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Medically Supervised Nutritional Programs
Why Medically Supervised Weight Loss Matters
For people who are overweight or obese, weight loss can greatly improve overall health. A medically supervised weight loss program offers a safe and effective path to lasting results. Many individuals seek medical support after trying fad diets that fail to deliver long-term success. Diet trends such as juice cleanses or extreme calorie restriction often lead to repeated weight gain and loss, which places extra stress on the body.
Dr. Cynthia Thaik, M.D., helps patients reach a healthy weight that fits their body and lifestyle. She has guided patients across Los Angeles, including Burbank and Santa Clarita, through safe and personalized medical weight management programs.
Is Medical Weight Loss Right for You?
Medical weight loss includes several treatment options. Bariatric surgery often receives attention due to dramatic results, but doctors reserve it for patients with severe obesity or serious health risks, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, or sleep apnea. Surgery carries risks and does not replace healthy eating or lifestyle changes.
Many patients benefit from non-surgical weight loss methods that focus on nutrition, metabolism, and long-term habits. These approaches often provide safer and more sustainable results.
ProLon® Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD): A Non-Surgical Option)
Dr. Cynthia recommends the ProLon® Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD) as one non-surgical weight loss option. This five-day, plant-based program mimics the effects of fasting while providing essential nutrients. Researchers support ProLon with over $48 million in funding, mostly from the NIH and NIA.
How Our Medically Supervised ProLon Program Supports Safe Weight Loss
Medical supervision is essential for certain individuals using the ProLon program, including those over age 70, patients with diabetes or autoimmune conditions, or those with medical weight-loss requirements. We recommend laboratory testing prior to beginning the program to assess metabolic health and monitor progress. For safety reasons, ProLon is not advised for individuals with nut allergies or households where nut exposure is a concern.
How ProLon Works
ProLon triggers autophagy, a natural process where the body removes damaged cells and creates new ones. This process supports fat loss, metabolic health, and healthy aging. The program provides about 1,100 calories on the first day and 750 calories on each of the next four days.
Clinical studies show that ProLon helps reduce belly fat while preserving lean muscle mass.
Medical Weight Management at Holistic Healing Heart Center
ProLon represents just one of several weight loss programs available at the Holistic Healing Heart Center. Our on-site nutritionist helps design safe, doctor-supervised plans that promote weight loss without medication or intense exercise.
Patients often experience improved energy, better focus, deeper sleep, and stronger immune function. Many also see improvements in blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood pressure.
Our Medically Supervised Weight Loss Programs
1. Custom Weight Loss Consultations
These individualized programs are especially beneficial for patients managing additional conditions such as diabetes, osteoporosis, hypertension, or heart disease.
2. Three-Week Detox and Nutrition Program
This holistic program focuses on reducing inflammation and restoring gut health, which can positively impact autoimmune disorders, hormonal imbalances, anxiety, and overall wellness.
3. Ideal Protein® Weight Loss Program
Ideal Protein is a nationally recognized, four-phase program that is low-calorie, low-carbohydrate, protein-rich, and ketogenic. It promotes fat loss while preserving muscle mass and emphasizes long-term lifestyle change through structured guidance and support.
What Makes Our Approach Different
At the Holistic Healing Heart Center, we focus on long-term health—not quick fixes. We do not require calorie counting, weight-loss medications, or mandatory exercise. While we encourage movement when possible, we understand that not everyone can exercise regularly.
We provide continued guidance after the program ends, helping patients maintain results. Dr. Cynthia looks beyond the scale and treats patients as individuals. She uses functional nutrition and lifestyle medicine to address the root causes of health concerns, not just weight alone.
To learn more about Dr. Cynthia Thaik’s medically supervised weight loss and nutrition programs, please contact the Holistic Healing Heart Center.
Meet Dr. Cynthia Thaik, MD - Functional & Integrative Cardiologist
Dr. Cynthia Thaik is a board-certified cardiologist who integrates functional medicine into her concierge practice with a specialized focus on cardiovascular and neurovascular optimization.
She devotes one week per month exclusively to functional medicine consultations via telehealth, allowing for deep, unrushed care. During this time, Dr. Thaik works closely with patients seeking transformation, root-cause healing, and individualized strategies grounded in integrative science.
Her approach combines:
- Precision diagnostics
- Advanced cardiovascular expertise
- Compassionate, heart-centered listening
- Extensive patient education
“Cardiovascular consultations and diagnostic services are covered by insurance. Functional medicine services are offered exclusively as concierge, self-pay services”
Schedule Your Telehealth Consultation with Dr. Cynthia
If you’re living with atrial fibrillation and want to explore natural treatment options, Dr. Cynthia is here to help. She provides telehealth consultations to guide you through personalized care plans, addressing lifestyle changes, supplement use, and stress management techniques tailored to your unique health needs.
Dr. Cynthia Thaik will perform a thorough cardiovascular assessment, looking at cardiac function, ruling out structural damage, checking paroxysmal atrial fibrillation symptoms, assessing the adverse effects of hypertension and dietary toxicity (alcohol, caffeine, excessive inflammatory foods), checking for vascular inflammation and endothelial dysfunction, and exploring the impact of stress on arterial tone and the autonomic nervous system regulation of the cardiovascular system.
The patient will have an option to receive individual coaching from a mindfulness instructor. Together, this integrative team approach to Afib will provide the patient with the best opportunity to address the root causes underlying the atrial fibrillation and hopefully restore normal sinus rhythm. As with all health conditions, our goal is to help Afib patients transition from symptoms and disease care to optimal health and wellness – true preventive cardiology.
If you have been diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation and are looking for natural treatments, Schedule a virtual visit or call for Telehealth Appointment at (818) 842 1410
Frequently Asked Questions
Regular palpitations can be a sign of atrial fibrillation. While this condition can continue for years without harm, a consistent increase in heart rate can cause heart enlargement. This is a hazard which can result in heart failure. Atrial fibrillation also comes with an increased risk of stroke from blood clots that can form as a result.
Without a solid understanding of the causes, it can be hard to definitively put a stop to heart palpitations. However, the treatments mentioned above: reducing stress and intake of stimulants, alcohol, and nicotine, exercising more, and eating a balanced diet, are all good steps forward. If your cardiologist determines that you have a more serious heart condition that may be life-threatening, it will require treatment. There are heart medications which can prevent more serious heart rhythm disorders. However, because of their significant side effects, they are not prescribed lightly. Consequences of misuse can lead to heart attacks, or even sudden death.
Some people experience heart palpitations after eating. While those palpitations may be attributable to an underlying medical condition, it is also possible that the food or beverage that was just consumed is responsible. Sugar can have this effect, particularly on hypoglycemic people. Alcohol is another common influence, particularly among those who have paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF). Foods rich in tyramine or theobromine, such as cheese, red wine, bananas, and especially chocolate (which has both), can increase heart rate and may cause atrial fibrillation.
Actually, no. A more likely cause of heart palpitations is in fact low blood pressure. It is true that medication for high blood pressure can have a side effect of causing palpitations, which may be what is happening when someone with high blood pressure experiences palpitations.
