Ayurvedic and functional medicine doctor for metabolic syndrome — Albuquerque, NM
Your numbers are creeping up. You’re following the guidance. But you still don’t feel like yourself.
We help adults take back control of their metabolic health through Ayurvedic, naturopathic, and functional medicine care, working alongside your current medical team.
We address the root, not just the numbers.
Metabolic syndrome isn’t five separate problems. It’s one pattern showing up in five ways. We focus on the upstream drivers: insulin resistance, inflammation, gut health, sleep, and stress.
We work with your doctor, not around them.
Dr. Pranav Lad focuses on the areas conventional care often doesn’t have time for: nutrition, lifestyle, deeper lab testing, and personalized botanical guidance. Most of our patients continue seeing their PCP while working with us.
What care looks like with us
- A plan built around your life: food, routines, sleep, stress. No cookie-cutter protocols.
- Individualized botanical formulas: gentle, tailored to you.
- Steady follow-through: metabolic health shifts over months, not days.
- Deeper labs: fasting insulin, HOMA-IR, and inflammatory markers that catch dysfunction early.
Common patterns we help with
Metabolic syndrome shows up differently in everyone. Some of the patterns we see most often:
- Fasting glucose or A1C creeping up toward pre-diabetes range
- Blood pressure trending high despite lifestyle effort
- Stubborn weight around the midsection that won’t shift
- Low energy, brain fog, or feeling chronically wired-but-tired
- Cholesterol patterns your doctor mentions but doesn’t yet medicate
- Mood, sleep, and stress that compound the physical picture
What to expect when you reach out
- Free 15-minute discovery call. A short Zoom conversation to understand what’s going on, share how we work, and decide together if it’s a fit.
- 60-minute initial consultation. If we move forward, this is where we build the picture: history, labs, lifestyle, and where Ayurveda’s lens adds depth to what conventional care has already mapped.
- Personalized protocol. Food, daily rhythms, targeted botanical formulas, and the specific labs we want to track. No cookie-cutter plans.
- 30-minute follow-ups. Metabolic health shifts over months. We adjust based on what your body is telling us.
Frequently asked questions
Can you help with metabolic syndrome without medication?
Often, yes — especially when patterns are caught early. Many of our patients come in with labs that are concerning but not yet at the threshold their doctor wants to medicate. That window is where Ayurvedic and functional medicine work best: addressing the upstream drivers before they require pharmaceutical intervention. For patients already on medication, we work alongside your doctor to support root-cause healing in parallel.
Do you work with my regular doctor?
Yes. Most of our patients continue seeing their primary care physician while working with us. Dr. Lad’s role is to fill in the areas conventional medicine often doesn’t have time for — nutrition, lifestyle, deeper labs, and individualized botanical care. We collaborate, we don’t compete.
Are virtual or Zoom consultations available?
Yes. We offer both in-person consultations at our Albuquerque, NM clinic and virtual Zoom appointments for patients anywhere in the United States. The discovery call is always virtual to make it easy to get started.
What labs do you typically order?
Beyond the standard panels your PCP runs, we often add fasting insulin, HOMA-IR (insulin resistance index), high-sensitivity CRP, and other inflammatory markers. These catch metabolic dysfunction earlier than the markers conventional care tracks, giving us a clearer picture and earlier window to intervene.
Why combine Ayurveda with functional medicine for metabolic syndrome
Ayurveda has been working with metabolic patterns for thousands of years. What modern medicine now describes as metabolic syndrome fits within how Ayurveda has long understood digestion (agni), tissue accumulation, and the lifestyle imbalances that disrupt them. Combining that traditional lens with modern functional medicine labs and a personalized protocol is what makes the work at Healing Arts of Veda different — not alternative medicine, not conventional medicine alone, but a thoughtful, individualized integration of both for adults who want to take their metabolic health back without waiting for the next prescription.