Women's Health Package

This package addresses the special needs of women in their middle years and beyond, with the goal of helping them look and live well. Services include:

• DEXA Bone Density Testing
• DEXA Body Composition Scan
• RMR (Resting Metabolic Rate)
• Full Thyroid Testing, Including T4 + Free T3
• Estrogen Level Testing
• Vitamin D
• Nutrition Consultation
• Wellness Coaching (Psychology/New Thoughts, New Behaviors)

The Women’s Health Package, pre-booked, is $550 ($1,360 value).

A package packed with health-enhancing tests and information on women-specific health concerns, all designed to help you look better, feel better, and, best of all, live better.

Pritikin’s Women’s Health Package is a true in-depth analysis, a unique opportunity to learn about yourself.

The benefits you receive from your female-point-of-view medical education will last a lifetime.

This Package Includes

DEXA Bone Density Testing

Osteoporosis is, in part, a consequence of menopause and the postmenopausal period. It can lead to fractures, such as hip fractures and spinal fractures, and significant bone deformity. The heartening news is that bone loss can be assessed, simply and painlessly, with DEXA Bone Density Testing, the most advanced assessment of bone strength. You and your physician will also take steps to treat any bone loss found before you’re at risk of fracture. You will also learn how to prevent bone loss, and possibly even re-build bone.

DEXA Body Composition Scan

Your weight as measured by the scale is far from the whole story. The scale does not tell you, as the DEXA Body Composition Scan does, how much muscle mass and body fat you have. It’s important to know because the more lean muscle you have, the more calories you burn – and the quicker you reach the leaner body you want. DEXA is also very motivating. Regardless of what the scale says, you know you’re on the right track. You can feel it, you can see it, and your DEXA results prove it.

RMR (Resting Metabolic Rate)

Any weight-loss struggles you’re experiencing may be related to your resting metabolic rate, or RMR. Your RMR is the number of calories your body naturally burns every day with little or no activity. If your RMR is 1,800 calories, you’d lose weight on a 1,500-calorie diet. But if your RMR is 1,300 calories, you’d gain weight, unless you’re exercising every day. This is why set-calorie diets, like a 1,500-calorie diet, don’t work for many of us. Until now, getting your RMR was costly and inaccessible, available only at research hospitals. But now, convenient and affordable testing is at Pritikin. With the results, our dietitians and exercise experts can tailor the Pritikin Program to your body.

Full Thyroid Testing, Including T4 + Free T3

The thyroid gland is responsible for a significant part of metabolic function. How your thyroid is functioning, in effect, can impact how many calories you’re burning each day. Full Thyroid Testing will assist you and your physicians in determining the possible need for medication that will increase metabolism and enhance your weight-loss efforts.

Estrogen Level Testing

Are you feeling the effects of perimenopause or menopause, such as hot flashes, dizziness, restless sleep, low libido,and/or feelings of anxiety? Having your estrogen levels assessed can start a discussion with you and your physicians about ways to help relieve symptoms and get back to feeling yourself again.

Vitamin D

Vitamin D deficiencies are now being linked with a variety of health disorders, not only osteoporosis (brittle bones) but also diabetes (both Types 1 and 2), atherosclerosis, cancer, multiple sclerosis, cold and flu susceptibility, depression, and early death. With testing of blood levels of vitamin D, we can identify any deficiencies and, if needed, prescribe individualized supplement doses that will reduce the risk of diseases related to vitamin D deficiency.

Nutrition Consultation

The perimenopausal and menopausal years can bring on major changes in your body, such as weight gain and loss of muscle mass, which can be significantly improved with lifestyle changes like proper food choices. A private consultation with one of our nutrition experts will zero in on your unique way of eating.  Sometimes just a few simple changes can make all the difference.

Wellness Coaching (Psychology/New Thoughts, New Behaviors)

The perimenopausal and menopausal periods can produce thoughts and emotions that dramatically alter daily life and personal relationships. Awareness of and actions that address these cognitive changes can be tremendously beneficial.

The Women’s Health Package, pre-booked, is $550 ($1,360 value).