Dr. Jennifer Shell

“The food you eat can either be the safest and most powerful form of medicine……
or the slowest form of poison.” – Ann Wigmore

Dr. Shell graduated from the National University of Health Sciences in 2001 with a doctorate degree in chiropractic.She received her bachelor’s degree from Michigan State in 1997. In addition to chiropractic, she uses Nutrition Response Testing in her practice. “With proper nutrition and chiropractic care, the body has the capacity to correct itself.”

She graduated in 1997 from Michigan State University and pursued her doctorate in chiropractic from The National University of Health Sciences in Lombard, Illinois graduating in 2001. During that time Dr. Shell took hundreds of hours of extra training in Applied Kinesiology, muscle testing and nutrition.

Clinical nutrition has long been a passion and she is always learning new ways to help her patients heal naturally with nutrition and supplementation protocols.

After she had her first son in 2007, she wrote a book called “Food to the Rescue”. It’s a simple, straight-forward guide to help families learn how to eat for health. She has sold over 10,000 copies through like-minded practitioners.

She’s been married since 1997 to her wonderful husband Larry. They have two amazing boys. She loves working out, bike rides, going on family adventures, attending seminars, and constantly reading and learning. Dr. Shell understands juggling a career and home life!

Her philosophy is that the body can heal itself with the right tools. The most important thing is that the patient comes in willing to change things, like their diet or lifestyle. There is no magic pill. Healing requires that the patient be responsible for themselves and their actions.

“No one can heal you. You will heal yourself with the right tools.”

She recognizes her role as the guide on her patients journey toward optimal health. Most of her patients have been through the medical system and have tried everything they can to get relief or find health, to no avail.

Dr. Shell sees pregnant women, newborns all the way to the wise years of life. Her confidence in Nutrition Response Testing and chiropractic stems from seeing her patients change their lives by taking control of their health and their futures.

MY HEALTH JOURNEY

For the first three years of my life all I did was cry, and no one could figure out why. Being a mother now, I can only imagine how stressful and horrible it must have been for my parents. No one knew what to do for me. As the years went on, I was an extremely nervous little girl. My heart would race every night and I always had butterflies in my stomach.

In high school I thought eating low calorie was what I needed to do to stay thin. My diet consisted of corn pops and frozen yogurt. I had digestive issues and mood swings. By the time I hit college I was even worse physically. I was told I had irritable bowel syndrome and needed to calm down and handle my stress better.

I ate tons of candy constantly. Chocolate and sour balls where my mainstay. I had horrible mood swings, and digestive problems, and felt miserable. But what is really sad, is that is all I knew. I just thought that’s how it was. I ate Tums like candy and had different prescription medications that didn’t help much, so I just assumed that’s how it was for me.

After college I knew I wanted to do something to help people, but I didn’t feel like I could find the right fit. I decided to shadow a couple chiropractors since I had looked at many other things already. I didn’t even know what a chiropractor was!

I saw many different techniques and saw many patients feel better even after one visit. Then I saw a chiropractor who used muscle testing and she recommended I eliminate dairy from my diet. I thought that sounded odd, but I had seen positive things for other patients, so I thought I’d try it. In two days 98% of my symptoms were gone. I couldn’t believe it. I was medical wreckage for 21 years, no one helped me, and in two days I was almost 100% better!

That confirmed it for me. I knew there was something to this and decided my lifelong journey to heal and help others heal was set. I have dedicated my life to helping others experience life-changing improvements in their health. It is now an everyday occurrence to witness miracles.