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Weight Management & Metabolic Health

Support Your Metabolism, Restore Your Energy, and Feel Better in Your Body

If your energy has changed, your metabolism feels slower, or weight has become harder to manage, or if you’ve dealt with weight issues for as long as you can remember, there’s usually more going on beneath the surface. 

These symptoms are often connected to deeper imbalances involving hormones, gut health, inflammation, lifestyle patterns, and stress. 

At Re-Balance Health & Wellness, we’ll take a whole-body approach to identify the underlying drivers and help you create sustainable improvements in how you feel and function. 

This comprehensive, science-based approach to weight management focuses on restoring metabolic health so your body can respond the way it’s meant to.

Your Metabolism Impacts More Than Just Weight

A dysregulated metabolism affects far more than weight alone.

Maybe you’ve noticed:

  • Weight gain or resistance to weight loss

  • Energy crashes and persistent fatigue

  • Increased cravings or “food noise”

  • Brain fog or reduced focus

  • Poor recovery and low motivation

  • Hormonal symptoms

  • Inflammation or digestive issues

These symptoms are often connected, and they’re usually signs that the body needs more support, not more restriction.

Our Approach to Weight Management

Traditional approaches often focus only on calories or short-term results.

Our approach is designed to identify and support the underlying factors influencing metabolism and weight regulation, including:

  • Hormone balance

  • Gut health and microbiome function

  • Inflammation

  • Blood sugar regulation and insulin response

  • Nutrient status

  • Stress and cortisol patterns

  • Lifestyle and recovery habits

By understanding how these systems are interacting within your body, we can create a personalized strategy that supports sustainable, long-term results.

Our Approach to Weight Management

Traditional approaches often focus only on calories or short-term results.

Our approach is designed to identify and support the underlying factors influencing metabolism and weight regulation, including:

  • Hormone balance
  • Gut health and microbiome function
  • Inflammation
  • Blood sugar regulation and insulin response
  • Nutrient status
  • Stress and cortisol patterns
  • Lifestyle and recovery habits

By understanding how these systems are interacting within your body, we can create a personalized strategy that supports sustainable, long-term results.

Why Your Body May Be Holding Onto Weight

Many underlying factors can make it harder for the body to release weight or maintain energy effectively, including:

Hormonal Imbalances

Hormones play a critical role in metabolism, fat storage, appetite regulation, and energy production. When hormones are out of balance, weight can become far more resistant to change.

Inflammation

Chronic inflammation can interfere with metabolic function, increase insulin resistance, and make weight regulation more difficult.

Gut Health & Microbiome Imbalances

The health of your gut directly influences digestion, nutrient absorption, inflammation, cravings, and metabolic signaling.

Stress & Cortisol

Long-term stress can disrupt blood sugar balance, increase cravings, impair sleep, and contribute to stubborn weight gain.

Our Process

Your Care, Made Simple 

We take the time to understand your story, uncover what’s happening beneath the surface,
and build a thoughtful plan that supports both healing and long-term health.

1.

Start With A
Discovery Call

We start with a complimentary call to understand your concerns, goals, and health history and determine whether we’re the right fit.

2.

Your Comprehensive
Consultation

If we’re a fit, you’ll schedule a
thorough consultation to review your symptoms, history, and lifestyle, and identify any targeted testing needed.

3.

Review Your Data Together

Once your testing is complete, we’ll review your results together and explain what they mean for your health. This step helps us connect the dots and understand what your body needs moving forward.

4.

Get A Personalized Plan & Ongoing Support

We create a customized plan based on your results and provide ongoing support to monitor progress and adjust as needed.

Understanding the Connection Between Gut Health, the Natural Production of GLP-1, and Metabolism

Your gut microbiome plays a major role in how your body regulates appetite, blood sugar, inflammation, and energy production.

Beneficial gut bacteria help produce compounds that naturally stimulate hormones like GLP-1, which help regulate appetite, slow stomach emptying, support insulin function, and signal fullness to the brain.

When the gut is out of balance, these natural metabolic processes can become disrupted.

Improving your gut health is often an important part of restoring metabolic function and supporting sustainable weight management.

A Sustainable Approach to Lasting Results

Our goal is to help you understand your body, support your metabolism, and create sustainable changes that improve how you feel. 

Your plan is built around your metabolism, symptoms, lifestyle, and goals — and may include:

  • Comprehensive lab testing and metabolic analysis

  • Hormone evaluation and optimization

  • Gut microbiome support and GI mapping

  • Food sensitivity testing when appropriate

  • Nutrition and supplementation guidance

  • Lifestyle and stress support

  • Ongoing coaching, monitoring, and adjustments

When appropriate, your care plan may also include targeted therapies and medical support as part of a comprehensive, individualized approach.

There’s a Better Way Forward

If you feel stuck in a cycle of low energy, frustration, and short-term solutions that never seem to last, it may be time for a different approach.

We’ll help you create a realistic, personalized, and sustainable plan that supports long-term metabolic health and lasting results, to have you feeling your best.

Real Results

What our patients are saying

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Jenn Valentine
June 25, 2025
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If you’re struggling with symptoms no one seems to take seriously—go to Re-Balance. They listened, they cared, and they helped me reclaim my life. I came to Re-Balance in the thick of perimenopause—dealing with intense mood swings, brain fog, noticeable body temperature variability, and lifelong Restless Leg Syndrome. What drew me to Re-Balance was their holistic, functional medicine approach. I didn’t want a quick fix; I wanted someone to look at the full picture. For years I saw a neurologist for my RLS. The answer was always more medication—prescriptions that never truly solved the problem. I even found myself begging my primary care doctor to help me find something, anything, that would work. It had been years since I could actually fall asleep and stay asleep through the night. From the very beginning, Laura took the time to understand everything I was experiencing. She created a personalized plan that started with healing my gut and was tailored to my full lifestyle—what I valued, how I lived, and how I wanted to feel. I wasn’t prepared for how transformative even the early changes would be. For the first time in over a decade of trying various medications, I was able to sleep without my legs bothering me. If you’ve ever suffered from Restless Leg Syndrome, you know that that alone felt like a miracle. Laura also worked with me to balance my hormones, address the brain fog, stabilize my mood, and reduce bloating. I still remember telling her how relieved I felt—how I finally felt like myself again. I cried because it was the first time in a very, very long time that I felt good—holistically—in my body. What stood out the most was how genuinely she listened and how respectfully she treated my concerns. She empowered me to advocate for myself in medicine, and because of that, working with Re-Balance gave me the confidence to take ownership of my healthcare in a way I hadn’t before. This isn’t an exaggeration: working with Laura and Re-Balance changed my life. I couldn’t recommend them more strongly.
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Kathi A
June 8, 2025
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Laura changed my life for the better. I had been suffering for years feeling like no one wanted to listen, chalking it up to the ‘ways of life’. Since I’ve been working with Laura I’m feeling like my old self with energy and joy. I owe her in ways that I can’t begin to describe. Reach out to her today, I promise you’ll love her!
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Stacey Rivet
June 3, 2025
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Laura and Dr Darin have been amazing. I was feeling pretty off. I was already taking hormones but still wasn’t balance. Laura gave me a clear plan and I’m already feeling so much better.
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Laura Ratta
May 6, 2025
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My experience with Darrin and Laura has been excellent. I love that they are both I the medical field but very educated on functional wellness.
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Brooke Phillips
March 31, 2025
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Laura and Darin are fantastic!! They helped me find the root cause of my gut issues, and the results came super quick. Already feeling better and can’t wait to continue working with them on my health and wellness journey
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Shehzin Mozammel-Palad
February 7, 2025
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I have had a very positive experience with Re-Balance Health and Wellness! As someone who was really struggling with pain, inflammation, and early symptoms of peri-menopause, I have to say that, thanks to Laura Zimmerman’s help, I have noticed significant improvements in my wellbeing. I was extremely skeptical of the treatment plan and I was often impatient, but Laura supported and guided me through these impediments with patience!
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Staci Harrison
February 6, 2025
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I feel “HEARD!!!” for the first time! They really took time to listen to my particular symptoms and problems and then tailored my supplement any treatment plan to me. I have never felt better. I can’t put specific words to describe it but the brain fog has lifted, I am not experiencing the fatigue I used to have and my recovery time from workouts has been reduced significantly. My only regret is not discovering them sooner.
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L Chevy
January 31, 2025
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I sought help from Re-Balance Health and Wellness to help lower my cholesterol, prevent further bone loss, HRT and overall well being as a post menopausal woman. Laura and Darin are very proactive and explained everything clearly so I knew and understood each step of my wellness plan. I have seen a major changes in the past 3 months! My APO B is down significantly and I have learned what foods and supplements my body needs to be at its best now and in the future .
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Nadia Barbar
January 22, 2025
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I have had an incredibly positive experience with Re-Balance. I was desperate for some answers about my health, I had not felt like myself for quite some time. Laura listened to all my symptoms, we did extensive testing, and she looked at the results ALL TOGETHER to paint a complete picture of what needed to be done. The body is so interconnected that when one function is off, it can cause ripple effects throughout. We cannot look at one result in isolation. Every step of the way it has been a collaborative effort; we discuss the meaning of a symptom/test result, talk through options for optimization, and agree on the best path forward together. Everything I’ve done so far has been healing and educational. It has been an eye opening experience and I am truly grateful to have embarked on this health journey. Now I am making smarter decisions about what to put in my body, and am knowledgeable about the foods that serve me well and those that don’t. Laura has been exceptional to work with, she has a genuine passion for helping others. She is super available and helpful. When I received some test results that surprised me, she answered my messages right away and called me to talk through it all, despite being in another country! If you’ve been looking for answers and are looking to try something outside of conventional primary care, I would highly recommend working with Re-Balance!