Vida Integrated Health Bellevue

23/10/2025

What Is VO₂ Max? Why Does it Matter for Longevity and Peak Performance? 🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️

VO₂ max isn’t just for athletes—it’s one of the most powerful predictors of your longevity and overall health. This comprehensive, science-backed guide breaks down what VO₂ max really measures, how to test it accurately, and proven strategies to improve it through training, nutrition, and recovery. Learn how functional medicine helps uncover root causes behind a low VO₂ max and build a stronger, longer life.

Learn more on the blog!➡️ https://thinkvida.com/blog/vo2-max-improve-longevity-performance/

✍🏽 Dr Michelle Leary, ND, IFMCP
Director of Functional Medicine

Discover why VO₂ max is the ultimate biomarker for longevity and how a functional medicine approach can help you improve it and reverse cardiovascular aging.

22/10/2025

We might be a little biased, but we truly think our providers are the best around.

From their expertise to their compassion, they’re what make Vida Integrated Health feel like home.

21/10/2025

This week’s session of our group program,“Your Menopause Road Map”, we dove deep into hormone replacement therapy (HRT) — what it is, how it works, and why there’s so much confusion about it.

💡Week 2 Highlights:

🔸 Synthetic vs bioidentical hormones — Monique Class, MS, APRN-BC, IFMCP explained why molecular structure matters and how individualized therapy can bring major benefits for heart, bone, and brain health.

🔸 Perimenopause & testing — Labs are just one piece of the puzzle. Lifestyle, genetics, and symptoms tell the rest of the story.

🔸 Estrogen metabolism — Dr. Lukczer shared how diet, alcohol, and environmental factors affect hormone balance and why cruciferous veggies help your body detox “cleanly.”

🔸 Managing symptoms — From sleep and mood to brain fog and weight changes, we discussed how progesterone calms and estrogen energizes — and how stress ties it all together.

🔸 Micro-habits that matter — The group closed with one small action to try this week — a gratitude pause, deep breath, or extra serving of greens.

Next up: Metabolic flexibility in menopause — keeping your mitochondria strong and your energy steady as hormones change.

If you’ve been curious about how to navigate menopause with confidence and clarity, stay tuned for our upcoming group programs! ➡️ https://thinkvida.com/vida-group-programs/

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21/10/2025

Your health shouldn’t require running all over town. At Vida Integrated Health, everything you need for whole-body wellness is under one roof:

- Chiropractic Care: Restore alignment, reduce pain, and improve mobility.
- Functional Medicine: Get to the root cause of symptoms, not just manage them.
- Physical Therapy: Recover strength, stability, and movement confidence.
- Massage Therapy: Relieve tension, improve circulation, and support recovery.
- Acupuncture: Balance your body’s energy, reduce pain, and promote healing.
- Functional Nutrition: Personalized guidance to fuel your health goals.
- Regenerative Medicine & IV Therapy: Support healing and longevity from within.
- Sexual Health & Longevity Medicine: Optimize wellness at every stage of life.
- Pelvic Floor Health (Emsella): Strengthen and support from the core out.

Because your health deserves an integrated approach. Did you know that we offered all of these services?

17/10/2025

Fasting has become one of the most talked-about strategies for improving health, metabolism, and longevity. But not all fasting approaches are created equal.

While traditional fasting involves complete restriction of food for a set period of time (like intermittent or water fasting), the ProLon Fasting Mimicking Diet® (FMD) is a scientifically developed nutrition program that provides targeted nourishment while keeping your body in a fasting state.

Developed by Dr. Valter Longo, PhD, the ProLon program is the result of decades of research on how to safely achieve fasting’s cellular benefits—without the risks of nutrient deprivation.

Here’s how it compares:

🔸 Traditional Fasting:
- Involves little to no calorie intake
- Can cause fatigue, dizziness, or nutrient loss
- Often difficult to sustain without medical guidance
- Benefits vary depending on fasting length and individual tolerance

🔸 ProLon Fasting Mimicking Diet:
- Provides essential plant-based nutrients while maintaining a fasting metabolic profile
- Clinically shown to trigger autophagy (cellular renewal), support metabolic health, and promote longevity
- Designed for safety and repeatability under physician guidance
- Easier adherence and recovery, making it ideal for busy lifestyles

At Vida Integrated Health, we guide participants through a 3-week ProLon Program led by Dan Lukaczer, ND and Monique Class, MS, APRN-BC, IFMCP, combining fasting science with a functional medicine approach to optimize outcomes for metabolic reset, gut health, and cellular repair.

Fasting doesn’t have to mean deprivation—when done strategically, it can be a powerful tool for long-term health and longevity. Learn more https://healthhub.thinkvida.com/prolon-fasting-mimicking-diet-support

16/10/2025

Can a Chiropractor Help With TMJ? The short answer is, yes!

About 12% of Americans experience TMJ (temporomandibular joint) pain. TMJ pain or TDM (temporomandibular disorder) describes problems affecting the area connecting the jaw and skull. Jaw pain/soreness is the primary symptom, but the condition has other signs, including swelling, headache, ear pain, jaw stiffness, dizziness, and tinnitus. How can a Chiropractor help?

Learn more on the blog! ➡️ https://thinkvida.com/blog/tmj/

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About 12% of Americans experience TMJ (temporomandibular joint) pain. The condition causes pain and discomfort centralized in the jaw and can lead to further issues such as chronic headaches. A chiropractor will help ease the pain and other symptoms and treat the underlying problem. Traditionally, t...