Your body's metabolic processes are complex, fueled by a delicate balance of hormones, enzymes, and nutrients. Every second of every day your body is transforming millions of nutrients and cofactors into usable building blocks for life.

In order for this process to run smoothly, your body must have:

1. Enough nutrient reserves
2. Proper hormonal signalling
3. Efficient absorptive capacity
4. Available cellular energy
5. Healthy waste elimination systems

If any of these become imbalanced, unhealthy metabolism can result.

When your body's metabolism is disrupted in any way, proper weight management becomes an issue. Difficulty losing weight and/or maintaining a healthy weight is the first sign that you have a metabolic imbalance.

Oftentimes, it is not sufficient to simply eat less and exercise. Subtle metabolic disturbances can have roots that are deeper, reaching down to the level of hormones, digestive enzymes, and cellular energy generation. These disturbances then become ingrained in your physiology, as your body accepts the imbalanced way as "normal".

Cycles that are well established, even if unhealthy, are generally difficult to interrupt and change. This is a principle of nature -- that energy patterns gain momentum the longer they are allowed to persist. Therefore, breaking the cycle of metabolic imbalance and weight issues takes more than just a few weeks of dieting. It is about modifying your lifestyle to support your healthy weight.

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Using the holistic lens of Chinese Medicine, we will first determine your unique constitution. What are the imbalances you are most prone to develop? How are these imbalances currently at work, disrupting healthy metabolism and causing you to have weight issues?

The determination of your unique, individual challenges is the key to getting your situation under control, and is essential for long-term success. Once we know what is causing your problem, we create an individualized plan that takes into account some very important principles to help you lose weight:

1. Foods you should emphasize. These will support your body's weight loss process, and they are not the same for everyone.
2. Foods you should avoid. These are foods that hamper your metabolism because your body does not process them well. These are also unique for each person.
3. Types of exercise that will serve you best. Some people need more active, heating exercise like running or weight lifting, while others need more gentle, soothing exercise like Yoga or Tai Chi.
4. Stress management techniques. Stress is the #1 inducer of metabolic imbalance. Any weight management program is incomplete without intentional stress management practices.

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Before we begin any treatment regimen, we carefully review your medical history, current symptoms, and lifestyle. This will give us a clear picture of what is causing YOUR issues.

We then devise a comprehensive, customized plan to bolster your body and correct any deficiencies. Using nutrition, herbs, and acupuncture, we begin to unwind the body's overactive stress response.

• We supply your body with therapeutic nutrition, so your cells are able to function at a higher level and can "catch up" on unfinished processes.
• We do a series of relaxing, rejuvenating acupuncture sessions that unwind the stress in your body, so your cells can focus more on healing and less on fighting.
• We prescribe customized herbal medicines that fast-track your body into balance, improving digestion, metabolism, and elimination.

The result is that you feel better, have more energy, and lose weight naturally without the unnecessary risk of crash diets or nutritional deficiency.

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