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 maintaining a positive body image is critical, it is just as 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. Our respiratory system distributes oxygen to the tiniest capillaries found in our organs and limbs. Our skeletal system, including our bones and joints, need to remain strong and flexible to prevent breakage and hold our body upright. In particular, our knee joint takes on extra strain when we carry excess weight, in turn affecting the alignment of our hips, back, shoulders and neck. Excess fat and toxins in the blood impede the flow of healthy nutrients and oxygen, forcing our body into a state of chronic overtime in an effort to clean up the excess waste. 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 whether or not these systems are running smoothly and efficiently. Our bodies naturally have a propensity to move 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 that our body must work overtime to eliminate, interfering with its 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 during your program, leading to a natural ‘next-step’ maintenance plan 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, the energy increases, the 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 their mental, emotional and spiritual states. It goes beyond counting calories and exercise. Each program may differ according to where the individual is along their health journey. 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 stemming from their work environment, home life, and other relationships and habits they undertake in their daily routine. We work as a team with our patients, educating them as they provide real time feedback. We offer guidance in the most supportive manner as they find a healthy, joyful road to how they will spend the rest of their life.
If you are ready to lose weight; experience depression and anxiety; have 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.