Chico Creek Wellness

This review is for Dr. Penner’s personal nutritional consultation & services (I haven’t had experience with the Wellness Center).
I found Dr. Penner though an old girlfriend, who moved to Chico form LA.
Since I was having some digestive issues and did not want to take standard medication, my friend suggested to me that I do a long distance consultation with the Doctor (either via Skype, or on the phone).
The office manager sent me a number of forms to fill out in advance, so when I talked to the Dr. Penner she already had a very good idea of my case.
She asked me a number of questions, then she spent quite a bit of time explaining how the digestive system works, and gave me a «basic class» in nutrition.
Personally, I was open to Holistic Medicine, and to Dr. Penner’s experience — in fact, I was looking specifically for a different approach from today’s «status quo» Pharmaceutical-​driven Medicine.
I’ve read some of the negative reviews, and I think the issue with Dr. Penner basically comes down to: whether or not the patient wants to heal & balance out their WHOLE body to eliminate the problem, or just wants a quick fix.
For me, the knowledge gained from Dr. Penner helped explain where my issue originated.
I got on a supplement regimen, a «protocol» of about 2 months, and began feeling better within a week. Yes, I did invest some money in supplements — but this is something I do, anyway!
(So, I had to spend a little more on my health over 2 months; I spend more on Sushi! And when my mechanic says that I need to spend $ on an oil change, I don’t call him a Quack — what’s wrong for a Nutritionist telling you that you need o purchase nutrition?)
Now, almost a year later, my issue is completely resolved — as side benefits, I also learned how to eat better, and have given my health a stronger foundation.

I have been seeing Dr. Penner for over a year now. She and her staff are amazing! She’ll take time out of her day to talk to you about any questions or concerns you have, long after you’ve seen her for an appointment. She has opened my eyes to the error of my nutritional ways. Fats are GOOD for you! I eat so much more fat and protein and I’m loving life while feeling better. When I cheat on my diet — straying from her advice — I can totally see the difference in how my diet affects the clarity of my skin and my energy levels. The person who left the negative review, clearly has no clue how important nutrition is and how it makes all the difference in whether you have optimal health, or a myriad of health issues. My wife and I have both had help from doctor penner who has helped my wife with her gallbladder stone issues, and my acne and energy level issues. I have shifted my diet (not perfectly yet, though) according to the advising of the doc, and I don’t regret it whatsoever. Most people want to pop a drug pill for a quick fix. If you want to get to the heart of your health problems, it’s going to take work, and it’s going to take time. Don’t be a wimp and choose the easy way out which leads to other health issues later. Make the necessary changes to your diet, take your supplements, and listen to Doctor Penner’s advice. It will change your life. Health is wealth!

This doctor is a bit of a quack. I went to her for back pain and she had me do a week long food diary and a whole nutrition assessment. I thought okay fine whatever, maybe it will help. After listening to her talk at great length about the evils of carbs and medications, how my back pain is my colon and adrenal glands telling me they inflamed with gluten or something, in the end it was all a judgmental push for her supplements and cleanse products. I was just not going to lay down $ 300 for a month-​long cleanse product plus another $ 150 for two weeks of supplements. After listening to her nutritional «counseling», she didn’t seem too happy with me politely declining her dietary suggestions. The next time I wanted an adjustment from her she started in on the nutrition stuff all over again and I told her again I just wasn’t interested. She did not take no for an answer and kept pressing it. Although she did help my back pain with an adjustment, the judgmental sales pitch was just not worth it. So unless you want to eat only raw organic carb free for the rest of your life (or just tell her that you do) and have a couple hundred extra dollars to spend on supplements every month, don’t bother to go to this doctor!
Unless you’d like to buy some snake oil.
Her massage therapists are amazing though! Skip the doc and see them!