Lorraine Maita
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Aging and Longevity Expert
Lorraine Maita Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Functional, Integrative, Personalized and Anti Aging Medicine
- Best Sellers
- Vibrance for Life: How to Live Younger and Healthier
- Career Focus
- Physician, Author, Speaker and Educator
- Affiliation
- American Academy of Anti Aging and Regenerative Medicine, Age Management Medical Group
Lorraine Maita, MD is a recognized and award winning physician and author transforming people's lives through preventive and anti aging medicine. She is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Anti Aging and Regenerative Medicine and Board Certified in Internal Medicine and has over 18 years experience in Preventive Health and Wellness, Internal, Occupational and Travel Medicine and Executive Health.
Dr. Maita served as Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Prudential Financial, Medical Director on The Pfizer Health Leadership Team and Medical Director of North America for Johnson & Johnson Global Health Service and was an attending physician at St.Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital, Emergency Department and Executive Health Examine rs in New York City. She is a consultant for companies wanting to develop or enhance their employee and occupational health and wellness programs and has a private practice in Short Hills, NJ.
She is author of "Vibrance for Life: How to Live Younger and Healthier".
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Top 5 Natural Thyroid Treatments
The American thyroid Association states, “An estimated 20 millio Americans have some form of thyroid disease. Up to 60 percent of those with thyroid disease are unaware of their condition. Women are five to eight times more likely than men to have thyroid problems. One woman in eight will develop a thyroid disorder during her lifetime.
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Finding Undiagnosed Conditions That Can Kill You
Did you know that the average primary care doctor’s office visit is less than 11 minutes? How can anyone get to the root cause and treat a whole person in that amount of time?
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Functional Medicine Secrets to Safe Skin Care Products
You may have 45,990 unique chemical exposures from personal care products. Are they safe? The American woman uses 12 personal care products per day with 126 unique ingredients and men use 6, multiply that by 365 days per year and you have a large exposure that your liver and kidneys have to process. Your brain, hormone systems and nervous system have to cope with them as well. Cosmetics and personal care products are the least regulated products and not much attention is paid to health conce s from prolonged chemical exposure.
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Fish Oil Nutrition Facts
What’s fishy about your fish oil? The standard bottles boast over 2,000 mg in a capsule. However when your read the fine print, the part of the oil that has the benefits of decreasing inflammation, lowering cholesterol and preventing clotting and other health benefits are the eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) components. When you read the label, the EPA and DHA are usually 720mg or less.
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Low Fat versus Low Carbohydrate – Which is Better for Weight Loss and Metabolism?
Any diet can be associated with weight loss; the question is will it leave you metabolically better or worse. There is still controversy about low fat versus low carbohydrate diets. After reviewing the literature and comments and conclusions of researchers, there is evidence to suggest that weight loss for the first 6 months is better in men and women on low carbohydrate diets than low fat diets. All conclude that there are no long-term studies on safety or efficacy of either low fat or low carbohydrate diets.
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Are You Aging or Anti Aging?
Not feeling like yourself anymore? Are you perhaps feeling fat, flabby, flaky, foggy, fatigued or forgetful? When you go doctors, they say you’re stressed, getting old or this is “normal for your age.” You may be prescribed some medication with side effects that are scarier than the symptoms. You ask yourself, “Does it really have to be this way?” There is a better way to combat the signs and symptoms of aging, illness and degenerative disease.. What’s your biological age?
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Weight Loss Secrets to DISMISS fat
Weight loss is not just a matter of calories in and calories out. There are many factors that contribute to weight loss or weight gain. Addressing only the calories leaves you vulnerable to a disappointing weight loss or weight regain. It can leave you in a metabolic mess. Let's explore the less well known keys to weight loss success. Weight loss success factors: DISMISS Weight
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Top 3 Foods To Eat and Avoid for an Underactive Thyroid Diet
Feeling fat, fatigued, forgetful, foggy, slow and constipated? These are symptoms of an underactive thyroid. The health of your thyroid is affected by your diet. If you have these symptoms, following an underactive thyroid diet may heal your thyroid gland and prevent the need for thyroid hormones. Certain nutrients are essential for proper thyroid function. Iodine is needed for the production of thyroid hormones Thyroxine (T4) and Triiodothyronine (T3) in the thyroid gland. Selenium-based proteins help to convert T4 into the more active T3 hormone..
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Men's Hormones Affects Libido, Strength, Ambition and Mood
Men’s hormones go through fluctuations at different stages of life. Just think of a teenage boy when testosterone is ramping up and their minds and bodies are not accustomed to their effects. The surges are erratic and can result in feelings of being powerful and confident and performing actions without carefully considering the consequences. Too much gives them acne and fast growth of facial hair and they become impulsive, aggressive and fertile with sexual desire. As the body’s production levels off, there is a period of stability, strength, self esteem, control and well being.
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Anti Aging Benefits of Vitamin K
Hardened arteries, weak, brittle bones, cancer and heart disease are major contributors of aging. Research suggests that Vitamin K can have an impact of preventing or reversing these effects. Vitamin K, like other vitamins found in nature is really a group of compounds. The different forms or types of Vitamin K come from have specific actions in the body. K 1 otherwise known as phylloquinones are found in green leafy vegetables and are responsible for blood clotting.r
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Best Natural Treatment for PMS
Got PMS? Bloating, weight gain, mood swings, cramps, headaches, tension, anger,anxiety, irritability, cravings, increased appetite, tender breasts and fluid retention are hallmarks of premenstrual syndrome fondly known as PMS. These symptoms generally peak a week or two before your period and then go away only to start again. Don’t underestimate the impact that this can have on your life, productivity, relationships and wellbeing. It affects about 40% of women of childbearing age.
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Super Slim Down Strategies
There is no shortage of diet books from A to Z: Atkins to Zone and everything in between, yet there is still an obesity epidemic! You can lose weight on any diet but you have to ask the questions: Will it leave you Slim downmetabolically better or worse? How likely is it you will gain the weight back? Can you stick to it? I urge anyone trying to lose weight to take a practical approach and gain an understanding of their own unique metabolism, preferences, habits, triggers, genetics and lifestyle. To be slim and healthy requires a lifestyle and a mindset change.
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