Weight Loss & Nutrition
Expertise you can trust
Learning how food, drink, movement, and mindset are related to the overall functioning of your body gives purpose and deeper understanding to a weight loss program.
While some people are okay carrying additional body weight and can maintain a positive body image, it is critical to consider the impact excess weight has upon the internal systems of our bodies. For instance, our circulatory system is responsible for carrying blood throughout our body. Excess fat and toxins in the blood impede the flow of healthy nutrients and oxygen, forcing our bodies into a state of chronic overtime in order to clean up the excess waste. Our respiratory system distributes oxygen to the tiniest capillaries found in our organs and limbs. Excess weight can impede lung capacity, interfering with its natural process, and can even lead to sleep apnea. Our skeletal system, including our bones and joints, need to remain strong and supple to prevent fractures and keep our bodies in alignment. In particular, our knee joint takes on extra strain when we carry excess weight, in turn affecting the alignment and causing pain in our hips, back, shoulders and neck. It is crucial to recognize the total impact that excess weight has upon the overall functioning of our bodies.
We develop a manageable weight loss protocol for you to follow during your program
The consumption of food and drink plays a major role in how smoothly and efficiently these systems operate. Our bodies have a natural propensity to flow in the direction of health and vitality, a state called homeostasis. Eating whole fresh food nourishes our bloodstream, allowing every cell to be cleansed and replenished. On the contrary, chemicals commonly found in soft drinks, processed foods, and excess sugar flood our system with unusable substances causing our bodies to work overtime to eliminate, interfering with their natural function to keep us healthy. Subsequently, inflammation ensues leading to pain and disease which could have been prevented through proper diet, movement, and other lifestyle changes.
Our Weight Loss Program is tailored to you and your lifestyle including exercise habits, work situation, and home life. Using an educational approach, we develop a manageable protocol for you to follow throughout your program transitioning into a natural ‘next-step’ maintenance plan for you to incorporate on your own after its completion.
As we work together on your weight loss journey, the solution comes to light as if you were looking through the lens of a camera traveling throughout your body viewing your organs, muscles, and tissue. Seeing things from the inside out, the connection to the food and drink you consume and how well your body operates becomes evident.
Here is where the weight drops off, your energy increases, your mood elevates, and joy returns to your life. It is a natural response to taking care of yourself.
The Science of Holistic Nutrition
The science of Holistic Nutrition addresses an individual’s lifestyle including diet, exercise and the well-being of your mental, emotional and spiritual states. It goes beyond counting calories and exercise. Each program aligns with your current situation. With decades of experience, we design a comprehensive plan to alleviate pain, lose weight if applicable, increase movement and flexibility, and boost energy and mood. Our approach takes into consideration the fact that each patient we meet is at a unique place depending on your work environment, home life, and other daily relationships and habits. We work as a team with our patients, refining your program as you provide real time feedback. We offer guidance in the most supportive manner as you ease into a practical and sustainable routine paving the way to how you will spend the rest of your life.
If you are ready to lose weight, alleviate depression and anxiety, eliminate joint pain and inflammation due to excess weight, and want to feel light and vibrant, you are an excellent candidate for our Weight Loss Program.
If you experience a lack of energy; anxiety and depression; want to heal naturally from disease or prevent disease in the first place; or simply want to live a long and vibrant life, you are an excellent candidate for our Holistic Nutritional Counseling.
Give us a call to schedule your Nutritional Counseling Session today. 310.829.0453
Comprehensive Treatments from Caring Professionals
Finding your body’s natural weight brings many benefits including increased energy, reduced anxiety and depression, and greater ease of movement.
Food, Mood, and Attitude
Change your habits change your life
Habits around eating affect your life in more ways than you can imagine. This book gives you specific steps, including a 7-Day Meal Plan and recipes to get you started on your leading-edge path to discovering a new approach to the way you think about and behave around food.
With a focus on food, mental and emotional well-being, and physical movement, you will be guided through concrete steps with a meal plan, recipes, and journaling instructions to shift your current state into one of balance, ease, and dignity.
Melanie D. Larinde, Ph.D., has a particular passion for human health in the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual realm of daily living.