Wellness Redefined: Dr. Jenny Wilkins
Wellness Redefined: Dr. Jenny Wilkins
written by Devon Alexander and Christy Chilton
Walking into AgeVital isn’t like walking into any other traditional pharmacy or medical office. You won't find a cold sterile environment with outdated magazines and sticky children's toys laying carelessly about. No, when you enter AgeVital, it feels as if you are walking into a day spa of sorts. You’ll find yourself promptly greeted in a kind fashion by one of the warm concierge staff members, asking how they may help you. Their undertone not meaning “what can I sell you?”, as you can sense that they genuinely want to know how they can help you.
In addition to a wide variety of premium supplements, there are also a myriad of à la carte services to choose from at AgeVital, from one-on-one health consultations, live blood analyses, vitamin injections, vitamin cocktails offered intravenously, customized hormone therapy, the HCG diet, and pharmaceutical grade cannabidiol (CBD), which serves as an all-natural alternative to remedy countless issues and ailments.
This is all part of AgeVital’s modus operandi, “Biology Before Pharmacology.” They believe in helping your body help itself. This may mean addressing nutritional deficiencies, while at other times it may mean a lifestyle change, and often these days, it can mean both.
As each person is unique, so is each regimen that the doctors at AgeVital tailor to meet each of their clientèle's specific needs. You won’t find a generic, cookie-cutter “solution” here, nor will you have the latest big pharmaceutical drug pushed upon you. Instead you’ll receive a customized solution that will not only meet your personal health needs, but one that is highly effective and all natural at that.
AgeVital was founded by Dr. Jenny Wilkins, a Naturopathic Doctor and clinical research associate. She is a leading expert in the industry, making headlines nationwide, and is renowned for her expertise on the topic of functional medicine and biochemistry.
As a health and wellness expert and educator, Dr. Jenny lectures all around the world at various conferences, and mentors professional athletes, actors, celebrities, and anyone who is lucky enough to cross her path. Dr. Jenny has also notably appeared on ABC, NBC, TBN, CBS, the CW and Lifetime, to name a few.
She is one of the nation's leading advocates and known gurus on the topic of the endocannabinoid system and functional integrative healthcare, teaching others how natural solutions work to treat a multitude of diseases and illnesses. Dr. Jenny Wilkins has also authored numerous books for both healthcare practitioners and consumers, educating the healthcare community and individuals using her extensive research and findings about the endocannabinoid system.
Dr Jenny's interest in healthcare began at an early age. Influenced by her mother, who has always been “one step ahead,” health conscious, and aware of the dangers in processed foods way before it became the public trend to be so health savvy. The wise guidance of her mother stayed with her, but Jenny's real turning point began after volunteering at a retirement facility as a teenager. While her high school classmates spent their weekends partying and loitering at the mall, Dr. Jenny preferred spending her time with the elderly that she met at the facility. She loved listening to their life stories, sage advice and reading the Bible with them, but little did she know just how much she was soon to learn through her interactions with the elderly bunch. This time spent became the catalyst for Dr. Jenny's mission, although she was just beginning to connect the dots.
As she listened and observed, Jenny began to see the correlation between the life choices, nutritional habits, and the severity of deterioration in the health conditions of her elderly acquaintances. Jenny began to wonder how a lot of their suffering could have been prevented. It was clear to her that the bad -or uniformed/careless- health habits led to further suffering in their older age.
There had to be another way, another way to live life, without it resulting in so much discomfort, she thought.
In her first biochemistry class, Jenny saw her college professor writing out the sugar pathways of a metabolic chart, “Fructose, Glucose, Sucrose” he wrote. Quickly Jenny asked “Where is Aspartame? Dextrose? High Fructose Corn Syrup?”
The professor, glad to see that she was attentive to detail and enthused, told Jenny that he hadn't written any others as they didn't naturally exist. Intrigued, Jenny stayed after class that day, learning all that she could from her professor on the subject.
Now fueled by equal parts of curiosity on the subject and by the frustration that this knowledge was far from mainstream, Dr. Jenny was both inspired and ignited. Driven by her motivation to learn as much as she could and her passion to make a difference on a larger scale, Dr. Jenny began delving further into the world of biochemistry from that day forth.
While her motivation to discover and acquire information on health and biochemistry was predominately driven by her desire to make a difference in the lives of others, Dr. Jenny also experienced personal health issues which ultimately served to further propel her.
For years, Dr. Jenny experienced severe migraines. Seeking help from her doctor, she was initially prescribed Acetaminophen, then Imitrex, and eventually found herself prescribed Ketamine to alleviate the pain of the headaches.
Yet at the young age of 21, Dr. Jenny found herself not only still suffering from the debilitating migraines, but now she'd developed major gut issues as well. This is when she decided to fight back. By carefully monitoring her diet and what she ingested, soon enough, Dr. Jenny was cured-without the help of big pharmaceutical drugs or any other doctor. She simply regulated her own biochemistry.
Now that she'd figured it out and experienced the results first-hand, Dr. Jenny was on a mission. Her mission, which remains the same to this day, is to help others on a profound level by educating them with the knowledge of a healthier way of life.
Since founding AgeVital, Dr. Jenny Wilkins has continued to give lectures, headlining events, television shows and health seminars. She is leading the charge on cannabis reform and changing the stigma and perception of those who use it.
Her goal is to ensure that everyone in the country has access to natural, safe, alternative treatments so that they can live their best lives. Dr. Jenny strongly believes that this starts with education. If people are more educated and informed on alternative treatments, then they are more likely to use them. For a long time, alternative medicine had a negative image, but now we are reaching a point where people are beginning to understand that it simply means a safer option to the harsh pharmaceutical drugs that are often pushed by conventional medicine practitioners.
Dr. Jenny Wilkins remains more determined and passionate than ever to make an impact in the lives of others as well as in the health industry at large. This brilliant mind has certainly made headlines and headway throughout the nation in her efforts thus far. Yet, this is only the beginning...