Trinity Integrative Health owner Lauraine Lee (left) talks with Cedar Park resident Christi Holmes.[/caption] Trinity Integrative Health in Cedar Park helps clients take a balanced approach to good nutrition and natural wellness, owner Lauraine Lee said. Lee started her business in 2011 as a retail shop called Natural Wellness Cedar Park that was previously located on Walton Way. In January the business moved to an office setting on Cypress Creek Road, allowing Lee to provide more personalized services, although she continues to carry a stock of nutritional supplements such as vitamins, minerals and herbs, she said. “I wanted to do more consultation, so when I got my [doctor of naturopathy] diploma I decided that I wanted to really focus on helping individuals who were coming in to look for alternative care,” Lee said. The practice of classical naturopathy concentrates on identifying destructive aspects in lifestyles that lead to imbalances, Lee said. “We never diagnose. We never tell a client don’t do medication or things like that,” she said. “We just talk about nutrition and how to balance a person.” In order to analyze where a new client may have imbalances, Lee uses pH balancing and biofeedback scanning technology, she said. Using a step-by-step approach that focuses on maximizing the enzymes found in natural foods, she works to help clients balance their health and promote healing. “Going back to basic food—natural, unadulterated food—for me is the best medicine,” Lee said, adding that in many processed and mass-produced foods the enzymes have been altered or removed. She recommends eating a variety of whole foods and shopping at farmers markets when possible. Lee studied at the Trinity School of Health and said that although some states require a license to practice naturopathy, Texas does not. In 2008 one of Lee’s seven children was diagnosed with a blood disorder that results from unusually low platelet levels. After several months of steroid treatments that produced mostly unwanted side effects, Lee said she and her husband decided to try a more natural approach using improved nutrition and allowing their son’s body to heal itself. “Going natural worked for us, and that got me interested,” she said. “[I wondered], ‘What else can I study and learn to make someone else’s journey a little bit better [and] not so traumatic as mine?’,” she said. Christi Holmes of Cedar Park heard about Lee’s practice through a personal referral and has been a client for the past six months. “[With] the way that she’s told me I need to start eating, it’s really helped me a lot to feel better,” Holmes said. “I have a lot more energy.” Holmes said Lee has helped her see the importance of eating more natural foods, such as fruits and vegetables, and less processed sugar, which has helped her keep a healthier weight. “She’s very knowledgeable, and so is her staff,” Holmes said. Trinity Integrative Health 1001 Cypress Creek Road, Ste. 205, Cedar Park 512-528-0130 www.nwcedarpark.com Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.