Our Approach to Achieving Wellness
Florida Weight Loss and Wellness Clinic provides a medically sound, personalized approach to help patients achieve health goals by integrating traditional, complementary, alternative, lifestyle, and obesity medicine.
Our doctor was trained years ago in the traditional specialties including internal medicine, hematology, and oncology. However, in a quest to offer more innovative solutions to the conditions plague our patients, our doctor has pursued additional certification in new specialties including obesity, lifestyle, integrative, and anti-aging medicine. Our doctor combines the latest strategies from these specialties to help patients reverse illness and lead healthier lives.
Our doctor offers monthly medical coaching, treating patients as partners in their journey. We do not charge costly membership fees or resell medications at high prices. Most care is covered by insurance.
Lifestyle Medicine
Lifestyle Medicine uses evidence-based therapeutic approaches to prevent, treat, and often reverse lifestyle-related chronic diseases. This medical specialty emphasizes scientifically validated, holistic strategies focusing on nutrition, exercise, and mental health. It is effective in treating obesity, diabetes, pre-diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart disease, and depression.
Principles of Lifestyle Medicine
All factors that influence health, wellness, and disease are taken into consideration, including mind, spirit, and community, as well as the body.
Appropriate use of both conventional and complementary methods facilitates the body's innate healing response.
Effective interventions that are natural and less invasive should be used whenever possible.
Integrative medicine neither rejects conventional medicine nor accepts complementary therapies uncritically.
Good medicine is based in good science. It is inquiry-driven and open to new paradigms.
Alongside the concept of treatment, the broader concepts of health promotion and the prevention of illness are paramount.
Practitioners of integrative medicine should exemplify its principles and commit themselves to self-exploration and self-development.
Obesity Medicine
Obesity medicine is a medical specialty that focuses on helping people manage obesity and related health issues. Obesity medicine physicians are trained to consider a variety of factors that contribute to obesity, including genetics, environment, and lifestyle
What Does an Obesity Medicine Physician Do?
Perform a comprehensive evaluation of a patient's medical history, lifestyle, and weight-related concerns
Create a personalized treatment plan that may include lifestyle changes, medication, or referrals to bariatric surgery
Help patients achieve their weight and health goals
Behavioral interventions, such as intuitive eating
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Nutritional counseling
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Exercise programs
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Weight loss education
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FDA-approved anti-obesity medications
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Regular monitoring
Integrative Medicine
Integrative medicine combines conventional medical practices with complementary strategies to enhance health and wellness. It relies on science and evidence, prioritizing prevention and health promotion without dismissing or uncritically accepting either approach.
Patient and practitioner are partners in the healing process.
All factors that influence health, wellness, and disease are taken into consideration, including mind, spirit, and community, as well as the body.
Appropriate use of both conventional and complementary methods facilitates the body's innate healing response.
Effective interventions that are natural and less invasive should be used whenever possible.
Integrative medicine neither rejects conventional medicine nor accepts complementary therapies uncritically.
Good medicine is based in good science. It is inquiry-driven and open to new paradigms.
Alongside the concept of treatment, the broader concepts of health promotion and the prevention of illness are paramount.
Practitioners of integrative medicine should exemplify its principles and commit themselves to self-exploration and self-development.
Anti-Aging Medicine
Extend Healthspan: The primary goal is to prolong the years of healthy, active life, not just the lifespan.
Address Root Causes: It seeks to treat the underlying biological causes of aging, rather than just the symptoms of age-related
Holistic Approach: Views the patient as a whole, considering physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of well-being.
Focus on Optimal Function: Aims for peak biological and psychological performance, narrowing the scope of what is considered "normal" aging.
Nutritional Supplementation: Using vitamins (like Vitamin D) and other compounds (like NMN, NAD precursors) to address deficiencies and support cellular health.
Hormone Optimization: Includes hormone replacement therapy (HRT) like testosterone, estrogen, and growth hormone, though with potential side effects.
Lifestyle Adjustments: Focus on diet, exercise, sleep, stress management, and avoiding toxins.
Gut Microbiome Modulation: Prebiotics, probiotics, and fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) to improve gut health.
Stem Cell & Peptide Therapies: Potential future treatments to improve organ function and fight cell senescence.
Cosmetic & Topical Treatments: Skin rejuvenation, PRP facials, and neuromodulators (like Botox) to improve appearance.
Advanced Diagnostics: Biomarkers, "aging clocks," and advanced screenings for early detection.
Advanced Diagnostics: Biomarkers, "aging clocks," and advanced screenings for early detection.
Emerging Technologies: Investigating areas like telomere science and senolytics (drugs that target aging cells).
Learn More
Call our office and set up a consultation today. We require the first visit to be in person. However, we offer telemedicine or in-person follow-up appointments.
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