Natural Health Improvement Center of Des Moines

Natural Health Improvement Center of Des Moines Sarah Outlaw, BCDHH, MH, MSACN - Board Certified Doctor of Holistic Health | Herbalist | Nutritionist - Safe, natural solutions for many health concerns.

Our Health Improvement Program Uses a Specific Method of Muscle Testing Called Nutrition Response Testing® to Create Designed Clinical Nutrition for each individual client. Who can this program benefit:

*Do you have one or more health conditions that have become chronic?

*Have you tried conventional medicine or even alternative practitioners without seeing or feeling an improvement in your healt

h?

*Have you experienced a negative impact in your personal life, in relationships you’re your spouse or children, at your job, and/or in personal finances as a result of health issues?

*Are you afraid that in time your health issues are not going to get better and will probably continue to worsen unless effective changes are made? If you answer yes to any or all of these questions, and you are ready to commit to making the changes necessary to begin your journey to wellness, we invite you to participate in our Health Improvement Program here at NHIC. This program incorporates the process of Nutrition Response Testing® to effectively find the source of the health problem and gives us the tools to help you correct it. Health Improvement Program

Our Health Improvement/Nutrition Response Testing® Program requires your commitment to taking charge of your own health and your commitment to following recommendations faithfully in order to optimize your potential health benefits. In order to do this effectively we need to make sure that you are aware of what Nutrition Response Testing® is and upon what we expect of you. If you want to get healthy and stay healthy, and you are ready to take control to restore your health and wellness, then you are a candidate for this program. What is Nutrition Response Testing? Nutrition Response Testing is very precise and scientific. However, if you were to be analyzed using Nutrition Response Testing before it was explained to you, you might find it strange, or simply not believable – only because it is probably very different from anything you may have experienced before. Nutrition Response Testing® is a non-invasive system of analyzing the body in order to determine the root cause of ill health. It uses muscle strength testing to communicate with the body’s own innate intelligence to evaluate the body’s response to a broad variety of substances that may be affecting health and function. Through our analysis we are testing your body’s neurological reflexes. These reflexes are the body’s way of telling us what and how the nervous system is doing. We test organs, glands, joints, muscles, etc. The body responds to these procedures reliably and consistently. This feedback is so precise that it opens the door to a safe and lasting recovery, even in cases where everything else has failed. GREAT NEWS! YOUR BODY has the potential to fully repair most anything for itself, given the right nutrients and care. It is very important that you understand what Nutrition Response Testing® is and appreciate how it works. Otherwise, you are less likely to follow through and actually do what you need to do to get well. If you do not follow through, you will not experience the benefits you seek. In Nutrition Response Testing® we do not diagnose or treat disease. There are two parts to the program

Part 1 - Analysis – the assessment of your body’s current health status

*The analysis is done through testing the body’s own neurological reflexes and certain acupuncture points. Nutrition Response Testing® analyzes the different points and areas on the surface of the body that relate to the state of health and to the flow of energy in each and every organ and function of the body.

*The neurological reflexes are derived from the part of the nervous system whose job it is to regulate the functions of each and every organ. The acupuncture points are selected from the ancient Chinese system of acupuncture, which is thousands of years old.

* Each Nutrition Response Testing® reflex represents a specific organ, tissue or function, and it indicates the effect that energy or lack of energy, is having upon the body. By testing these reflexes, we have a system of monitoring your body at each visit that has proven to be extremely accurate clinically and that helps us identify exactly what the body needs and how well we are meeting that need. How Do You Do The Nutrition Response Testing® Analysis? Think about a common medical test called the electrocardiogram [EKG] that is used to test the neuro-electric activity of the heart. Like an EKG but instead of using a machine, the Nutrition Response Testing® practitioner tests the reflex areas through contact with his / her own hand. With the practitioner’s other hand, he / she will test the muscle of your extended arm. If the reflex being contacted is “active” the nervous system will respond by reducing energy to the extended arm and the arm will weaken and drop. This drop signifies underlying stress or dysfunction which can be affecting your health. Part 2 - Implementation – personalized health and nutritional recommendations and supplementation.

*Our next step is to test specific, time-tested and proven, highest-possible quality nutritional formulas against those weak areas, to find which ones bring the reflexes back to strength.

*Decades of clinical experience tell us that when we have found the correct nutritional supplements, as indicated by this procedure, and have worked out a highly personalized nutritional supplement schedule, we have identified the most important first step in correcting the underlying deficiency or imbalance that caused the reflex to be active in the first place. By following the program as precisely as possible, you are well on your way to restoring normal function and improving your health.

*In Nutrition Response Testing® we use Designed Clinical Nutrition to correct the cause of the problem, so that the body can regain the ability to correct itself. What is a Designed Clinical Nutrition? Designed Clinical Nutrition is what it says . . .

*Designed (specially prepared, based on a specific plan)

*Clinical (pertaining to the results gotten in clinical use or actual practice on huge numbers of patients over many years)

*Nutrition (real food, designed by nature to enable the body to repair itself and grow healthfully). Designed Clinical Nutrition is concentrated, whole food in a tablet, capsule, powder or liquid, prepared using a unique manufacturing process that preserves all of the active enzymes and vital components that make it work as Nature intended. These real food supplements have been designed to match the needs of the body, as determined by the positive response shown when tested against the active Nutrition Response Testing® reflexes that were found on your individual Nutrition Response Testing® analysis. These are nutrients you are simply not getting, or not assimilating, in your current diet. Designed Clinical Nutrition does NOT employ Over-The-Counter vitamins. O-T-C vitamins are pharmaceutically engineered chemical fractions of vitamin structures reproduced in a laboratory. O-T-C vitamins are not “genuine replacement parts” as they lack many of the essential elements normally present in WHOLE foods. SUMMARY

Through an analysis of your body’s reflexes, we help you to determine the exact nutrients you need to supplement your diet in order to bring about balance and better health. We make these highly concentrated therapeutic formulations available to you in tablets, capsules, powdered or in liquid form to “supplement” your current diet. That’s why they are called “food supplements.” Depending on your individual situation, we might also require that you make some specific changes in your diet & eating habits and in your routines, in order to bring about the best possible result. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food & Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Mama, we see you. ❤️You’re taking care of everyone else, but running on empty.By afternoon, your body is saying, “Nope. ...
09/09/2026

Mama, we see you. ❤️

You’re taking care of everyone else, but running on empty.

By afternoon, your body is saying, “Nope. We’re done.” 😴

So ask yourself:

☕️ How is your energy?
☕️ Are you sleeping well?
☕️ Do you wake up feeling restored?
☕️ Are you thriving, or just surviving?

Low energy isn’t something you have to accept as “normal” because you’re busy or getting older. Your fatigue is information.

At Natural Health Improvement Center, Quantum Nutrition Testing and functional testing can help us look deeper into patterns that may be affecting your energy, including:

✨ Cellular energy
✨ Thyroid and adrenal patterns
✨ Blood sugar
✨ Nutrient needs
✨ Gut function
✨ Hormone balance
✨ Environmental stressors

Sometimes you don’t need another cup of coffee. You need to understand why you’re so tired.

You deserve energy left to enjoy the life you work so hard to create. 💕

Ready to stop running on empty? Send us a message to get started.

It’s time to fill your cup, Mama. ☕️❤️

Live Well & Thrive!
Sarah & the NHIC Team

You’ve been everywhere and you STILL don’t have answers.You’ve seen the doctors.You’ve had the bloodwork.Maybe you’ve se...
09/09/2026

You’ve been everywhere and you STILL don’t have answers.

You’ve seen the doctors.
You’ve had the bloodwork.
Maybe you’ve seen specialists.
Maybe you’ve been told everything looks “normal.”

But you don’t FEEL normal.

You’re exhausted.
Your digestion is a mess.
Your hormones feel completely off.
You’re gaining weight and don’t know why.
You have headaches, brain fog, pain, anxiety, skin issues, inflammation, or symptoms that seem to change every week.

And somewhere along the way, you started wondering…

“Is anyone actually looking at the WHOLE picture?”

At Natural Health Improvement Center of Des Moines, that’s exactly what we do differently.

We don’t just ask, “What symptom do you have?”

We ask:

What systems in the body may need support?
What patterns are showing up in your bloodwork?
How are digestion, detoxification, blood sugar, hormones, immune function, stress, nutrition, and lifestyle interacting?
Could there be nutritional deficiencies or imbalances contributing to how you feel?
Are there environmental or other stressors worth investigating?

Because sometimes the individual pieces don’t look remarkable until someone starts putting them together.

Our approach combines functional bloodwork analysis, comprehensive health history, nutritional assessment, and individualized testing to help us look for patterns that may have been overlooked.

We work with adults and children dealing with complex and chronic health concerns, including digestive issues, fatigue, hormone concerns, thyroid patterns, immune challenges, metabolic concerns, environmental exposures, and more.

We don’t promise a magic answer.

We DO promise to look deeper, listen to your story, and approach your health as more than a collection of disconnected symptoms.

If you’ve been everywhere and still feel like something is being missed, maybe it’s time for a different kind of conversation.

📍 Natural Health Improvement Center
Waukee, Iowa + Virtual Appointments Available

Send us a message to learn more about becoming a patient.

It’s that time of year again. 🤧🌾The sneezing.The watery, itchy eyes.The drainage.The scratchy throat you just can’t seem...
09/08/2026

It’s that time of year again. 🤧🌾

The sneezing.
The watery, itchy eyes.
The drainage.
The scratchy throat you just can’t seem to scratch.

Hello, fall allergy season.

But here’s the thing: just because seasonal allergies are COMMON doesn’t mean you have to accept feeling miserable every fall.

When your body is reacting to ragweed, mold, grasses, and everything else floating through the Iowa air right now, we don’t just ask:

“What can we take to stop the symptoms?”

We ask:

WHY is your body having such a strong histamine response in the first place?

At NHIC, we look at the bigger picture, including:

🌿 Histamine load and how efficiently your body is breaking it down
🌿 Liver and gallbladder support
🌿 Gut health
🌿 Nutrient status
🌿 Environmental exposures
🌿 Inflammatory burden
🌿 Drainage and elimination pathways
🌿 Your individual stressors and triggers

Because popping an antihistamine may temporarily quiet the sneezing and itching, but it doesn’t tell you WHY your system is so reactive.

And that’s the NHIC difference.

We don’t want to simply chase symptoms.

We want to figure out what YOUR body needs and support it from the ground up.

If fall has you sneezing, itching, dripping, and wondering whether you can live inside until the first hard freeze 😂, come see us.

🍂 Fall allergy appointments are available at NHIC in Waukee and virtually.

We would love your vote again this year for the CityView best of Des Moines contest!Find us at 199 at https://www.dmcity...
09/08/2026

We would love your vote again this year for the CityView best of Des Moines contest!

Find us at 199 at https://www.dmcityview.com/best-2027/

* Please know that all votes are anonymous. Submit only one ballot per voter (IP address). We do check for multiple entries and throw out attempted efforts at cheating the system. So don’t waste your time and ours by clearing your cookies and revoting multiple times. It won’t work.​

Grab your free Goldenrod recipe guide!⬇️
09/06/2026

Grab your free Goldenrod recipe guide!⬇️

Where we get our produce. So good! If you’re in Madison County, IA it’s right off the St. Charles exit.
09/05/2026

Where we get our produce. So good! If you’re in Madison County, IA it’s right off the St. Charles exit.

Our Mommy & Daddy Muscle Testing Workshop is happening NEXT SATURDAY, and I cannot wait to teach you some of the practic...
09/04/2026

Our Mommy & Daddy Muscle Testing Workshop is happening NEXT SATURDAY, and I cannot wait to teach you some of the practical skills you can use to make more confident wellness choices for your family!

🌿 LAST WEEK TO REGISTER! 🌿

During this hands-on workshop, we’ll cover how to:

✨ Muscle test your kids
✨ Muscle test your spouse or partner
✨ Muscle test your pets
✨ Test foods, supplements & products
✨ Make more confident choices at the grocery store and when eating out
✨ Understand the basics of in-person AND virtual muscle testing

No previous muscle testing experience is necessary!

📅 Saturday, September 12
⏰ 10 AM–12 PM CST
📍 NHIC | 95 NE Dartmoor Dr., Waukee, IA

💻 NOT LOCAL? We’ll be broadcasting LIVE via Zoom, so you can join us from anywhere!

❤️ SPECIAL THIS WEEK: Purchase your ticket for $127 and your spouse or partner can attend with you at no additional charge!

This is your last week to get registered!
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Address

95 NE Dartmoor Drive
Waukee, IA
50263

Opening Hours

Monday 1pm - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 3pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 1pm - 6pm
Friday 9am - 12pm

Telephone

+15152430173

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