At Sage Wellness, we take a whole-person, root-cause approach to supporting healthy weight through nutrition coaching, functional lab review, and lifestyle education. We do not diagnose obesity or related conditions and we do not prescribe weight loss medications. Our work focuses on helping you understand the factors influencing your metabolism and supporting sustainable behavior and lifestyle changes.

Sustainable weight management is rarely just about calories or willpower. For many people, the real obstacles are hormonal imbalances, blood sugar dysregulation, gut health disruption, inflammation, food sensitivities, chronic stress, or poor sleep — factors that standard approaches often don’t address. Dr. Andersson’s approach focuses on uncovering and supporting those underlying patterns through personalized coaching, functional lab review, and evidence-informed lifestyle guidance.

A Root-Cause Approach to Weight

Dr. Andersson looks at weight challenges through a personalized lens. Whether your struggles are connected to hormonal shifts, insulin resistance, gut imbalances, food sensitivities, or chronic stress, the goal is to identify the contributing factors and address them through targeted lifestyle and nutritional support.

Functional Lab Panels We May Review

Functional lab work can provide valuable context for understanding what may be working against your weight management goals. We review these panels in a wellness coaching capacity — not for medical diagnosis — to help guide individualized dietary and lifestyle recommendations. We may review:

• Comprehensive metabolic panels to provide context around blood sugar regulation, thyroid function, liver health, and lipid patterns
• Hormone panels including cortisol, estrogen, progesterone, and insulin, which all influence how the body stores and burns fat
• Gut and microbiome analysis to assess the health of the digestive environment and identify imbalances that may be affecting metabolism and cravings
• Food sensitivity testing to identify reactive foods that may be contributing to inflammation or digestive burden
• Nutrient status panels to identify deficiencies that can affect energy, metabolism, and appetite regulation
• Toxin and inflammation markers to assess whether environmental exposures or systemic inflammation may be contributing to weight resistance

The Role of the Gut Microbiome in Weight

Research has shown that the gut microbiome plays a meaningful role in how the body regulates appetite, stores fat, manages blood sugar, and extracts nutrients from food. Imbalances in gut bacteria can contribute to weight challenges by:

• Disrupting hunger and satiety signaling
• Increasing inflammation, which can interfere with insulin sensitivity
• Producing metabolites that influence fat storage
• Affecting mood and energy levels, which influence food choices and activity

We support gut health through dietary guidance, targeted probiotic and prebiotic recommendations, and professional-grade supplement support based on individual lab findings.

Personalized Nutrition & Lifestyle Coaching

Dr. Andersson provides individualized dietary guidance emphasizing whole, anti-inflammatory foods and sustainable eating patterns tailored to your biochemistry and health history. This may include:

• Low-glycemic, blood sugar-stabilizing meal approaches
• Anti-inflammatory and gut-supportive dietary strategies
• Education on intermittent fasting and time-restricted eating, with individualized guidance on whether and how to incorporate these
• Professional-grade supplement support such as fiber blends, adaptogens, mitochondrial nutrients, and microbiome support based on lab findings

Beyond nutrition, we help you explore the lifestyle factors that most commonly derail weight management — sleep quality, stress patterns, movement habits, and the behavioral and emotional dimensions of eating. These are addressed through coaching and education, not clinical therapy.

Ready to Take a Different Approach?

If you’ve hit a plateau, feel like your body isn’t responding the way it should, or simply want a more thorough and personalized approach to weight and metabolic health, we’d welcome the opportunity to work with you. Schedule a consultation to get started.