Department of Weight Management · East to West Wellness Center
Eating less, moving more, and the scale still will not move?
You cut calories, exercised and tried to be disciplined. Maybe the scale moved briefly, then came back. Now you are left wondering what your body is fighting against.
Sound familiar?
If this is you, you’re in the right place
- You eat less, move more, and the scale does not budge
- Weight settled around your middle
- Cravings and energy crashes hit in the afternoon
- You are taking or coming off a GLP-1
- Weight changed after stress, poor sleep or midlife
What medicine does well, and what it wasn’t built for
Why it keeps coming back
Calorie cuts and GLP-1 drugs work on appetite and intake. That can help a lot. But your body sets its weight through the gut, cortisol, insulin and the liver. If those systems stay off, weight can become difficult to manage when the diet or medication changes.
That’s the part we work on. We don’t replace your doctor. We optimize the systems underneath, your metabolism, mitochondria and immune response, so your body can do what it’s built to do: heal and stay well.
Systems biology, applied to Weight Management
The three systems we see most often
Gut dysbiosis
An off-balance microbiome pulls more calories from food, raises inflammation and changes the hunger signals your gut sends.
Low natural GLP-1 and slow detox
Your gut makes its own GLP-1. When that signal is low and the liver clears slowly, you stay hungrier and store more.
Gut inflammation and high cortisol
Stress hormones tell the body to store fat around the middle, and an inflamed gut keeps cortisol high.
Systems we check in every weight management evaluation:
Diagnosis decides what we fix. If a system tests fine, we leave it alone and put your time and money where it matters.
How we fix it
In the order that matters
Steady blood sugar
Address the swings that drive cravings and energy crashes.
Rebuild the gut and your own GLP-1
Support the microbiome and natural appetite signals.
Lower cortisol
Address stress and poor sleep patterns that affect weight.
Protect muscle
Build the plan around preserving muscle during weight changes.
What we measure
Your numbers, re-tested
We only order what would change your plan, and we tell you up front which tests may be covered.
Our tools
Acupuncture and electroacupuncture, clinical nutrition, medical-grade supplements and herbal prescriptions, moxibustion and red light. When you need more, our physician partners and your own specialists are part of the plan.
How patients describe our approach
★★★★★I have been seeing Greg and his team for about 8 years in order to treat chronic nerve pain, disc herniation, sports injuries, and arthritis. The treatment that I receive along with the information is far superior than any other doctor’s office or acupuncturist that I have seen previously. While nobody else was able to address the root cause of my pain and discomfort, the team at East to West Wellness has improved my quality of life tremendously.
Joe S. · Google review, January 2026
★★★★★A few years ago, I came in for a herniated disc and spinal stress reactions after being dismissed by a chiropractor and an orthopedist who said to “learn to live with the pain”. Greg was determined to treat my lower back pain by comprehensively analyzing the body as a whole rather than just my lower back. He took the time to understand me as an athlete in order to treat the cause of my pain, rather than just the symptoms.
Taleah A. · Google review, April 2026
Verbatim Google reviews (207 reviews, 4.96 average). Individual results vary; no outcome is promised.
Our offer
A personalized care plan, backed by your own markers
Every department offers the same thing: a time-based plan built for your issue. Testing, mapping where the problem started, a written plan, treatments, clinical nutrition, and supplement and herbal prescriptions, all aimed at your issue instead of piecemeal visits. Acupuncture is our super-specialty, and many plans work with or without it.
| East to West care plan | One-size protocol | |
|---|---|---|
| How it’s built | From your testing and your history | The same steps for everyone with the same complaint |
| What it targets | The systems underneath, in the order that matters for you | The symptom you walked in with |
| How you know it’s working | Markers agreed up front, re-tested | You guess |
| What backs it | Progress Guarantee tied to those markers | Nothing |
| What you take home | A System Map and a roadmap for you and your doctors | A product list |
Every plan comes with our Progress Guarantee. Before we start, we agree on the markers we’ll track: your symptom score plus two or three lab or clinical markers that can realistically change. If you’ve done your part and we haven’t hit them in your plan’s time frame, we keep working with you at a reduced rate or add complimentary care. We promise the work and the measurement, not a cure.
Care plans: Compare Reset, Rebuild and Thrive for this department — see included tests, visits and holiday enrollment savings.
The one place to start
Plans, not protocols. It starts with your Systems Biology Evaluation.
You know you have the problem. What nobody has shown you is how your symptom ties back to your metabolism, inflammation and immune system. That connection is our specialty.
- We map your chief complaint back to every system driving it.
- We decide which tests you actually need, and tell you which may be covered and which aren’t.
- We lay out your plan and timeline, with options for how many treatments and how long.
- You leave with your one-page System Map: where the problem sits, which systems are involved, and how we’ll address each one, in order.
Sometimes the answer is simple. If it’s a local problem, you may only need acupuncture, and we’ll tell you that.
Systems Biology Evaluation for Weight Management
$100
30–60 minutes, in person in Huntington. A $350 evaluation, $100 to start.
Book your Systems Biology Evaluationor call (631) 416-4940
By your fourth visit, we’ll both know whether it’s working. We score your symptoms at visit 1 and visit 4, and if it isn’t working we’ll tell you and point you to what will.
Weight Management questions
Do I need to stop a GLP-1 medication?
No. Never stop or change medication without your prescriber. We work alongside your doctor and build around your current care.
Is this just a diet plan?
No. We look at gut health, natural GLP-1 signaling, cortisol, blood sugar and the liver, then build a plan around the findings.
What testing may be included?
We may review gut microbiome and metatranscriptome testing, cortisol, A1c, fasting insulin, liver panel and full thyroid panel.
What if I have a history of an eating disorder?
If you have a history of an eating disorder, tell us at your evaluation so your plan is built safely.
What happens at the Systems Biology Evaluation?
In 30 to 60 minutes we map your chief complaint to the systems driving it, decide which tests you actually need, and lay out your plan and timeline. You leave with a one-page System Map. It’s a $350 evaluation, $100 to start.
Do you replace my doctor?
No. Medication, surgery and specialist care do important work. We work alongside your medical team on the systems underneath, and we never ask you to stop a prescribed medication; that’s a conversation with your prescriber.
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Your body is a system. We treat it like one.
Start with a $350 Systems Biology Evaluation for $100. You leave with your System Map and a plan.
