Intravenous (IV) Therapy At Patients Medical we can create an IV therapy protocol to specifically address your medical and lifestyle needs, from nutrition supplementation and treatment of migraines, to respiratory ailments, chronic conditions, and many more.
Anti-Aging and Longevity Treatments Remember when you were in college and stayed up all night drinking beer, eating pizza, and partying; yet you still were able to attend class in the morning? How many of you could do that now?
The core focus of the Patient’s Medical Practice is to treat the entire person. Preventative health care programs are offered to existing patients or new patients who want to learn how to make changes in their lifestyle and nutrition to support a robust, healthy life.
Our mission is to inspire and empower our clients to live extraordinary lives by nourishing themselves from the inside out. Our goal is to clear up the confusion around healthy diets and lifestyle and to promote disease prevention. We support our clients by helping them discover a personalized, natural way of eating that works for them and meets their health goals while providing them with the energy to enjoy a wonderful life. As a result the positive changes they make can be sustained and integrated into their personal lifestyle and address the needs of their unique body.
Whether you are seeking treatment for a complex medical condition, weight loss, or would like general information on improving overall health, you will leave your initial appointment with useful knowledge you can implement immediately into your life.
Patient’s Medical offers a variety of Nutrition Program options to meet your needs. Some clients choose to visit once, and then schedule individual follow up appointments as required, while others request a full program with pre-scheduled follow-up meetings. Some opt for phone consultations as their schedules do not accommodate regular office visits.
We encourage you to commit to a program up front as it not only insures ample time for you to obtain the support you need to develop new habits that enable you to achieve and maintain your results, but it also saves you money. Whatever your preference, we will tailor a healthy nutrition and lifestyle plan to meet your specific needs with full collaboration with your physicians and therapists when appropriate.
Areas of Expertise
Patient Medical’s Customized Weight Management Program
Achieving long-term weight loss has proven to be an insurmountable challenge for most people. Studies show that while some people are able to achieve short-term weight loss by combining restrictive calorie intake with exercise, a significant majority gain their weight back within two years or less. Most have not made any changes to their eating habits, lifestyle or how they think about food, so they revert back to old habits as soon as they “finish” their “diet”.
We believe that a diet is not something you go “on and off” but instead is a part of your lifestyle, including what not only what you eat and but also your behaviors and thoughts around food. This comprehensive approach is what distinguishes our program. It not only helps to clear up the confusion around overwhelming and conflicting nutritional information but also equips you with the support, tools and techniques you need to achieve permanent weight loss. We focus on eating healthfully and making lifestyle and mindset changes to reach and support ideal weight and health long term. Our coaching centers on empowering clients to improve their lives by making permanent, sustainable changes and creating balance through supportive nutrition and personal growth.
Once you meet with the Nutritionist you will map out your specific goals so your program can be customized to resolve your individual concerns unique to your mind and body. Your Nutrition Coach, will work with you to develop a complete, practical and effective Wellness Program that addresses your specific needs, challenges, mindset and lifestyle, finding the right plan for you. Not only will this approach get you results, but it will allow you to sustain them. These comprehensive programs are designed to have clients take charge of their health and resolve their health issues while acquiring the tools for a lifetime of balance and permanent weight loss.
Finally you can be free of continual weight fluctuations and the demoralization and frustrations that accompany them.
Patients Medical’s Program Centers on:
A. Our Extensive Staff of Medical Professionals
Patients Medical uses the patented FirstLine Therapy® (FLT) weight loss program because it works! FirstLine Therapy® (FLT) is a supervised Therapeutic Lifestyle Change (TLC) program that is managed by our nutritionist with the support of our full staff of medical doctors. The FirstLine Therapy® program not only helps you reach a healthy weight permanently, but also teaches you to evolve into a lifestyle that arms you with a first line treatment to prevent common, chronic health problems. FirstLine Therapy is about making choices every day that will enable you to lose weight, and achieve a long, full, and healthy life.
By controlling your weight you can not only prevent chronic disease in the future but also improve your health and the quality of life now.
Why we use the FirstLine Therapy® Program First
Leading health organizations now recommend lifestyle changes as the "first line of therapy" for the treatment and prevention of chronic disease and other serious health threats. Here are just a few of the health conditions that FirstLine Therapy can effectively address:
Think about the life you want to live. You still have a choice and a chance to be the person you’ve always wanted to be.
Many of these common health concerns can be reversed or even treated by making some simple, but important lifestyle changes. Where do you start? Who will be there to help you stay on track?
How FirstLine Therapy Works
One of the reasons diets and exercise programs fail is they are one-dimensional—that is, they focus on weight loss one. FirstLine Therapy isn’t just about weight loss; it’s about achieving a lifetime of good health. Instead of counting calories, you’ll learn:
FirstLine Therapy will help you:
Why FirstLine Therapy Works
FirstLine Therapy has helped thousands of people regain their health, lose weight and live fuller, more vibrant lives. FirstLine Therapy works because:
More specifically there are four key reasons that make FirstLine Therapy® (FLT) different than conventional lifestyle programs:
Eating is not automatic - the beating of your heart is automatic. Before you eat something you always have a thought, even if you are not aware of it. If you do not recognize your thoughts or learn how to respond to them, they will lead you astray from your program. Our program will teach you how to talk back to your sabotaging thoughts so you will be prepared for challenges along the way. Most weight loss diets focus only on what you should eat or not eat. They do not include teaching you what you need to know for a lifetime of weight-loss success. Our program gives you those skills. It not only helps you identify nutritious, satisfying foods for an enjoyable diet, but it also teaches you how to stick to your program and stay motivated day after day, no matter what the situation.
It’s not just the calories; it’s the habits! Making psychological changes is a key step ignored by most programs; which focus only on food. Changing your mindset and habits allows you to feel satisfied with your food choices, your weight and most importantly, yourself. With our support, this time will be different; you will lose weight permanently. You will be taught to change your mind set about healthy eating and stop the cycle of losing and regaining; you will learn the techniques that will enable you to follow your nutritious eating plan in any situation. Once and for all you will gain control of your eating, weight and your life. Finally, past feelings of disappointment and demoralization will be replaced by confidence and self esteem! More specifically it teaches you how to address real life obstacles to consistent, healthy eating.
You will learn what to do when you are challenged by:
You will learn how to stay on track when you are:
You will Learn:
The program skills can be applied to other aspects of your life and help you:
Equipped with a customized, medically based, detailed program addressing food choices, behaviors, mindset as well as the support of our nutritionist, you will have the tools you need for permanent success. We will teach you the skills you need for successful, permanent weight loss, crucial lifestyle changes, and how you think about food and healthy eating. Not only will we teach you theses skills, but also how to practice them every day no matter how stressed, tired, busy or unmotivated you are.
Chief among them are fermented foods, which are the next frontier in prepared foods. In fact, fermented foods might even become the new American cuisine.
Probiotics are pills, powders, or capsules that contain billions of live bacteria, which help replenish your microbiome. Fermented foods are a type of natural probiotic, because they contain so many live bacteria along with many other crucial nutrients.
Every culture in the world has its own fermented foods, which is a strong indication of how crucial they are to our health. The chart below offers a brief sampling of fermented foods around the world.
You can find fermented foods in many forms: pastes, seasonings, condiments,
curries, stews, pickles, and even candy. They can be fried or boiled or sometimes candied, and they can be eaten in main dishes, side dishes, salads, or desserts.
Fermented drinks also take many forms. They can be alcoholic, such as beer and wine, or nonalcoholic, such as certain teas, vinegar-based drinks, or buttermilk.
The universal consumption of fermented foods is the strongest possible demonstration of how much we humans need this type of food in our diets. Sadly, the growing prevalence of Western fast foods and packaged foods is wiping out traditional food cultures, which I have come to believe is one of the primary causes of the worldwide obesity epidemic.
Fortunately, as health consciousness grows, interest in fermented foods has grown as well. The following foods are healthy fermented foods that are readily available in the United States and can be easily incorporated into a Western diet:
• Sauerkraut—a version of fermented cabbage eaten throughout Eastern Europe, Russia, Austria, and Germany
• Kimchee—a Korean version of fermented cabbage, carrots, onions, and garlic
• Fermented vegetables—available ready-made in most stores and online
• Kefir—a fermented milk drink from the north Caucasus
• Yogurt—another type of fermented milk product eaten throughout central and west Asia, India, central Europe, and the Balkans
All of these foods are frequently found in the meal plans and recipes in The Microbiome Diet. I highly recommend them, both for weight loss and for overall improvement of numerous symptoms, including depression, anxiety, brain fog, skin problems, hormonal issues, immune weaknesses, digestive problems, and fatigue. A healthy microbiome can transform our endocrine, immune, digestive, and nervous systems—and by supporting the microbiome, fermented foods support these aspects of the body as well.
The name “sauerkraut” literally means sour cabbage. The cabbage is pickled by a process known as lacto-fermentation, in which glucose and other sugars in the cabbage are converted into energy and lactic acid. Various types of bacteria—including lactobacilli, leuconostoc, and pediococci—enable the fermentation. These bacteria are also crucial in promoting balance within the microbiome.
A number of companies make organic sauerkraut. One that I recommend to many patients is Bubbies (www.bubbies.com), which makes a number of high-quality fermented and picked products, including an excellent sauerkraut and some wonderful pickled green tomatoes.
Both the sauerkraut and the tomatoes are natural probiotics—sources of live bacteria. The tomatoes are also a natural prebiotic—sources of the dietary fiber on which friendly bacteria feast. Tomatoes are full of a prebiotic known as arabinogalactans, which are extremely nourishing to helpful bacteria and thereby promote microbial balance.
Tomatoes are also rich in lycopene, a prime antioxidant, and in vitamin C, another antioxidant. They have plenty of vitamin A, which helps to heal the gut. They also offer have terrific cardioprotective benefits through lowering cholesterol and triglycerides and reducine platelet stickiness. They are also good for bone health.
For a more exotic sauerkraut, a company called Wildbrine (www.wildbrine.com) offers a red beet and sauerkraut salad, a curried cauliflower and sauerkraut salad, and a ginger sauerkraut salad, as well as a more traditional dilled sauerkraut.
Koreans find kimchee so delicious that they eat some with virtually every meal. We Americans could do far worse than to imitate their example, since kimchee is one of the healthiest probiotic foods there is, with proven support for weight loss as well.
A 2011 study published in the journal Nutrition Research found that fermented kimchee had a significant impact on the weight and body fat of the overweight and obese patients who were being studied. Not only did the patients shed both weight and fat, they also showed improvements in blood sugar, blood pressure, and the waist-hip ratio—an important biomarker of metabolic health.
Kimchee has also been shown to lower cholesterol, prevent constipation, and combat colon cancer. In addition, it can help to reduce stress, relieve depression, combat osteoarthritis, reduce atherosclerosis, and fighting liver disease.
Sunja’s (www.sunjaskimchi.com) offers a wonderful line of fermented vegetables prepared kimchi-style. In addition to the traditional kimchi-style cabbage, you can find fermented kale, radish, cucumber, and beets. There is also a “white kimchi” that offers the health benefits of fermentation without the spiciness of traditional kimchi.
Like pickled and fermented tomatoes, fermented radishes offer a double benefit: the fermentation offers a natural probiotics; the radishes are a natural prebiotic. Radishes are also high in magnesium and manganese (crucial for the production of digestive enzymes), vitamin C (a terrific antioxidant and immune system support), calcium (for bone health), folate, and vitamin B6 (good for coping with stress and supporting brain function). In addition, radishes offer some ability to combat inflammation, an immune system response that promotes weight gain.
Wildbrine also offers two variations on traditional kimchi—a Japanese-style miso and horseradish kimchi and a Thai-flavored kimchi prepared with lemongrass, mint, red curry, and pineapple—as well as a traditional Korean version.
As we have seen, fermented vegetables are natural probiotics, and many are also natural prebiotics. In addition to the fermented vegetables offered by Sunja’s, you can find excellent choices from Bao Fermented Food and Drink, which offers a fermented cabbage that it markets as “Raw Slaw,” as well as a fermented hot sauce and—one of my favorites—a fermented ketchup. Unlike most traditional ketchups, which are loaded with sugar and other problematic ingredients, Bao’s raw, sour, and fermented ketchup offers plenty of tangy flavor but no added sugar, gluten, or preservatives.
Bao also makes kombucha, a fermented tea and a refreshing natural probiotic drink. Bao’s kombucha comes in seven flavors: original, berry, ginger, grape, mango, spice, and super green.
Kefir—a fermented milk drink that resembles a liquid yogurt—is yet another natural probiotic. In addition to promoting microbial balance, it offers incredible support for your immune system and has traditionally been used to treat tuberculosis and cancer.
Sadly, many types of commercially available kefir are sold with fruit and other flavorings mixed in. This destroys the live bacteria and also adds many grams of sugar to the product, making it counterproductive as a weight-loss food and problematic for health generally. Kefir needs to be plain and unflavored to retain its full health benefits, although serving it with fresh fruit is fine.
Goat’s milk kefir has also become commercially available. This is fortunate, because many people are sensitive to cow’s milk but can tolerate from sheep’s and goat’s- milk products. Goat’s milk kefir—if unflavored and packaged without fruit—allows many more people to benefit from kefir without risking the inflammatory challenges that might be produced by the cow’s milk.
Like kefir, yogurt has numerous health benefits—but only when it is packaged plain, unflavored, and without fruit, although serving it with fresh fruit is fine. The health benefits of yogurt are numerous, as are its weight-loss benefits. In June 2011, the New England Journal of Medicine reported on research linking yogurt consumption with improved weight.
The article reported on “Intriguing evidence [which] suggests that changes in colonic bacteria might influence weight gain.” A year earlier the British Journal of Nutrition found that the kinds of bacteria found in yogurt produced improvements in insulin sensitivity and inflammation.
If you’re looking for a specialist in weight loss in NYC, contact us at 1-212-794-8800.
This Customized Individual 6 month program meets twice a month for one hour and covers a variety health concerns, focusing on eating healthfully and making lifestyle changes to reach and support ideal health, weight and prevent disease long term. Participants who embrace this tweleve session experience will develop a new understanding how to achieve permanent weight loss and free themselves of the frustration of dieting. Practical tips and suggestions will be given each week to implement the concepts we discuss in each meeting.
(The session content is subject to change dependent on individual needs)
Patients Medical's programs are about making choices every day that will enable you to achieve a long, full, and healthy life. Ask Judy Penta, our health care practitioner about our Weight Reduction Program today.
Benefits of Patients Medical’s Customized Program
In addition, each participant will receive:
Customized 3 Month Individual Program
This 3 month program is similar to the 6 month program in benefits and content except it is done at an accelerated pace and shorter sessions. Programs range from 7 to 12 visits . Each includes an initial visit of 1 hour and the follow ups of ½ hour.
Option: By Appointment
Individualized sessions are also available where the client makes 1 hour or ½ hour appointments as needed depending on their goals.
Option: Phone Sessions
Programs or individualized sessions can also be done via telephone for your convenience.
Optional Program Add-ons can include:
6 Month Program Fee: $1710 when payment is made in full at initial visit , or $1800 (6 month, 2 one-hour sessions per month-total 12 sessions, $150 per session).
3 Month Program Fee: Package options range from 7 to 12 visits . Each includes an initial visit of 1 hour and the follow ups. Pricing is as follows:
By Appointment Fee –Initial Individual Nutritional Counseling is $150 per one hour session. Follow ups are available at $150 per one hour session or $80 per half hour session.
Bioimpedance Analysis - $50 with initial nutrition consult; $75 thereafter.
Our job at Patients Medical is to listen, to connect the dots between a patient's medical history, symptoms, and their underlying causes. Patients Medical is a superb place for women and men to secure integrative and holistic health care from providers who give personalized care, partner with the patient to focus on the root cause of their illness, support their recovery, and help them maintain good health.
To make an appointment with one of our physicians, please call us at 1-212-794-8800. We look forward to hearing from you.