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What changes
What does it feel like when someone finally finds the cause?
"The old me is back, and I feel 10 years younger!"
W.H.- Energy that lasts from morning through the evening
- Clothes fitting the way they used to
- Feeling comfortable in your own skin again
- Sleeping through the night without waking at 3am
- Weight that finally moves in the right direction
- A sharp mind and words that come when you want them
- Steady mood, without snapping at the people you love
- Libido and intimacy back on the table
- Aches and inflammation quieting down
- Strength and stamina you can build on for decades
Results vary. These are individual experiences and are not a promise of any particular outcome.
You cannot balance hormones in a toxic, inflamed, sluggish body that can't clear the hormones and toxins.Lorraine Maita, MD
The order matters. Hormones, lifestyle changes, supplements and other treatments may work at first. When the body still cannot clear hormone breakdown products and toxins, the results eventually fall off and what helped stops working.
How your care is built
What is The Clear, Balance & Thrive Method?
- Clear the toxins, hormone disruptors and inflammation.
- Balance hormones and counter hormones and look at how hormones interact with each other.
- Build the habits that sustain overall health, longevity and the quality of life.
Normal is NOT Optimal
Why are my hormone labs normal if I have perimenopause symptoms?
Standard reference ranges measure average population health rather than optimal hormone function, leaving underlying hormonal imbalances undetected.
- A reference range is built from a population, not from you.
- Some interpret the test differently, since as you age some hormones go down and metabolic markers go up.
- Symptoms can have multiple causes.
- A blood draw on the wrong day or at the wrong time can be misleading.
We test, we don't guess.
We look at the whole picture in a functional medicine approach.
How is This Different
How is functional medicine different from
traditional medicine?
Traditional medicine names the symptom. Functional medicine looks under it, at the roots that produced it.
| Functional Medicine | Traditional Medicine |
|---|---|
| Patient centered | Disease centered |
| An integrative system | A collection of parts |
| Health is vitality | Health is the absence of disease |
| Root cause | Treat symptoms |
| Prevention oriented | Disease focused |
| Lifestyle and nutrition | A pill for an ill |
| Comprehensive labs | Targeted labs |
| Functional and advanced testing | Traditional testing |
| Hormones, counter hormones and metabolites | Hormones in isolation |
The real math
What does it cost to wait?
Menopause is forever. Once the hormones are gone they are gone, and the changes that come with them do not pause while you decide. Bone density, muscle mass, insulin sensitivity and brain health all keep moving in the same direction.
Aging is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
The years you spend feeling like this are years you do not get back. That is the argument for looking now instead of later, and it is also the good news, because most of what drives how you feel is findable and changeable. Healthy aging is not luck. It is a set of decisions still open to you.
There is hope, and there is help.
Care at Vibrance for Life
What can Dr. Maita help me with?
Clear
Gut health
Weight loss
Balance
Bioidentical hormones (BHRT)
Thrive
Anti-aging
& longevity
Meet your doctor
I believe you. Let's figure this out together.
I wasn't sleeping. I was tired, irritable, losing my hair, gaining weight, and I blew up many relationships. When my best friend told me my personality had changed, I finally realized I was in perimenopause. Once I took progesterone, the clouds parted, the sun came through. I felt like a million bucks because I had energy, was able to sleep, lose weight, think clearly, and I was no longer irritable.
I had the education, the resources, the discipline, and the medical knowledge. And my body still changed the rules. That is why I do not tell anyone this is just aging.
Before this, I ran Occupational and Environmental Health and Employee Health and Wellness for three Fortune 100 companies, Prudential, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, as Chief Medical Officer or Medical Director. My job was to find the exposures people were reacting to and the potential hazards around them. I do the same thing now. The environment is very different: individual exposures, across a variety of environments that are not well controlled.
Author of Vibrance for Life. Spoke at A4M, Bloomberg, Wells Fargo, PIMCO, New York Life, Pfizer, and more.
In their own words
What patients say afterward
"Your expertise has brought me in 2 weeks time from a woman suffering from so many symptoms and ailments to a woman who feels 10, no 20 years younger."
Carol M."My health took a complete 180 turn after working with you. Health, life and relationships have greatly improved. I am happier and full of life and vigor."
Mike R."I no longer feel tired and old. I feel like I did when I was 40."
J.B.Results vary. These are individual experiences and are not a promise of any particular outcome.
Questions patients ask
Frequently asked questions
Will this work for me when nothing else has?
Most patients here have already tried something that did not work, usually because it aimed at one hormone in isolation or started before the body could clear anything. Your evaluation comes first, so your plan is built on what your own testing shows rather than on an average. Results vary.
Is it too late for me?
No. Menopause is forever, so the hormones do not come back on their own, and that is exactly why the decisions still matter. Muscle, bone, metabolic health, brain health and inflammation all respond to what you do about them, whether your last period was two years ago or twenty.
How long before I feel different?
It depends on your history and what the testing shows, so nobody can promise you a date. Most patients who start with Clear tell me they feel noticeably better within the first month, better still once hormones are balanced, and steadiest once the Thrive habits are in place. Results vary.
Do I need a detox?
Detoxification is built into your care here rather than sold as a separate cleanse. Clearing is the first phase, and it means supporting the gut, the microbiome, the liver and the bowel, so hormone breakdown products and toxins can leave the body. What that looks like for you is decided from your own testing rather than from a standard protocol.
What are bioidentical hormones?
Bioidentical means the molecule has the same chemical structure as the hormone your own body makes. They are commonly manufactured from plant starting material, and structure is what makes them bioidentical, not the source. Where they are medically appropriate, your dose is customized to you.
Do you offer telehealth or online visits?
Yes. Dr. Maita offers telehealth visits to patients located in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Florida. All care is delivered online. Your lab work is arranged near you wherever you live in those five states.
Where can I find a functional medicine menopause doctor in New Jersey, New York, or Florida?
Dr. Lorraine Maita offers telehealth functional medicine visits across NY, NJ, PA, AZ, and FL. Care is available only to patients located in those five states.
Do you care for men as well as women?
Yes. Men have their own evaluation and their own hormone pathway here, and many come in alongside a spouse or partner. For twenty years Dr. Maita led health programs for male executives and employees at every level inside three Fortune 100 companies, so this is long-standing work rather than an add-on.
Is a GLP-1 medication right for me?
It depends on your medical history, your current medications, your metabolic markers and your goals, and it is decided in your evaluation rather than in advance. Where a GLP-1 is used here, muscle preservation and nutrition are built into the plan, because losing muscle along with fat is what makes weight come back.
Start here
Ready to find out what is actually going on?
Your first step is a conversation. On a Clarity Call you describe what has been happening, hear how Dr. Maita would approach it, and decide whether this is the right fit for you. You do not need answers to book one. You only need to want to feel better.
Available to patients located in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Florida.