Root Cause Medicine:
Personalized Consultations, Labs, Programs, and Education for Evidence-Based Care
Discover the transformative power of Dr. LuLu Naturopathic Clinic's holistic approach to health. Through private consultations with our dedicated naturopathic doctor, along with advanced functional lab testing, we aim to address the root causes of your health challenges. Our personalized protocols and functional medicine interventions empower you to restore your body's natural balance, unlocking your potential for radiant health and well-being.
Discover your path to optimal health
We are thrilled to welcome new patients, providing consultations both locally and remotely through our secure and HIPAA compliant Telehealth platform.
Our mission is to empower you with personalized root cause medicine, emphasizing prevention, sustainable health, and lifelong vitality. Our dedicated naturopathic doctor, LuLu Shimek, ND, offers one-on-one support, functional lab testing, wellness programs, and comprehensive education throughout your health journey.
At our clinic, your well-being is paramount. We offer direct acceptance of HSA and FSA payments for your convenience, and we gladly assist with health insurance reimbursement at no additional cost. Your health and satisfaction are our utmost priorities.
TESTIMONIAL
“Dr Lulu is an amazing doctor and has helped me become a more healthier me and I feel so privileged to be able to be working with an amazing naturopathic doctor who understands women’s health. If you are on the fence about a naturopathic doctor give her a shot and you won’t regret it. I love that she listens to everything you have to say and doesn’t jump to let’s try this prescription and see if it helps. She looks at the whole picture to see what the root cause is and tries many different tactics and natural remedies instead of ordering test after test. Dr. Lulu thank you for all you have done for so many amazing people and I know our journey is just beginning but I look forward to working together for years to come!.”
~ Andrea S.
How Our Services Work
Welcome to Dr. LuLu Naturopathic Clinic, where we provide a comprehensive and personalized approach to achieve hormonal balance and radiant health. Led by Dr. LuLu, our dedicated Functional Medicine Provider, our transformative programs offer an in-depth health analysis, private 1:1 appointments, wellness programs, portal support messaging, advanced functional lab testing, and strategic health protocol creation.
With our guidance, you'll uncover the root causes of your health concerns, receive tailored care, and gain valuable insights through advanced lab testing. Our all-inclusive support begins at $999 with flexible monthly installments.
Empower yourself with knowledge through Dr. LuLu Naturopathic Clinic Education for life-long health preservation. Take charge of your well-being and embark on a transformative journey with us today.
Personalized
1:1 Naturopathic Consultations
Our naturopathic physician, Dr. LuLu, offers personalized 1:1 consultations focused on women's health. We take the time to understand your specific health needs, concerns, and goals. Through these consultations, we provide guidance, support, and evidence-based naturopathic strategies to address your individual health challenges.
Based on the findings from your assessments and consultations, we develop customized treatment protocols tailored to your unique women's health needs. These protocols incorporate natural therapies, herbal formulations, lifestyle modifications, and holistic interventions designed to support hormonal balance, address reproductive health, and promote overall well-being.
Hormone Detox Program
Experience our standardized hormone detox program, thoughtfully crafted to support your body's detoxification pathways and hormone balance. This program incorporates dietary recommendations, targeted supplementation, lifestyle modifications, and natural therapies for effective detoxification.
Comprehensive Functional Lab Testing
Functional medicine lab testing is a transformative approach that delves deep into your health, providing valuable insights that go beyond traditional lab tests. By analyzing your genetic makeup, lifestyle choices, and environmental factors, we gain a comprehensive understanding of your body's unique biochemical processes. This personalized assessment allows us to identify underlying imbalances and root causes of your health challenges, leading to targeted and effective treatment plans tailored specifically to you. With functional medicine lab testing as a cornerstone of our approach, we empower you with the knowledge and tools to restore balance, optimize your health, and embark on a journey of lasting well-being.
Customizable Community Health Programs
Our Comprehensive Wellness Packages are designed to empower you on your unique health journey. Choose from a range of programs, including Thyroid, Adrenal, Hormone <40, Hormone >40 (including menopause), PCOS, or Hormone Weight Loss, each tailored to address specific health concerns and enhance overall well-being. These programs provide a personalized approach, ensuring you can select the one that aligns best with your health goals. Additionally, you have the flexibility to add supplementary programs for an extra fee, creating a comprehensive and tailored wellness experience that meets your individual needs.
Dr. LuLu Naturopathic Clinic Education
At Dr. LuLu Naturopathic Clinic, we believe in the power of education to transform your health. With our 3-month Foundational Health Program and a year of access to Dr. LuLu Naturopathic Clinic Education, you'll gain valuable insights and knowledge about naturopathic and functional medicine. From monthly resources to live Q&A sessions and community support, we empower you to make informed decisions and take an active role in your well-being. Education is key to lasting health, and we're here to support your journey to optimal wellness.
Unlocking Your Unique Health Potential: Embrace Functional Medicine
Welcome to Functional Medicine with Dr. LuLu, where patient-centered care takes center stage. Unlike traditional medicine, we dive into the intricate interactions of genetics, environment, and lifestyle to uncover the root causes of complex, chronic diseases. Through personalized treatment plans, we support your unique expression of health and vitality, addressing the rise in conditions like diabetes, heart disease, and autoimmune disorders. As a dedicated Functional Medicine practitioner, I strive to bring cutting-edge research into practice, offering holistic strategies such as nutrition, diet, and exercise to treat and prevent these ailments. Embrace our comprehensive approach and embark on your path to optimal well-being.
FAQs
Do you accept insurance?
At Dr. LuLu Naturopathic Clinic, we offer flexible payment options to make our services accessible to everyone. We can directly accept HSA and FSA payments, providing you with full coverage for your wellness journey. While we are not in-network with health insurance providers, we gladly assist our clients with health insurance reimbursement at no additional cost. Many of our clients receive partial reimbursement from their insurance plans, making our comprehensive health solutions more affordable. Your health and well-being are our top priorities, and we are committed to supporting you on your path to radiant health.
Transformative Investment in Your Health
At Dr. LuLu Naturopathic Clinic, we believe in devoting quality time to understand your unique health profile. Unlike the average primary care doctor who spends only 20 minutes per year with each patient, our comprehensive services go beyond, providing in-depth consultations, advanced lab tests, and personalized functional medicine support. This detailed approach may result in higher upfront costs, but we are dedicated to making our transformative care as accessible as possible. We accept HSA and FSA payments and provide insurance superbills for potential reimbursement. Additionally, we offer flexible financing through monthly installments, ensuring that our in-depth care is within your reach, regardless of immediate financial constraints. Your well-being is our top priority, and we are committed to investing in your long-term health journey.
Virtual Consultations
At Dr. LuLu Naturopathic Clinic, we offer the convenience of virtual consultations for our naturopathic care services. Through virtual appointments, you can receive expert guidance and personalized treatment plan reviews from the comfort of your own home. Our flexible approach allows us to accommodate your schedule and ensures that distance is not a barrier to accessing quality healthcare.
The duration of treatment can vary depending on your specific health needs, ranging from three months to over a year. Dr. LuLu will recommend the most suitable patient program based on the severity of your condition, ensuring you receive the right level of care and support throughout your healing journey. Whether you choose virtual consultations or in-person visits, our commitment remains unwavering in delivering personalized, effective, and compassionate care to help you achieve optimal well-being.
Unlocking the Power of Functional Medicine Lab Testing
At Dr. LuLu Naturopathic Clinic, we value the significance of lab testing in functional medicine and its role in gaining a profound understanding of your health. Rest assured, our focus on functional lab testing allows us to achieve exceptional results without compromising on quality.
Functional medicine lab tests offer invaluable insights into your body's biochemical processes, providing a comprehensive view of your health. These tests go beyond standard screenings, enabling us to identify underlying imbalances and the root causes of your health concerns. By integrating lab testing into our wellness programs, we can precisely tailor your treatment plan to address your unique needs and achieve lasting results.
With functional lab testing as a cornerstone of our approach, trust that we are dedicated to providing personalized and effective solutions for your well-being. We believe that investing in these comprehensive tests is an essential step towards empowering you on your journey to optimal health and vitality.
Unleash Your Genetic Potential: The Power of Genetic and Epigenetic Testing
At Dr. LuLu Naturopathic Clinic, we embrace the incredible benefits of Genetic and Epigenetic Testing. These advanced approaches to functional medicine and biohacking provide unparalleled insights into your genetic blueprint, allowing us to develop personalized treatment plans that align perfectly with your needs. With this knowledge, you can make informed choices that unlock your full potential for vibrant health and longevity. Let's embark on a journey of self-discovery and transformation as we harness the power of your unique genetic blueprint.
Where should I get my genes tested?
If you're exploring genetic testing for the first time, Dr. LuLu highly recommends ordering a specially designed DNA testing kit from 3 x 4 Genetics, our preferred genetic lab company. The comprehensive testing kit is tailored to provide in-depth insights into your genetic makeup, allowing us to create personalized health recommendations based on your unique genetic profile. To ensure the most accurate and effective analysis, a lab analysis visit with Dr. LuLu is recommended.
How do I know my genetic data is secure?
DNA Life takes your privacy and data security very seriously. This is why they employ multiple layers of data protection.
Their work relies on an ethical and scientific system that is only beneficial to your health & lifestyle improvement. Your data is not (and will never be) sold.
Your safety (as much as your health) is their priority! They only work with secure, world-class labs who will never store your data and are fully HIPAA- compliant. Simply put, your data is automatically destroyed by the lab within 15 days of being tested, so you can keep going on about your day wondering if you turned off the oven or whether aliens exist or not.
Discover Your Transformational Journey & See Results
Most of our patients experience a remarkable 75% improvement in their well-being within the first three months of working with Dr. LuLu Naturopathic Clinic. Our tailored approach to functional medicine and naturopathy targets the underlying causes of your health issues, leading to significant symptom reduction and a renewed sense of vitality. While individual results may vary, we are proud of the positive outcomes our clients achieve during the initial three-month period. Embrace your transformative health journey and unlock your true potential with us!
Discover the Dr. LuLu Naturopathic Clinic Difference
At Dr. LuLu Naturopathic Clinic, we stand out for our commitment to providing efficient and cost-effective care in Naturopathic and Functional Medicine. We prioritize getting our patients well swiftly, without unnecessary testing and treatments that might waste your valuable time and resources.
When Can You Expect Results?
Our patients' journey to improved health varies, with some experiencing positive changes within days to weeks, while others may notice improvements over several months. During your Initial Consultations, our dedicated team will create a personalized plan tailored to your specific needs, helping you understand when to expect positive changes on your path to wellness.
Testimonials
Naturopathic Medicine
Naturopathic medicine celebrates the healing power of nature.
Naturopathic medicine is dedicated to the study and celebration of nature’s healing powers. The core practice of naturopathic medicine is as old as healing itself, and as modern as new medical breakthroughs. The profession incorporates a dynamic philosophy and recognizes the interconnection and interdependence of all living things. Naturopathic medicine prioritizes the most natural, least invasive and least toxic therapies to treat illness, and promotes wellness by viewing the body as an integrated whole.
Naturopathic medicine is defined by principles rather than by treatment options. Above all, it honors the body’s innate wisdom to heal and gives patients the tools for lifelong wellness.
Naturopathic Principles
The six principles of naturopathic medicine unite Naturopathic Doctors across the world:
First Do No Harm
Core to all medical practice is the desire to help the human form and condition. NDs typically approach care by utilizing the most natural, least invasive and least toxic therapies. NDs will refer when the patient’s presentation is outside their scope or level of skill.
The Healing Power of Nature
NDs recognize the value of our natural world in assisting the healing process. Not only do NDs utilize substances that originate in nature, but they also incorporate a healthy natural environment as foundational to human health. Naturopathic doctors recognize and harness the body’s inherent wisdom to heal itself in order to guide patients to wellness and total health.
Identify and Treat the Causes
There is a time and place for symptom suppression, however most naturopathic patients will benefit from identifying the underlying causes of illness and removing obstacles to cure.
Doctor as Teacher
Naturopathic doctors elevate patient health literacy. That means that NDs are part of the team helping patients have a better understanding of what it takes to be and stay well. Through education and a trust-based relationship, patients better understand the steps they need to take to achieve and maintain health.
Treat the Whole Person
Naturopathic doctors understand the interconnectedness of our body, our environment and our lifestyle on total health. It is only through this whole-person-based approach that NDs seek to restore balance and health.
Prevention
Naturopathic medicine affirms that it is better to prevent illness and suffering whenever possible. Through their comprehensive practice, NDs combine all six principles in order to identify potential areas of imbalance and teach patients how to get well and stay well.
Naturopathic Services
TELEHEALTH CONSULTATIONS
How many times have you been sick and haven’t had the energy to make it out of the house to make an appointment with your physician? Or maybe you got sick over the weekend or in the middle of the night when your doctor’s office was closed, and had to make your way to an emergency room or urgent care clinic, where you had to wait for hours before a physician could see you? Or perhaps you were traveling, either for work or pleasure, and got sick while in a different city, making seeing your doctor impossible.
Well you are in luck because times have changed! Now with virtual visits it’s easy to make a quick appointment to see Dr. LuLu from our website. With Dr. LuLu’s GENETIC JOURNEYS membership programs you have expert care and access from wherever you are.
What are some of expected benefits of using virtual visits?
Improved access to medical care.
More efficient medical evaluation and management.
Obtaining the expertise of a naturopathic physician.
Access with a simple click of a button on a tablet, smartphone, or computer.
Send pictures of copies of lab results for expert advice
Dr. LuLu can offer advice, write a natural prescription and send it right to your home via fullscript, provide action plans or referrals to specialists, or just give her patients peace of mind
INITIAL telehealth CONSULTATIONS
Naturopathic Medicine Initial Consultation 120 minutes: $366.00
FOLLOW UP telehealth CONSULTATIONS
Telemedicine Comprehensive Follow Up 45 minutes: $244.00
Telemedicine Follow Up Visit 30 minutes: $202.00
Acute Follow Up Visit 20 minutes: $188.00
Functional Medicine & Nutrition
What is Functional Medicine?
Functional Medicine is an evolution in the practice of medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century.
By shifting the traditional disease-centered focus of medical practice to a more patient-centered approach, functional medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms. Functional Medicine practitioners spend time with their patients, listening to their histories and looking at the interactions among genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors that can influence long-term health and complex, chronic disease. In this way, Functional Medicine supports the unique expression of health and vitality for each individual.
Why is Functional Medicine necessary?
Our society is experiencing a sharp increase in the number of people who suffer from complex, chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, mental illness, and autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis.
The system of medicine practiced by most physicians is oriented toward acute care, the diagnosis and treatment of trauma or illness that is of short duration and in need of urgent care, such as appendicitis or a broken leg.
There’s a huge gap between research and the way doctors practice. The gap between emerging research in basic sciences and integration into medical practice is enormous—as long as 50 years particularly in the area of complex, chronic illness.
Most physicians are not adequately trained to assess the underlying causes of complex, chronic disease and to apply strategies such as nutrition, diet, and exercise to both treat and prevent these illnesses in their patients.
How does Functional Medicine work?
Functional Medicine involves understanding the origins, prevention, and treatment of complex, chronic disease. Hallmarks of a Functional Medicine approach include:
Patient-centered care. The focus of functional medicine is on patient-centered care, promoting health as a positive vitality, beyond just the absence of disease.
An integrative, science-based healthcare approach. Functional Medicine practitioners look “upstream” to consider the complex web of interactions in the patient’s history, physiology, and lifestyle that can lead to illness. The unique genetic makeup of each patient is considered, along with both internal (mind, body and spirit) and external (physical and social environment) factors that affect total functioning.
Integrating best medical practices. Functional Medicine integrates traditional Western medical practices with what are sometimes considered “alternative” or “integrative” medicine, creating a focus on prevention through nutrition, diet, and exercise; use of the latest laboratory testing and other diagnostic techniques; and prescribed combinations of drugs and/or botanical medicines, supplements, therapeutic diets, detoxification programs, or stress-management techniques.
What is Functional Nutrition?
Functional Nutrition emphasizes the importance of high quality foods and phytonutrient diversity to address clinical imbalances and move individuals toward the highest expression of health. Advanced nutrition assessment and a thorough Functional Medicine based history leads to a personalized therapeutic intervention created to promote optimal health and prevent diet- and lifestyle-related disease.
Nutrition is the core modality of Functional Medicine, an integrative approach to health. As defined by The Institute for Functional Medicine, “Functional Medicine is an evolution in the practice of medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century.
By shifting the traditional disease-centered focus of medical practice to a more patient-centered approach, Functional Medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms.
Functional Medicine practitioners spend time with their patients, listening to their histories and evaluating the interactions among genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors that can influence long-term health and complex, chronic disease. In this way, Functional Medicine supports the unique expression of health and vitality for each individual.”
Why is Functional nutrition necessary?
The prevalence of complex, chronic diseases is escalating globally, from heart disease and diabetes to irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, mental illness, rheumatoid arthritis, and other autoimmune disorders.
Chronic diseases are diet- and lifestyle-related diseases and require dietary and lifestyle solutions. A major strength of Functional Nutrition is its focus on the molecular mechanisms that underlie disease, providing the basis for targeted, innovative solutions that can restore health.
The current healthcare system fails to take into account the unique genetic makeup of each individual or the ability of food, toxins, and other environmental factors to influence gene expression. The interaction between genes and environmental factors is a critical component in the development of chronic disease and plays a central role in the Functional Nutrition approach.
Most nutrition professionals are not adequately trained in integrating nutrition assessment at the molecular and cellular levels with emerging research in nutrition and nutritional genomics. These advanced practice skills are essential for preventing and managing today’s chronic disorders.
What distinguishes Dr. Lulu as a functional nutrition practitioner?
You are unique. You have your own genetic makeup, health history, and lifestyle. Your nutrition plan should be unique to your individual body, too!
Dr. LuLu uses functional nutrition as a key part of treating the root cause of your symptoms.
Dr. LuLu uses functional nutrition to focus on YOU instead of the disease. It is a personalized method of optimizing your health based on your individual genetics, lab values, lifestyle, and more. There are no generic meal plans or handouts, because each individual person is different!
With functional nutrition, Dr. Lulu embraces your uniqueness and uses it to tailor your individualized nutrition recommendations. She can use personalized lab testing, functional food as medicine, and lifestyle interventions to further your healing process. Dr. LuLu also works closely with you to find a nutrition plan that is realistic for your lifestyle, while also reducing unwanted symptoms and restoring balance in the body.
