About Me
Dr. Nikki Benedict is a Certified Functional Medicine Specialist™, Pharmacist, devoted wife, and mother of two. In her 20 years of pharmacy experience, she has helped numerous patients, often specializing in fertility and mental health. She has served as a guest speaker at McWhorter School of Pharmacy at Samford University, her alma mater.
Her journey into pharmacy school began with her desire for a profession that would open a door to the medical mission field. During her pharmacy school career, Dr. Nikki traveled to China, where she was fascinated to find Western and Eastern medicine practiced in the same hospital and pharmacology texts devoted to plants. The global exposure opened her eyes to an approach that goes far beyond treating symptoms to eliminating root causes of illness.
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Dr. Nikki’s growing understanding of functional medicine continued shortly after her marriage, when she experienced a lingering disorder a family doctor diagnosed as flu-like symptoms. A family chiropractor recognized symptoms of a parasite infection, and her symptoms resolved within 24 hours of enzyme treatment.
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After becoming a mother of two, Dr. Nikki further explored holistic healing while navigating the mine fields of childhood illness, contagion, and treatments. Able to keep her children’s immune systems strong while other children experienced repeated infections, Dr. Nikki’s focus and passion turned to helping other exhausted moms and families. She has a heart for supermoms to be free from fear and reverse years of stress and malnutrition.
Today Dr. Nikki is founder of Eden Essentials LLC, a functional medicine practice that helps patients identify root causes of illness. Her approach is to help women and families get back to basics through God’s Word; strategic, customized lab testing; and nutritional supplementation. She believes that God put everything we need to heal our bodies and thrive in His creation. Dr. Nikki’s mission field is serving supermoms and their families as they build a lifestyle of lifelong health.
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