Weight
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What We Treat

Functional Medicine Support for Weight Loss

At Holistic Specialists we apply the latest in functional medicine, addressing the underlying causes of your weight loss needs (instead of just treating symptoms) so you can get well and stay well without unnecessary drugs or surgery.

We use cutting-edge diagnostic tools to find the problem, and nutritional therapy, herbal medicine, supplements, stress management, detoxification, lifestyle changes, and only in some cases when necessary, we recommend prescription medications to eliminate triggers and restore proper function and balance.

 

There’s no single cause of the obesity epidemic. It’s a complex process that involves both environmental and genetic factors. More precisely, obesity is caused by a mismatch between our predominantly ancestral genes and our modern lifestyle.

In the United States, approximately 38 percent of adults (about 4 in 10) and approximately 12 percent of children (about 1 in 9) are using alternative medicine for their wellness needs.

There’s little doubt that eating too much and not moving around enough play an important role. But processed and refined foods, sleep deprivation, stress, environmental toxins, poor gut health, food sensitivities, endocrine imbalances, chronic infections, and nutrient deficiencies have also been shown to directly contribute to weight gain. This explains why many conventional approaches to weight loss fail just paying attention only to the symptom (excess fat) and not the underlying causes of that symptom.

Our advanced functional medicine program helps our patients lose weight naturally by identifying the core functional deficiencies to treat the root causes. By cleaning up the diet, sitting less and moving more, achieving deeper sleep, managing stress, and healing the gut we ensure a long lasting optimal weight maintenance.

Functional Weight

Find the root cause of your weight gain with Functional and Evolutionary Medicine, a holistic, investigative approach to healthcare that is both high-tech and high-touch.

Tests we use to treat patients for weight loss:

Our clinics serve the cities of Miami, Coral Gables, Doral, Hialeah, Aventura, Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, Weston, and Sunrise. Contact us now and we will help you implement the changes to get well and stay well with functional and evolutionary medicine.

Andrea Bretal, MD & Diego Rutenberg, L.Ac.

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Dott. Shantih Cora

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Biography

Shantih Coro is an Italian-based dietitian specialized in sports nutrition and for the past 20 years in the gut-brain axis. For the past 7 years, he has been part of the Holistic Specialists’ team lead by Dr. Rutenberg through online services.

Shantih’s main objective is to help patients to optimize the gut-brain axis function through foods, supplements and smart lifestyle choices. He worked for many years with chronic inflammatory disease especially of the bowel, irritable bowel syndrome, gastritis, and SIBO but in the last few years, he worked my many autoimmune diseases but especially neurological mainly in children and teenagers with PANDAS, PANS, Autism, ADD, ADHD, and other learning behavioral disorders. He understood from the very beginning as a nutritionist that the gut the disease is ONE with many expressions and all it begins in the gut. If one can take the gut back to optimal function, it will take care to drastically improve any medical condition, health problem, and performance.

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Coco Fortner

L.Ac.

Biography

B. Coco Fortner received a BA in Biological Psychology and an MA of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine. After spending several years running an herbal pharmacy and compounding custom herbal formulas for thousands of clients, she traveled the world on Princess Cruise Lines & operated a high volume Chinese Hospital Style acupuncture clinic. Patients received daily acupuncture sessions and achieved profound therapeutic results for various conditions including arthritis, back pain, migraines, depression, sexual dysfunction, fertility, insomnia, neuralgia, traumatic brain injuries, etc.

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Dr. Edward Gheiler

M.D.

Biography

Dr. Gheiler performs many types of procedures as a urological surgeon at Palmetto General Hospital and is involved in clinical research projects.

  • Mount Sinai Medical Center oncology urologist, Miami Beach Florida
  • Chief of the urology service at Miami Veterans’ Administration Medical Center
  • University of Miami, Department of Urology, Assistant Professor
  • Wayne State Department of Urology, Assistant Professor
  • Completed his general surgery and urological surgery at Wayne State University of Detroit, Michigan

Dr. Edward Gheiler received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine NYC, NY.

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Dr. Carlos A. Torre

M.D.

Biography

Dr. Carlos A. Torre, MD, is a triple-board certified Otolaryngologist (ENT), Sleep Medicine, and Obesity Medicine specialist based in South Florida. As founder of the yENTi Group and former University of Miami faculty, he specializes in comprehensive sleep surgery and apnea treatments, focusing on root-cause care

 

 

 

 

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