Our Services
Direct Primary Care/ Lifestyle Medicine
- We combine primary care and lifestyle medicine principles to create an accessible and innovative patient care model.
- Whether you are dealing with a chronic condition that is affecting your quality of life or looking to optimize your health, we are here to support you. Lifestyle medicine focuses on a holistic health approach that works to treat root causes of health issues. Lifestyle medicine uses evidence-based methods to uncover what is really going on, and also treats symptoms. It examines and solves upstream causes of chronic conditions.
- Applying the six pillars of lifestyle medicine—a whole-food, plant-predominant eating pattern, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substances and positive social connections—also provides effective prevention for these conditions.
- This approach can result in long term weight loss as well as reduced blood pressure, and risk of heart attack and stroke, and even help you sleep better.
Nutrition counseling
My story
I was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) when I was 5 years old. Throughout my childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood, I was put on strong medications with harsh side effects. I had knee surgery in high school and more joint aspirations than I can count. When I was a teenager, I was put on methotrexate (a chemotherapy drug), which caused hair loss, mouth sores, and severe nausea. However, without these medications, I could not walk. I had the opportunity to go to research hospitals and see some of the best rheumatologists in the world, however I was put on medications that made me very ill. I was told that my condition was hereditary, and there was no other way to get better.
This was until I met someone in my early twenties who educated me about my condition, specifically that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an auto-immune disease that is connected to the gut, so if we could heal my gut through plant-based nutrition, we could reverse symptoms and potentially heal my disease. I made the change, and eventually was able to come off all medications, and move around without pain. I also no longer had to deal with brain fog, allergies, extreme fatigue, and weight gain, all of which came with an unbalanced gut. This experience is what inspired me to want to work in healthcare. I became frustrated that patients were not being educated on the truth, that the answer is in the food we eat.
Nutrition and Wellness Program
Empowering you to evolve into the best version of yourself!
By simply eating more fruits and vegetables daily, you can set yourself up for success in the long term. At Evolve Health, we have a nutrition program that will provide you with the support and resources you need to feel better, increase energy, and reduce pain. If you are experiencing gut health issues, have an autoimmune illness, or if you just want to feel more energized, this could be for you. Dietary patterns, sleep, movement, stress, risky habits, and access to community and social support are all assessed. We work on meeting you on where you are at, setting achievable goals, and creating a plan that best supports your needs.
Hormone Therapy
Gender-affirming hormone therapy
Gender-affirming hormones are used to alter someone’s physical appearance to more closely align their physical body with their gender identity. For trans, non-binary, and gender expansive people seeking gender-affirming medical care, it is the most common medical path. Hormones may be used alone or along with gender affirmation surgery. Importantly, trans people do not need to take gender-affirming hormones or have gender-affirming surgery to be trans—these are simply medical options available to those who would feel the most authentic and affirmed in their bodies through experiencing these changes.
Gender-affirming hormones and primary care at Evolve Health are provided by experienced clinicians. These specialists are here to guide you throughout your gender affirmation journey. We also offer access to support services, such as voice therapy and electrolysis so that every individual can feel confident in their bodies as their authentic selves.
Hormone therapy for menopause
As you begin to transition into menopause, your ovaries no longer produce high levels of estrogen and progesterone. Changes in these hormone levels can cause uncomfortable symptoms. Common menopause symptoms include:
- Hot flashes, night sweats.
- Vaginal dryness; discomfort during sex.
- Trouble sleeping, mood swings, irritability.
Hormone therapy (HT) is used to boost your hormone levels and relieve some of the symptoms of menopause.
Testosterone replacement therapy
TRT, or androgen replacement therapy (ART), is a treatment given to cis males with testosterone deficiency who show symptoms of hypogonadism. Taking prescription testosterone helps restore the levels of this hormone in the blood, reversing the symptoms of low testosterone.
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