Our Vitality Wellness Approach

During your intake, your doctor will gain a complete understanding of your health history, symptoms, and habits. Then, with the results of specialty testing, your doctor will create an individualized treatment plan that addresses underlying causes. During your continuum of care, progress will be assessed and ongoing recommendations provided.

More than 50% of people who will suffer a heart attack do so without experiencing any prior symptoms and 50% of them have normal LDL cholesterol levels. Inadequate screening leads to unrecognized heart disease and contributes to it being the number one cause of death. 

Heart wellness requires looking deeper, including the identification of standard and novel risk factors such as inflammation, subtle signs of heart weakness, and genetic mutations. We utilize the Cleerly coronary analysis to determine personal heart attack risk by identifying the extent and nature of your plaque. We also assess several factors as they relate to our patients’ cardiovascular health:

Advanced Cardiac Markers

Advanced cardiac markers tell us far more about your risk than a standard lipid panel. Lipid sub-particles show not just the amount but how risky your LDL is. Additional measurements like vascular inflammation, metabolic markers and even genetics help complete the picture of overall risk. The information is then used to help guide your treatment plan toward heart health.

• Cardio genetics for unique risk factors
• Markers of arterial inflammation
• Advanced lipid profile for particle size and function
• Glucose regulation
• Stored toxic heavy metals
• Lipopolysaccharides
• Methylation

Cleerly Coronary Analysis

Heart wellness requires looking deeper, including the identification and treatment of standard and novel risk factors such as inflammation, subtle signs of heart weakness, and genetic mutations. We utilize Cleerly to determine personal heart attack risk by identifying the extent and nature of your plaque. We assess several factors as they relate to our patients’ cardiovascular health:

• Cleerly CT angiogram to characterize and quantify your plaque
• Cardio genetics for unique risk factors
• Markers of arterial inflammation
• Advanced lipid profile for particle size and additional lipid related risk factors
• Glucose regulation
• Stored toxic heavy metals
• Methylation

Following the virtual cardio-metabolic health education we provide, you’ll focus on lifestyle recommendations and nutrition to support cardiovascular energy, healthy lipid profiles, circulation, arterial compliance, and to decrease arterial inflammation. You’ll have the support of a health coach along the way who will help you ensure the changes you make are sustainable and lifelong.

Dependent upon your unique needs, Cardiovascular Therapeutics may include:

● EDTA chelation therapy or heavy metal chelation therapy
● Customized amino acid, antioxidant and botanical therapy to optimize cardiovascular energy, arterial health, and healthy lipids
● Customized supplementation to address unique genetic risk factors
● Nutrition to support cellular energy, healthy lipids, and optimal blood sugar
● Therapeutic cleansing and detoxification to remove toxins

During your intake, your doctor will gain a complete understanding of your health history, symptoms, and habits. Then, with the results of specialty testing, your doctor will create an individualized treatment plan that addresses underlying causes. During your continuum of care, progress will be assessed and ongoing recommendations provided.

Levels of women’s reproductive hormones can pinpoint causes of mood changes, menstrual irregularities, menopausal symptoms, bone loss, low libido, advanced aging and heart disease. Women often experience distressing symptoms that effect quality of life and heightened disease risk from the changes that occur with the aging, disease, surgery and environmental toxicity. Symptoms of hormonal imbalance include mood changes, anxiety, low energy, weight gain, sexual dysfunction and sleep difficulties.  

We screen for hormonal imbalances to help guide your treatment plan to health. Results are then used to identify the best strategies to support your hormonal restoration and healthy aging.

Estrogen Metabolites

Estrogen metabolites identify causes of symptoms related to women’s reproductive health, menstrual irregularities, poor cognition, cardiovascular health, bone density and skin health. An unfavorable profile can be associated with an increased risk of female related cancers. The analysis informs the need to prioritize optimal estrogen metabolism to modify disease risk.

• Sex hormones, including estrogen, progesterone and testosterone
• Estrogen metabolites
• Methylation defects

Thyroid, Adrenal and Pancreatic Hormones

Thyroid, adrenal, and pancreatic hormones pinpoint causes of chronic fatigue, cholesterol imbalance, mood changes, weight gain and metabolism concerns to offer a targeted plan towards rebalance.

• Comprehensive thyroid markers
• Thyroid autoantibodies
• Adrenal function and diurnal cortisol
• Glucose regulation and insulin
• Nutrient deficiencies
• Inflammatory markers

Gain access to a curriculum of nutritional and holistic therapies designed for optimum balance and regulation of the endocrine system. We will address thyroid function, efficient metabolism, bone health, and energy levels. You’ll have the support of a health coach along the way who will help you ensure the changes you make are sustainable and lifelong.

Based on your unique needs for balancing hormones and healthy aging, our therapies may include:

● Nutritional supplements and botanical therapy to support hormone production and metabolism
● Therapeutic cleansing and detoxification
● Appropriate estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone
● Individualized formulations to support energy, metabolism, and healthy aging
● Intravenous nutritional therapy

During your intake, your doctor will gain a complete understanding of your health history, symptoms, and habits. Then, with the results of specialty testing, your doctor will create an individualized treatment plan that addresses underlying causes. During your continuum of care, progress will be assessed and ongoing recommendations provided.

Functional testing identify causes of chronic digestive discomfort, bloating, irritable bowel syndrome, gut inflammation, altered microbiome, constipation and diarrhea.  

Gastrointestinal health is central to overall health. Although imbalances in digestion come in various forms, they all have the potential to contribute to systemic inflammation, nutrient deficiencies, immune activation and pain. More, unresolved GI disorders often interfere with overall health.

Lab tests for GI issues evaluate for common but often overlooked issues such as:

• Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) testing measures the amount of expired hydrogen and methane gas from breath to assess for the overgrowth of gas producing bacteria. Abdominal discomfort, constipation, gas and bloating are typical symptoms of SIBO. A positive result also confirms microbial imbalance. Those who have had multiple courses of antibiotics are especially at risk. 
• Intestinal permeability assesses the integrity of the intestinal lining. Loss of integrity allows for passage of substances and microbes across the intestinal lining, and is known as “leaky gut.” Intestinal permeability is often the explanation for food sensitivities and reactions, inflammation, fatigue and other symptoms.
• Helicobacter pylori testing measures the presence of this gastritis and ulcer causing bacteria via breath testing. H. pylori is associated with gastric and colorectal cancer and Alzheimer’s disease risk. Symptoms and the presence of H. pylori confirms the need for treatment.
• Parasitology testing can recognize the cause behind unintentional loss of bodyweight, fatigue, chronic inflammation, allergies, and gastrointestinal bleeding for example. Standard tests lack the sensitivity to recognize the presence of many of these infections. Parasitic infections can happen in the absence of foreign travel and are underrecognized. The detection of parasites confirms the appropriateness of treatment.

Other digestive health related testing:

• Food sensitivities
• Nutrient breakdown and absorptive capacity
• Celiac disease

Our Gastrointestinal Wellness curriculum is designed to provide you step-by-step nutritional and lifestyle recommendations to remove and replace offending foods and decrease inflammation in the GI tract. This will allow your body to heal and restore proper digestive function. You’ll have the support of a health coach along the way who will help you ensure the changes you make are sustainable and lifelong.

Based on your unique needs, we may recommend the following therapies:

● Custom botanical and supplement formulations to heal the GI tract and decrease inflammation
● Anti-microbial formulations to eradicate harmful bacteria
● Custom formulations to optimize digestion, absorption, motility, and promote optimal liver and gallbladder function
● Therapeutic cleansing and detoxification 

During your intake, your doctor will gain a complete understanding of your health history, symptoms, and habits. Then, with the results of specialty testing, your doctor will create an individualized treatment plan that addresses underlying causes. During your continuum of care, progress will be assessed and ongoing recommendations provided.

Increased stressors such as endocrine and immune dysregulation, and even environmental and emotional toxicity have led to an increased in autoimmune diseases like autoimmune thyroiditis, Hashimoto’s, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren’s disease, lupus, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Testing early for the presence of autoantibodies is the best way to identify and reverse the autoimmune process.

Autoantibodies are measured to detect the presence of autoimmune disease and to track the progress of treatment. Further testing for bacterial, parasitic and viral infections, intestinal permeability and environmental toxicity give clues to triggers of disease.

We test for:

General and disease specific autoantibodies

• Inflammatory markers
• Intestinal permeability
  
• Autoimmune-triggering pathogens
  
• Parasite testing
  
• Nutritional deficiencies
  
• Hormone imbalance

Allergy Testing

Allergies affect up to thirty percent of people. Allergies contribute to pain, disrupted sleep, snoring, sinusitis, learning disabilities in children, fatigue, irritability, work absenteeism, poor work quality and even depression. They contribute to eczema and asthma as well. Proper testing is the first step to lasting relief.

Environmental allergy

Testing with blood measures your immune reaction to environmental antigens such as pollen, grass, dander, dust mites, food and mold.  The results are used to prescribe a customized oral allergy formula called sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT).  Treatment with SLIT desensitizes the immune system to provide relief from seasonal allergies, hay fever, asthma, eczema and food allergies.

Our Autoimmune Wellness curriculum provides step-by-step nutritional and lifestyle recommendations to reduce inflammation, stabilize the immune response and improve your resistance to stressors. You’ll have the support of a health coach along the way who will help you ensure the changes you make are sustainable and lifelong.

Therapies for autoimmune disorders might include:

● Hypoallergenic and anti-inflammatory nutritional protocols
● Therapeutic fasting
● Therapeutic cleansing and detoxification
● Low-dose naltrexone
● Custom botanical and supplement formulations to reduce inflammation and heal the GI tract
● Hormone balancing and replacement

During your intake, your doctor will gain a complete understanding of your health history, symptoms, and habits. Then, with the results of specialty testing, your doctor will create an individualized treatment plan that addresses underlying causes. During your continuum of care, progress will be assessed and ongoing recommendations provided.

Imbalanced in hormones, digestion disorders, inflammation and autoimmunity often result in conditions of the skin like itching, dryness, rashes, infections and hair loss.  

Along with laboratory testing to evaluate standard organ function, we review markers related to the health of your skin and hair including:

• Sex hormones and thyroid markers
  
• Stress hormones

Intestinal permeability

• Autoimmune and inflammatory markers
  
• Nutrient deficiencies
  
• Environmental allergies and food sensitivities

Our skin and hair health curriculum provides a step-by-step nutritional and lifestyle guide to promote an improved complexion and restore hair growth. We treat the root causes of skin and hair concerns by balancing hormones, reducing inflammation to promote healing, and optimizing your nutrition. You’ll have the support of a health coach along the way who will help you ensure the changes you make are sustainable and lifelong.

Individualized plans for skin & hair issues may include:

● Topical formulations
● Botanical and supplement formulations
● Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy
● Therapeutic nutritional recommendations
● Sublingual immunotherapy

During your intake, your doctor will gain a complete understanding of your health history, symptoms, and habits. Then, with the results of specialty testing, your doctor will create an individualized treatment plan that addresses underlying causes. During your continuum of care, progress will be assessed and ongoing recommendations provided.

Levels of men’s reproductive hormones can identify causes of sexual dysfunction and low libido, low motivation, loss of muscle mass and other symptoms. Men may also experience distressing symptoms that effect quality of life and heightened disease risk from the changes that occur with aging, disease and environmental toxicity. Symptoms of hormonal imbalance include mood changes, anxiety, low energy, weight gain, sleep difficulties and increased risk of heart disease. 

We screen for hormonal imbalances to help guide your treatment plan to health. Results are then used to identify appropriate strategies to support hormonal restoration and healthy aging. 

Men’s Sex Hormones

• Total, free and bioavailable testosterone
• Estrogen and progesterone
• DHEA
• Total and free PSA
• LH, FSH, prolactin

Thyroid, Adrenal and Pancreatic Hormones

Thyroid, adrenal, and pancreatic hormones to pinpoint causes of chronic fatigue, cholesterol imbalance, mood changes, weight gain and metabolism to offer a targeted plan towards rebalance.

• Comprehensive thyroid markers
• Thyroid autoantibodies
• Adrenal function and diurnal cortisol
• Glucose regulation and insulin
• Nutrient deficiencies
• Inflammatory markers

After we have assessed your needs, we will provide an individualized plan for nutrition, lifestyle, and holistic care. We will address thyroid function, efficient metabolism, muscle mass, and energy levels to optimize your quality of life and promote healthy aging. You’ll have the support of a health coach along the way who will help you ensure the changes you make are sustainable and lifelong.

Based on our evaluation, we may recommend the following therapies:

●  Botanical and supplementation therapies to support hormone production and regulate hormone metabolism
● Therapeutic cleansing and detoxification
● Progesterone and testosterone, when appropriate
● Individualized formulations to support energy, metabolism, and healthy aging
● Intravenous nutritional therapies