About David Duizer
Dr. Duizer is a Naturopathic Doctor focused on the the holistic approach to health condition management. He has a primary care, chronic disease and longevity practice and uses a range of natural therapeutics, conventional and functional laboratories and medical prescribing to help his patients reach their optimal state of wellness.
Through integrating advanced therapeutic technology such as PNOE Metabolic Testing, Psious Virtual Reality Testing, Cold Laser Therapy and intravenous therapies Dr. Duizer is able to apply a holistic approach that helps people heal and be well.
By combining nutrition therapy and diet/fasting advice, advanced exercise physiology, sleep support and mindfulness training for stress reduction Dr. Duizer enables patients to achieve wellness in their four lifestyle pillars.
Dr. Duizer grew up in a small town in rural Nova Scotia. After a highschool career in basketball and a series of academic achievements he pursued a Bachelor of Science with a Double Major in Chemistry and Psychology from the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in Kingston, Ontario. During his time there he played CIS basketball and lead the country in minutes played for his senior season. He traveled to Belgium for the World Military Basketball Championship as part of the Canadian Forces National Basketball Team.
At RMC Dr. Duizer was awarded a series of accolades including Academic All-Canadian (2x), Commandant’s Coin for Leadership in Sport, the Four Pilliar Award for Excellence in academics, athletics, bilingualism and military proficiency, top student in his program (multiple years) and Senior Men’s Varsity Basketball MVP.
Following RMC Dr. Duizer became an officer in the Canadian Navy where he honed his leadership skills, studied naval navigation and achieved top of his class for Maritime Surface and Subsurface Training Phase 3. After deciding to pursure a career in medicine Dr. Duizer obtained a designation as “Specialist in Sports Conditioning” with ISSA.
In 2010 Dr. Duizer was accepted in the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine (BINM) where he completed his Naturopathic Physician training. During his time there he launched DAMYHealth.com an online holistic weight loss program with his wife, and very prominant holistic nutritionist, Amy Layne. Together they speak weekly on their podcast – Healthy Rebel Radio (tune in on iTunes and Android).
After graduating from BINM in 2014 Dr. Duizer joined the Finlandia Health Centre where he would eventually become Medical Director. Now Dr. Duizer in Partner at Noble Naturopathic and a clinician focused on supporting those coping with chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, autoimmune disease, chronic pain and neurological disorders.
He is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors at BINM and has a passion for help advance the education of Naturopathic Doctors.
He can be found speaking on his Youtube channel weekly and for in-person events monthly with either of his Meetup groups, “Low Carb Vancouver” or “Fairview Health and Wellness Professionals”.
