Functional Medicine

This new individualized method of medicine considers a holistic approach to health care. Functional Medicine operates through an integrative approach that allows our providers to address the root cause of disease as an effective method to support clients in healing and transforming their health rather than applying temporary fixes that only mask the symptoms for a little while. With the Functional Medicine approach, our providers may use a variety of diagnostic testing to investigate the root of the problem and then apply a holistic treatment method using nutrition, traditional medicine, herbal and nutritional supplements and lifestyle therapies to create a comprehensive treatment plan that can help you transform your health.

Weight Loss

12-week medical supervised weight loss program with detailed description

Before you begin our program, our experienced physician will conduct a thorough health assessment to ensure you are a good candidate for this program. Your assessment will consist of a health review, physical exam and lab result review. Once you are cleared to safely proceed , you will meet with our neuropsychologist and certified nutritionist.

This program is designed to support you on your journey toward achieving weight loss as a means to improving your metabolic health and transforming your relationship with food. By the end of this program you will have improved biomarkers for cholesterol, blood sugar and blood pressure levels that support improved cardiovascular health. Beyond these components, you will have an improved understanding on how to nourish your body following principles of intuitive eating so that you can regain control of your health, your energy and your body.

To start this process, we work on leaving behind foods that can cause inflammation.. Minimizing reactivity will allow your body to function better in digestion, absorption, and healing. We achieve this by following a whole foods plant forward food plan that provides a diet that is nutrient dense. This approach will provide the building blocks for healing as well as the therapeutic components of foods to address factors of metabolic syndrome. Throughout this program you have a daily nutrition guide with fun recipe suggestions, but feel free to create your own dishes and explore.

During the course of this program, you will have regular visits and check-ins with your certified nutritionist to conduct progress assessments and to provide you with support along the way. Rather than relying on weight measure alone for progress assessment, we use a body fat analyzer that conducts bioelectrical impedance analysis to measure a breakdown of body fat mass, body lean mass and body hydration status.

Personalize Nutrition

Customized nutrition assessment and plan

Personalized nutrition allows each client to receive the care and treatment that is customized and unique to them. Nutrition therapy and food plans are powerful preventive care tools to support patient health. And as each individual is unique, our care team works together to create a plan that is customized and tailored to the patient’s personalized needs with respect to their health conditions, health goals, lifestyle and daily routines. This client-centered approach promotes improved health through an integrative approach to improve disease and vitality. Creating a focus on prevention through nutrition, physical activity, therapeutic diets and diagnostic testing allows clients to be at the forefront of their health.
Once the personalized nutrition and lifestyle plan has been developed, the patient works closely with the Certified Nutritionist and Physician to ensure maximum support throughout this transformation. Having access to expert care takes out the guesswork of working toward healthy changes and allows you to rely on the experience of trained professionals to ensure your efforts pay off.

Body Fat Testing

Measuring your weight is one of the easiest tools for keeping track of your health, but it’s not the only value that is important when it comes to healthy body composition. Body composition refers to the fact that our body is made from different types of tissue components that contribute to our weight, such as bones, muscles, organs, and the fluids in our body. Having a way to measure the different types of tissues that contribute to your weight is more telling about what your health looks like. The goal is to keep muscle mass at a higher and healthy level compared to our fat mass, but the weight scale alone can’t provide that information. Testing body composition by BioImpedance Analysis can give us more details about your composition ranges, such as your fat mass, your muscle mass and your hydration levels and also about your overall health status.