AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. JUDI GOLDSTONE WORDS BY LOUISA EMHOF
A
s the medical world expands and develops,
fascinating journey to alternative medicine. She shared
a fresh approach to patient care is becom-
her perspective on the effectiveness of this approach
ing increasingly popular. Alternative med-
and her personal story of how alternative medicine
icine develops a personalized outlook on
benefited her life.
each patient and approaches each person as a unique individual. Dr. Judi Goldstone, a hormone replacement therapy doctor, weight loss specialist and alternative medicine sician
at
Southern
phythe Cali-
fornia Center for Anti-Aging, uses her
expertise
to aid patients through
this
method. She describes this approach as “functional” because it gives a
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ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE Dr. Goldstone puts herself in the category of an alternative, functional medicine practitioner. Although she started in conventional medicine, Dr. Goldstone saw the need for a more personalized approach to patient health. This need was especially apparent when dealing with aging and weight loss. “I started as a general internist, and I did that for several years. And then I went into weight loss because I was always interested in that field,” she said.
flexible and holistic perspective to medicine.
As she was working in conventional medicine, she
Top Doctor Magazine had the honor and pleasure of
were becoming increasingly frustrated with not seeing
talking with Dr. Goldstone and looking at her
results or not being able to keep the weight off.
noticed that some people, especially the older patients,
