Teri Whalen

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✨ Practitioner at Mandeville Total Wellness
🎓 Tulane Health & Wellness Grad.
✨ Certified NRT Practitioner
✨ Advanced Bioenergetics
💁‍♀️ Here to help your body feel heard 🫶
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09/03/2026

Before we start assessing the body for stressors, I like to get a baseline sense of how strong someone's overall muscle response is. So we do a 10-pulse check, gentle and steady pressure on each pulse, and I'm feeling for how well that lock holds throughout. A strong, consistent lock on all 10 tells me we have a solid starting point to work from. It's one of those small steps that makes everything that follows more accurate, because we're not guessing at the baseline, we're feeling it.

If you're curious about what Nutrition Response Testing® can actually tell us about your body, I'd love to show you what this looks like in person. Call the office 985 624 9888 and ask to schedule with me, Teri!

❌ Not medical advice. Our content reflects observations from years of clinical practice.

Skip the fiber long enough and your gut bacteria stop waiting for food. They start eating your intestinal lining instead...
09/02/2026

Skip the fiber long enough and your gut bacteria stop waiting for food. They start eating your intestinal lining instead.

New research out of Princeton and the Ludwig Institute traced exactly what happens. Fiber-starved bacteria switch to breaking down your own mucus barrier. The byproducts, p-cresol sulfate and phenol sulfate, hit the kidneys hard and are linked to worse cancer outcomes.

This is not a regularity issue, it is a mechanism. And it is exactly why drainage pathways have to open before you go after anything living in the gut. You cannot push toxins through a backed-up exit.

When fiber was restored in the study, the metabolic output shifted back toward protective compounds. The body responded. That is what the body does when you give it what it actually needs ... real food, not a powder.

NRT® helps us analyze what is driving the imbalance and identify the root cause so we can recommend nutritional support that moves the needle.

Call the office. (985) 624-9888



❌ Not medical advice. Our content reflects observations from years of clinical practice.

09/01/2026

Feeling better is a really good sign, and I never want anyone to misread it as being done. By the time a symptom actually shows up, we can already be looking at up to 70, maybe even 80 percent tissue damage to that organ. So when the symptom eases up early in the process, what's happened is that the body finally has what it needs to start doing its own repair work. The organ gets some stress removed, gets the nutritional tools it's been missing, and it gets to work. That relief you feel is real, and it also means there's still a lot of healing left to do underneath.

This is one of the things I spend time explaining, because a client who understands this is a client who stays the course. And honestly, once people feel that improvement and realize what's actually happening, they get encouraged. They want to keep going. That motivation is one of my favorite parts of this work.

If you've been curious about what's going on underneath your symptoms, not just managing them but actually understanding the root of them, I'd love to talk when you're ready.

❌ Not medical advice. Our content reflects observations from years of clinical practice.

Real change in the body doesn't come from motivation, it comes from consistency inside a stable rhythm. The women who tr...
08/31/2026

Real change in the body doesn't come from motivation, it comes from consistency inside a stable rhythm. The women who transform their health aren't the ones who found the perfect plan. They're the ones who decided, quietly, without fanfare, to stop waiting for the right time and started with one small thing they could repeat. Intention isn't a goal you set. It's a direction you keep choosing, even on the days it's inconvenient. 💬 What's the one small thing you keep putting off that you know would change everything? Say it here. 📍 Mandeville Total Wellness | Link in bio

❌ Not medical advice. Our content reflects observations from years of clinical practice.

08/27/2026

Part two of what we shared the other day, because one of our practitioners, , just saw this exact issue with a patient. 🐔

Quick recap: an antibiotic-resistant E. coli in poultry that a growing body of research links to stubborn bladder infections, most often in women, the kind that do not clear with the usual antibiotics.

Then it walked right into Teri's office. A patient came in with a bladder infection that would not budge. Teri's first question was simple: what are you eating? The answer? A chicken salad she had fallen in love with and was eating almost every single day.

You will hear silver come up in the video, so here is the important part: not all silver is created equal, and it is not something to guess at on your own. In clinic we test for the specific kind and amount your body actually responds to. That is the difference between throwing something at a problem and knowing it is the right fit.

The food on your plate and the symptom you cannot shake are often part of the same story. When we connect those dots and match the right support to your body, things start to move.

If this is something you have been dealing with, schedule your consult, (985) 624-9888, and let's look at the whole picture together.

❌ Not medical advice. Our content reflects observations from years of clinical practice

You cannot moisturize your way out of a liver problem.The skin is a secondary detox organ. When the liver and gut cannot...
08/26/2026

You cannot moisturize your way out of a liver problem.

The skin is a secondary detox organ. When the liver and gut cannot keep up with the load, the skin takes the overflow. That is what your body is telling us when the rashes, the scaling, and the flare-ups keep coming back no matter what cream you apply.

Collagen peptides and antioxidant smoothies are not wrong. They are just downstream. The research is clear now: gut dysbiosis drives the immune signaling that breaks down your skin barrier. The mechanism lives inside. The skin is where you see it.

Four of the five stressors I identify most often in skin cases are liver load, gut disruption, food sensitivities, and chemical exposure. When we use NRT® to analyze what is actually driving the pattern, we can recommend nutritional support that targets the root, not the report.

The skin is never the problem. It is the messenger. Call (985) 624-9888 to book your consult with us.



❌ Not medical advice. Our content reflects observations from years of clinical practice.

08/25/2026

DM me if you have questions about what your body might be telling you.

Ever wonder why two people can have similar symptoms but respond so differently to support?

In Nutrition Response Testing®, two of the most common patterns we look for are blocking and switching.

Blocking is when the body is not responding the way we expect. The signals are not getting through, and nutritional support has a harder time doing its job.

Switching is a different kind of interference. It creates confusion in the body's communication system. One of the biggest signs of switching is when someone has been doing great and then all of a sudden their old symptoms come back out of nowhere.

When someone comes in saying their digestive symptoms returned for no clear reason, switching is usually the first thing I look at.

Understanding which pattern is at play helps us identify what is actually interfering so we can support the body more effectively.

Call (985) 624-9888 to schedule your initial analysis with me, Teri Whalen.

Nutrition Response Testing is a registered service mark owned by Dr. Freddie Ulan and used with his permission.

❌ Not medical advice. Our content reflects observations from years of clinical practice.

Every meal sends a message, to your hormones, your gut, your immune system, your mood. Not in a perfect-or-failure way, ...
08/24/2026

Every meal sends a message, to your hormones, your gut, your immune system, your mood. Not in a perfect-or-failure way, but in a constant, quiet conversation your body is always having with what you give it. Mindful eating isn't about restriction. It's about slowing down enough to hear what your body is actually responding to. When you bring presence to how you eat, not just what you eat, digestion improves, cravings shift, and food starts feeling like nourishment again. 💬 What's one small eating habit that genuinely changed how you feel? Share it, someone needs to read it. 📍 Mandeville Total Wellness | Link in bio

❌ Not medical advice. Our content reflects observations from years of clinical practice.

They reviewed 350 studies on protein and the answer was not the number on your shaker bottle.One week the advice is eat ...
08/20/2026

They reviewed 350 studies on protein and the answer was not the number on your shaker bottle.

One week the advice is eat more. The next, eat less or risk your lifespan. The argument flipped overnight and the comment sections are on fire.

Here is what the study actually found: specific amino acids switch on growth pathways. Dial them back and you get better blood sugar regulation and lower inflammation. Real mechanism. But the strongest data is in animals, and the benefit showed up mainly in sedentary people. Pregnant women and older adults may need more, not less. The headlines buried both of those facts.

And the bigger issue nobody is touching: most of what we call "protein" right now is a powder, an isolate, a bar with 22 ingredients. That is a fragment of food pretending to be food. The number on the label does not matter if you cannot break it down and assimilate it.

Your body is telling us something. NRT® can analyze the underlying cause and recommend nutritional support that supports the body's own healing.

We test. We do not guess.

Call (985) 624-9888 to book your consult.



❌ Not medical advice. Our content reflects observations from years of clinical practice.

08/20/2026

DM me to learn what Nutrition Response Testing® can uncover for you.

"Before, we found a block here. Now you're not." ... That moment is what this work is all about!

When the body is blocked, nutritional support has a harder time getting through. Once we identify the stressor and give the body what it needs, it can start doing what it was designed to do.

This is not a treatment. It is your body responding to the right support.

Call (985) 624-9888 to schedule your initial analysis with me, Teri Whalen.

Nutrition Response Testing® is a registered service mark owned by Dr. Freddie Ulan and used with his permission.

❌ Not medical advice. Our content reflects observations from years of clinical practice.

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