is necessary, but for many chronic problems other approaches are much more important and sustainable. If that were not the case, we would have everything under control with our current healthcare… but that is far from the case.