My favorite way to detox is to fast.
My second way is following the 10 days Metagenics program: Ultra Clear Renew given its ease to complete, and the effectiveness of a well standardized and FDA overviewed product line.

If you want to start 2019 with a lighter , clearer and healthier body, especially an optimized liver to feel better and lose weight faster you owe it to yourself to be in wellness and #DETOX!.  Do not hesitate and start anew. 

To your health,
Dr.Aviles
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I call it  languishing.. or  drying up, fading, withering, instead of endogenous depression.  Symptoms may be the same - emptiness, frustration, lack of fulfillment, anger, lack of joy, sadness... you name it. They mimic medical depression requiring medicamentous treatment but the line between them both,  even when fine,  is visible and demarcated and  lie on the reasons causing it. These  must be  identified and attacked accordingly.

Protect your heart and your vessels. It is heart health month, and I just want to remind you of things you know must do,  such as EXERCISE daily , MANAGE YOUR STRESS BETTER and, of course.  EAT RIGHT!
This is where this bloody-colored veggie ~ BEETS ~ gets in the picture.  
As 'red' as it sounds, and despite their taste (ouch!!), there are too many positive claims on the goodness of this vegetable for your cardiovascular system, so it is almost impossible to pass it on and forget it as part of our wellness cabinet.
Did you know that beets could make you:
1.  more energetic?
2. lower your blood pressure?
3. increase your blood flow to muscles while exercising?
4. decrease stiffening of your arteries at rest?
And have...
5. Potent anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant effects due to their betalain pigment content?

In addition to the betalain pigments, they contain high doses of NITRATES (one of their secrets), which when converted to Nitrous Oxide (NO)  in your body,  will achieve vasorelaxation (see Image 1) and  other benefits (Image 2)!

Last , but not least,  I believe that without  my Heavenly Father and his gifts of  health, family support and the committed love so indispensable in the steadfast giving of myself to you (for which I thank Him daily)  I would not be who I am nor doing what I do. 

I  humbly pray that my patients and all those lives touched through many medical encounters  have experienced the positive,  long lasting meaning and significance of my service.  It is also my  hope you can  share with others  what  we are  warmly bringing  into our community especially to those who are in need of
  "A New Kind of Medicine".


With my deepest gratitude, have a powerful 2017!

​Dr. Maribel Aviles, M.D.
Innova Medical Care
A New Kind of Medicine

    I used to go to the doctor only once a year. I was young then, and  many young and not so young people see the doctor annually these days, especially people without insurance or the under-insured.
But even when our office is one fo the few with a " Pay As You Go" (cash) program increasing accessibility to medical care, our Direct Care Membership might make much more sense to obtain medical care. Let's see why. 1.  This option is only available to people who really need to see the doctor once a year ( as they do not take medications, don't need to have repeat blood tests, and are in optimal health). They just want their physical exam or well woman exam  annually.  2. Chances that something out of the norm will happen to these folks will be "minimal" ,  and won't need to call me at all in the interim.They may risk it and go to the ER or Urgent Care.
But is this indeed the norm? Not really, But if you are one of those, you may think  covering  a monthly membership fee for this is plain crazy,  out of you comfort zone,  or  represents an unnecessary out of pocket expenses. Maybe!   Maybe not!
3. Check this example out:
​Young female  visits Doctor X. She is uninsured , healthy, without risk factors  and just wants an annual exam. Wants to avoid a county clinic (which is always an option) or a non profit organization:

First Office Visit                                               $150 (some gynecologists may charge up to $250)
Blood Work with urine analysis (basics) :       $150 
PAP cytology:                                                       $200 
Chlamydia and Gonorrhea (based on age)     $100 
Total:                                                                $500-$600* (low side of estimate)
(*If no further discussion is needed with the physician (everything is normal)-  this patient will get a call and be advised by the office or medical assistant that 'everything is ok' (what does that really mean, anyways?).

All done!  But, ouch!  Some lab results are off!  She must visit the doctor again.
Follow Up Visit                                              Up to $100 ( or more?)
New testing:                                                  $XX.XX  (repeat test for example)
New total:                                                  $585-$685 plus $XX.XX (if applicable)

Three months later she gets a bladder infection and needs antibiotics. Unless she decides to take a risky chance in self administering the 'leftover" antibiotics from last bronchitis (not advisable), she MUST visit the doctor again.   Follow Up visit: Up to $100   Urinalysis-$20 (or more)   Urine Culture - up to $100   Subtotal:  $220  
New total:     Over $850  (now she has spent $200 more than with her membership at Innova.

​Potential savings: Over $200 by  signing up for Innova's Direct Primary Care 
For only $50/mo ( less than $2/day)  she could have received 'all of the above' plus:
1. Still have unlimited visits if needed later for urgent issues (saving pricey urgent care fees obtained from unfamiliar clinicians)
2. More than basic blood tests 
3. In house tests at no extra charge
4. Full and  detailed discussion of results with treatment options.
5. Have a preventive program in place where the natural and standard remedies meet.
6. Have a  thorough, personal and advocating doc 24/7 without having to miss work unnecessarily. 7. And much more.  Got it?

Happy to have you as Innova's Marketing Ambassador reaching and educating our community about our  medical care through the Direct Primary Care model.
Lots of people do not know of our existence,  yet  there are many who could benefit  from our services as they are an alternative to traditional models of medical practices; and are cash  friendly to both the uninsured and the insured alike! We want the 'world' to know, so here she comes!
Please, greet her and say Hello when you see her out there.  We hope we can serve you in the future,  
​Dr. Aviles                Innova Medical Care,  A new Kind of Medicine!          

Love this quote from Gandhi.
​But may I add that without HOPE this quote would be sort of incomplete?
Despite challenges, we continue fighting the good fight.  We are equipped with will. But , how would our will persevere without the fuel of HOPE?
The HOPE that there is good  on the way, that things will change, that I will change, that my disease will be healed, that the right person will come about, that the solution will show up, or maybe that 'the magic' moment will happen.
       As a physician, HOPE is an important ingredient in my daily prescriptions and conversations with my patients.  I see how glimpses of HOPE change the lives of people I care for.  I witness how HOPE instilled can brighten a darkened face by sadness; and how in that new freedom people's WILL POWER get reignited and converted into a burst of focused and  positive actions.

Direct Primary Care (DPC) practices are distinguished from other retainer-based care models, such as concierge care, by lower (monthly) retainer fees (82% cost less than $99/mo), which cover at least a portion of primary care services provided in the DPC practice; No insurance plan is involved, although patients may have separate insurance coverage for more costly medical services