Your first visit will orient you to how our Holistic evaluation and healing process can help you achieve your goals as safely and efficiently as possible.

You will spend a minimum of 45 minutes with the doctor where any burning questions and urgencies will be addressed. The doctor will also screen for any issues that might compromise safety or outcome of our process. Occasionally new patients require conventional evaluation (such as for the heart or brain) while engaged in our evaluation process.

In addition to the time with the doctor, the check-in and and check-out process is important. Please arrive at least 45 minutes early to complete the check-in process so that you have the full time with the doctor. Plan on being at our office for two hours.

Go to Visit 1 preparation here.

In Visit 2, we will 1) perform a comprehensive physical examination (that includes elements of Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine), 2) review old documents and labs, 3) review surveys of your lifestyle to identify some potential early changes, 4) review past and current foods (diet) plans and gastro-intestinal (“GI”) history, looking for food allergies, leaky gut, sibo, other infections, and potential deficiencies; and 5) teach you how to do a test dose protocol for the GI system.

In addition to spending between 45-60 minutes with the doctor, the check-in and and check-out process is important. Please arrive at least 30 minutes early to complete the check-in process so that you have the full time with the doctor. Plan on being at our office for 1.5 hours.

Go to Visit 2 preparation here.

The third visit is a “CSI Cold Case”, where we look into your past to identify hidden factors that cause disease and limit healing.

We will review surveys for past and current yeast (Candida), toxins, traumas and stressors. For many, these surveys uncover potential for healing not previously understood.

We will also design the lab order sheet for your first metabolic panel (vitamins, minerals, oils, hormones, aminos, inflammation and infection). We will also review your past and current food plans and gastro-intestinal (“GI”) history, looking for food allergies, leaky gut, sibo, other infections, and potential deficiencies; For information about Lab Sets 1 and 2, click here.

If GI Test doses were provided  during visit 2, we will review the results and what they mean.

Besides spending at least 45 minutes with the doctor, the check-in and check-out process is important. Please arrive at least 30 minutes early to complete the check-in process so that you have the full time with the doctor. Plan on being at our office for 1.5 hours.

Go to Visit 3 preparation here.

In Visit 4, we will a) review your labs and compare them to both “normal”and optimal values; b) look for patterns of deficiency, stress, inflammation and toxicity; and c) prescribe initial core supplements based on labs and other factors.

Besides spending at least 45 minutes with the doctor, the check-in and check-out process is important. Please arrive at least 30 minutes early to complete the check-in process so that you have the full time with the doctor. Plan on being at our office for 1.5 hours.

Go to Visit 4 preparation here.

Visit 5 is a formulation of your current situation and a customized Treatment Program that will move you toward your goals.  We will a) review the relationship between your, mind, body, spirit as discovered by this process; b) design an initial treatment plan of three-four months based upon your goals and resources; c) prioritize specialty labs and plan for lab set 2; and d) formulate a preliminary budget for three-four months and schedule your next visits accordingly.

You may be provided with additional Test Dose protocols to help with current symptoms or provide additional diagnostic/ therapeutic information.

Besides spending at least 45 minutes with the doctor, the check-in and check-out process is important. Please arrive at least 30 minutes early to complete the check-in process so that you have the full time with the doctor. Plan on being at our office for 1.5 hours.

Go to Visit 5 preparation here.

These visits will be customized for you, based on your goals, resources, and how fast you need to proceed.

In most cases, we will be checking focused lab values levels (about half of those done initially) 2-3 months after beginning your nutriceutical/food plan program, to see how the levels have changed. If for the worse, this will guide us in future explorations.

The main themes of these visits are: gut, detox, immune, hormone. They usually proceed in that order.

Typically visits occur every 3 to 8 weeks.  Some patients need weekly visits (some can be by phone) or more frequent contacts for support services such as coaching, acupuncture, yoga or other modalities.