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Dr. Lauri Moody, N.M.D. is passionate about restoring health and wellness to her patients. A resident of Fountain Hills, Dr. Moody’s core focuses are in medically supervised weight loss programs , bio-identical hormone replacement, and smoking cessation. As a naturopath, she utilizes the principle “docere”, which is Latin for “to teach,” educating her patients on how to approach medical conditions and prevent illness through clinical nutrition and other natural therapies; when natural therapies just aren’t enough, Dr. Moody is able to therapeutically support her patients through judicious use of prescription medications.
You can receive a TAX CREDIT for the entire cost of the Weight Program if Dr. Moody deems you have a medical condition that weight loss would benefit. Dr. Moody is also a Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialist, and her services for Tobacco Cessation are also eligible for a full tax credit. The IRS ruling 202-19 passed in April 2002 states "obesity is meidcally accepted to be a disease in its own right." For taxpayers, this means that treatment prescribed by a physician can now be claimed as a medical deduction. Individuals who are overweight but not obese can claim weight loss expenses as a deduction if their physician prescribes it as part of their treatment for a weight-related health problem such as heart disease, hypertension, or diabetes. Link to IRS Website Regarding Tax Credits for Medical Services.
Dr. Moody meets with her patients at an established time every week for motivational sessions, to discuss any obstacles to weight loss, and to collect biometric data such as body fat percentage measurements, physical measurements of certain areas of the body, weight on a medical scale, blood pressure, and BMI. Dr. Moody routinely measures cholesterol and blood glucose levels and works in conjunction with the prescribing physician of any medications that are deemed needing to be reduced or discontinued. The ultimate goal of the health and weight management is to reduce current and/or future dependency on pharmaceutical drugs and “polypharmacy,” meaning reliance on multiple prescription drugs to manage conditions that can be prevented or managed through healthy lifestyle.
In Men and Women alike, Dr. Moody often sees weight gain in concert with aging and the hormone changes that accompany it. Part of what she does as a physician is analysis of each patient’s hormone levels. Dr. Moody utilizes bio-identical hormone replacement (rather than synthetic hormones) and other natural hormone-balancing techniques to restore hormones to levels comparable to one to 15-20 years ago. Underlying issues such as a sluggish thyroid, anemia, neurotransmitter imbalances, food allergies, or nutritional deficiencies, which can prevent effective weight loss, are discovered and corrected to ensure weight loss is permanent.
With proper nutrition, lifestyle modifications, and balanced hormones, Dr. Moody’s patients often have a new found level of physical and mental energy that leads to improved quality of their social interactions and family time, higher productivity at work, and enhanced psychological sense of well being.
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