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About Me

 

My name is Amahl Beth Van Halsema. I have been a Nutritional Therapist and Functional Medicine practitioner since 1985.

 

I teach the science of Mineral-Nutritional Balancing because I find it to be the best and most foundational nutrition, lifestyle and supplement program on the market. It was developed by doctors and researchers for people from all walks of life beginning in the 1940s. Going through the program as a patient many years ago convinced me to become a certified MNB practitioner. I’ve been mentored by both Lawrence Wilson, MD and more recently, by expert MNB practitioner Susan Cachay, to work with all of my hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA) clients. We use a properly cut hair sample to arrange a complete Mineral Nutritional Balancing program for each person (as explained in detail on this website).

 

In 2013 and 2019 I then became a Certified Gluten-Free Practitioner (CGP) through the certification courses of Dr. Tom O’Bryan. Now I also teach and offer the newest research and testing concerning all wheat and gluten disorders. Wheat and gluten can cause as many as 300 autoimmune diseases!  Then, in 2022, I completed the rigorous Wahls Certification program taught by Terry Wahls, MD, so that I could develop a better comprehensive grasp of autoimmune disease and the cutting edge applications of diet, lifestyle, and supplements that work best for healing from autoimmune conditions. Most recently, among other certifications, I earned certifications as a Dietary Supplement Specialist (2025) and, after many months, graduated with my Microbiome Clinical Science Certification (2026) in the world’s first group of microbiome clinical practitioners.  

 I lived a disciplined life. Organic food and gluten-free since 1985, with thousands of hours in holistic studies, body movement, fasts, regimens, and detoxes from top doctors/gurus around the world. I grew up traveling in many countries and experienced high fevers, diarrhea, parasites, typhoid, and a severe spinal infection all before becoming physically disabled in four car accidents. As a result of the third car accident, I was diagnosed with an incurable neurological disease and 5 autoimmune diseases. I had little left of a functioning body as I descended full force into a category that conventional medicine could only label as “full disability”.

 

With my knowledge as a nutritional therapist, I tried every conventional drug, therapy, surgery, and treatment available to heal. After a lengthy personal journey, including 109 visits to the operating room for orthopedic and neurological surgeries and 14 years of drug cocktails including daily morphine and benzos, I finally found answers in the field of Functional Medicine. First doing the Mineral-Nutritional Balancing program brought some stability slowly back to my body. And adding in the gluten-autoimmune adaptations that I later learned as a certified gluten practitioner (CGP) and then as a Wahls Protocol® Certified Health Practitioner (WPCHP) brought healing that surpassed my hopes and expectations!  More academic studies in the areas of proper supplementation and the microbiome expanded my expertise in working with private clients, giving me confidence in designing supplement and gut-friendly programs on a case-by-case basis. I’m grateful to say that I’m functioning now, off of all prescription medications, and with the blend of extreme personal experience and advanced clinical education, I am an expert catalyst in helping others to heal.

 

Mineral-Nutritional Balancing Program

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MNB is a serious program for those who are serious about being healthy! In addition to healing physical trauma, it is the only system I know of that successfully helps you: Release your heavy toxic metals; detoxify from chemicals and additives; recover from emotional trauma and depression; heal disordered eating; stabilize the immune system; lose weight; kill parasites; eliminate osteoporosis and osteopenia, provide a solid foundation to heal autoimmune diseases (of which there are more than 300 including MS, RA, lupus, diabetes, atherosclerosis, psoriasis, eczema, and scleroderma); recover the thyroid; balance minerals ratios; heal HPA-axis dysfunction,  regain fertility; get rid of allergies; and grow your body into general good health. The entire program is based on a properly cut hair sample that is analyzed at only one FDA-approved laboratory in the USA. The FDA regards a properly cut hair sample as a soft tissue biopsy. Only one laboratory in the USA , for which I am a legal provider, analyzes this properly (see full information on the tabs on this website). To start your MNB program, please see Start Your MNB Program.

 

Optional Testing In Addition: Wheat & Gluten – The CGP Program & Vibrant Wellness Laboratory

 

The CGP program helps people to delve even deeper into their bodies to discover if they have leaky gut, impaired immunity, food sensitivities, food allergies, gluten sensitivity, gluten or wheat-related disorders, and other immune-mediated dysfunctions.
 
You do not need to be a Mineral-Nutritional Balancing client in order to do the gluten and wheat testing, evaluation, and lifestyle consultations. The wheat and gluten test we use is the foremost test of it’s kind in the world for celiac and non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS). It is used by Mayo Clinic and many other institutions. There is no more accurate testing in the world. Although not yet covered by insurances, all Vibrant Wellness testing is fully HIPAA compliant and CLIA and FDA approved.

 

For more about the CGP program, please see the Wheat & Gluten tab here on my site. Vibrant Wellness also offers other comprehensive testing, for example, the most advanced food mapping on the market. Knowing exactly those foods to which your body reacts is an invaluable addition to a long term healing lifestyle.

 

Getting Started

 

Visit the Start Your MNB Program and Wheat & Gluten tabs here on the site to get started and for more information. You can also use the Contact Me form to send me an email with questions.

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There are thousands of tests that can be done, but the foundational ones always start with hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA) and microchip blood tests (Vibrant Wellness Laboratory) to asses your baseline mitochondrial mineral ratios, heavy metals, gluten reactivity, pathogenic intestinal permeability (aka “leaky gut”) and food reactivity. With your test results and input, I will build you a comprehensive lifestyle, diet, and supplement program to specifically support your health. (Please note that I do not sell supplements, but I will recommend the best ones to use and direct you to those sources.)

* If you are interested in classical or therapeutic Pilates, please visit my vhPilates.com website for further information on sessions available in the Los Angeles CA area.