April 19, 2025 • 29 mins
Ever wondered why we wait until we're sick to see a doctor? Zach Dancel from Nava Health challenges this reactive approach to healthcare, sharing a powerful personal story that transformed his family's understanding of medicine and launched their mission to revolutionize wellness.
Zach's journey from Division I football player with NFL dreams to healthcare innovator began when his mother fell seriously ill. After conventional doctors prescribed 16-20 different medications with little improvement, an integrative medicine practitioner finally identified the root cause of her condition. This life-changing experience inspired Zach's father to transition from his successful debt management business to founding Nava Health, dedicated to helping people live longer, healthier lives through functional medicine.
The statistics Zach shares are staggering: America spends $4.5 trillion annually on healthcare—more than any other nation—yet 90% goes toward managing diseases rather than preventing them. Meanwhile, chronic conditions continue to skyrocket. Nava's approach flips the script by conducting comprehensive evaluations every four months instead of the typical six-minute annual checkup that reviews only basic biomarkers. Their personalized protocols address underlying causes rather than just treating symptoms.
As Zach eloquently puts it, "Health is a crown that the healthy wear, but only the sick can see." Most chronic diseases are preventable through lifestyle modifications—proper sleep, nutrition, movement, stress management, and minimizing toxin exposure. While genetics may load the gun, our daily choices pull the trigger. Nava helps you take your finger off that trigger to rewrite your health trajectory.
Whether through their seven physical locations or telemedicine services available in 17 states, Nava offers comprehensive care including lab work, personalized supplementation, IV therapy, nutrition counseling, and more. Ready to transform your approach to health? Visit navacenter.com or call 800-762-6282 to discover what true wellness feels like.
Nava Health and Vitality Center
Zach Dancel
34 Farm Vw, Montvale, NJ 07645
(800) 762-6282
Clientsupport@navacenter.com
navacenter.com
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place
where local businesses andneighbors come together.
Here's your host, Doug Rohan.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Everybody, welcome to another episode of the Good
Neighbor Podcast brought to youby the Bergen Neighbors Media
Group.
Today, we are joined by ZachDancel from Nava Health.
Nava Health is a somewhat, Iwould say, novel way or approach
to our health and wellness, andI'd love to welcome you to the
show, zach, and let's talk alittle bit more about Navahealth
.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Yeah, no thanks, doug .
Just to kind of introduceeverybody to Navahealth and who
we are and what we do.
We're a functional, integrativemedical practice where we take
a personalized root causeapproach, where we pair data to
basically focus on our healthand wellness.
Right, you know we go beyondthe traditional model of, you
(00:52):
know, reactive diseasemanagement to how medicine
really should be.
You know where it's beingproactive and preventative and
putting you know longevitymedicine at priority, right, you
know our mission.
Nava's mission is to helppeople live longer, healthier
lives.
You know so in a short frame,you know that's who Nava Health
(01:12):
is.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Yeah, and I love that approach and I think we're
starting to see a little bitmore of an awareness of that, of
being more holistically mindedwhen it comes to our health.
And there's a lot of things,you know, it's not just health,
there's a lot of things inbusiness and other things that
we do that we look at in a moreholistic way.
But I love the approach becausewe're so caught up in managed
(01:35):
medicine these days with youknow the typical practice.
That's owned by a hospitalchain.
They have to see 40, 50patients a day and it's just in
and out, in and out.
You don't know who you're goingto see.
When people ask me, when I fillout a form, you know who's your
primary physician.
They ask me for a name.
I'm like I don't have a name, Ijust have who's ever available
the day I make an appointment.
(01:55):
It could be anybody that worksat this practice.
But you know, let's go back alittle bit.
You're a relatively young guy.
How did you get into thisbusiness?
Why Nava Health?
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Yeah, so my whole life, since I was at a very
young age, four or five yearsold I thought I was always going
to play football.
My dream was to go pro, play inthe NFL.
So that's from a young age, allthe way through college, played
at the University of Maryland,finished my last year at Wake
(02:28):
Forest playing Division Onefootball, got an opportunity to
go out to Green Bay for therookie mini camp and didn't work
out out there and I came backhome.
But also, you know, while goingthrough that process and while
I was in college, you know my,you know my parents have always
been my biggest fans and Istarted to notice, you know, my
(02:53):
mom stopped traveling to mygames, right?
So you know I started havingquestions and you know what was
going on and obviously you knowthem being my parents, right,
trying to protect me, letting mefocus on football, they didn't
really let me in on really whatwas going on as to why she
wasn't traveling.
So about 13, 14 years ago, mymom got sick and did what you
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know regular people do, right,go see your primary care, right?
Um, you know, just wasn'tgetting the answers or wasn't
getting better and so started tosee different specialists and,
you know, basically get gettinggetting the whole work around,
right, you know, oh, you havethis symptom.
I'm going to write thismedication for you, let's see if
that helps out.
Right To where, you know, shewas on 16, 20 different
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medications.
Nothing was working.
She was bedridden, you know.
She couldn't get out of bed,which is why she stopped
traveling.
And so, you know, it got to apoint where the doctors were
just like we're not really surewhat's wrong.
Right, but you know, we canhelp manage, you know, make her
feel more comfortable.
(04:03):
You know, as, basically, youknow, they were putting their
hands up and you know, my dadbasically looked at them and and
said I'm not going to take thatas an answer, right, so
basically he took her, herhealth, into his hands and
basically they, you know, wentout and saw, you know, different
providers, differentspecialists, to try to get
(04:25):
answers, until they finally camein contact with the integrative
doctor who, you know, for thefirst time, was able to say I
think I know what's going on,but before I do anything, you
know we're going to do anin-depth workup, you know, go
really deep into your medicalhistory and before you know,
we're going to make anyrecommendations.
You know, go really deep intoyour medical history and before
you know we're going to make anyrecommendations, you know,
(04:47):
let's take a peek under the hood, right and actually doing
extensive lab work not just yourgeneric annual workup and
finally got those results back.
You know he was able to saythat I know what's wrong.
Here's what we're going to doput together a protocol for her
to.
You know, slowly, work on andslowly but surely, she started
(05:08):
getting better and better andbetter.
Um, you know, through this rootcause medicine, uh, functional
medicine approach and uh, youknow my dad has no medical
background.
You know my whole familydoesn't, until now, obviously.
Um, my dad, my dad, was asuccessful entrepreneur and his
creative mind started thinkingwell, if this helped my wife so
(05:29):
much, why isn't this everywhere?
Why isn't this offered toeverybody?
Why don't more people knowabout this?
So he basically came back to hisexecutive team because they had
a very large debt consolidation.
To his executive team becausethey had a very large debt
consolidation debt managementbusiness that were in 50 states.
(05:50):
They were the leaders of thatindustry and told his executives
we're going away from thisbusiness.
They were doing $200, $250million of revenue a year and he
said we're not doing thatanymore, we're going into
healthcare.
And obviously they all lookedat him like he was insane
because none of them had anymedical experience or medical
background.
But he felt that there was thiscall.
(06:12):
You know that this is what,ultimately, what, what, what
brought him here to today andwhat, what he is supposed to be
doing while he's here with us.
He's here, you know, with us,and so he set out on a mission
to basically, you know, create aplatform in an area that can
truly help deliver healthoutcomes.
So you know, that's really howNAVA was founded and started,
(06:38):
and that doctor is actually ourmedical director today, dr Doug
Lord, still with us today.
He's 87 years old, golfs everyother day but still very active
with NAVA, with our patients.
So you know, I started to kindof catch on to that towards the
later end of my college careerand you know I've always had,
(06:59):
you know, two dreams in life.
One was to go play in the NFL,and once I knew that you know,
football isn't forever right,you know it's, it's for a
certain time period.
And I knew, once I was donewith football, you know, I would
be able to transition to mysecond dream, which was to work
with my dad.
So went out to Green Bay,didn't work out for theirs, came
(07:21):
back home and kind of sataround for a week and you know I
I sat down with him.
I said I'm, I'm, I'm done withfootball and I'm ready to get
into the family business, causeI saw how much benefit that it
brought to mom that you know Iwanted to be a part of something
so powerful and solife-changing, to to be really
(07:42):
be able to help people you knowlive a healthier, longer life.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
You know, and I guess as a football player, you know
you deal with a lot of pain,chronic pain, all the time.
Depending on how long yourcareer is, you know it could be
for the rest of your life thatyou're dealing with chronic pain
.
So what was that like?
Cause I'm going to segue to whyI'm asking this question but
you know you're, you'reobviously a standout high school
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football player, college, andthen you go to tryouts at green
Bay and the pro level and nowyou're.
You know you're like the 1% ofpeople in the world are all
competing spot.
And there was a guy that I wastalking to who actually no, it's
a pro golfer and he wentthrough some brain tumor issues
(08:28):
a couple years ago.
But he was actually a standoutbasketball player and he said I
think he's from Oklahoma and heplayed for the University of
Oklahoma.
But then he realized when hegot to that level that okay, I'm
not going to be in the NBA.
You know I'm good but I'm notthat good and I'm sure you know
it's just a different level.
But I'm using that examplebecause now you started a
(08:49):
healthcare wellness business andyou guys are one of many, many,
many different choices that Ican make, and certainly the ones
that I'm fed through.
You know, the typicaltraditional system is go see my
primary, they write me a scriptand off we go.
So how do you guys become that1%?
(09:12):
And you talked about datadriven.
Walk me through the process ofwhat it's like when I, if I were
to call you guys and step in tothe office, like what, so let's
you know it's kind.
When I, if I were to call youguys and step in to the office,
like what, so let's you know.
It's kind of a two partquestion.
But how are you now going to bein the NFL of healthcare
(09:32):
providers, like, what have youguys done to achieve that?
Speaker 3 (09:36):
Exactly so.
You know we we've tried tocreate it.
You know the the process assimple and streamlined as
possible.
Right, Obviously there's.
You know we have as simple andstreamlined as possible.
Right, obviously there's.
You know we have to be able to,you know, educate our, you know
the people out there about whatwe do.
You know, right, True rootcause medicine.
(09:58):
Right, Because we're up againstthe traditional medical system.
Right, you know which ismassive, what people are just
typically used to when they getsick they go see their primary
care.
Right, you know which ismassive, what people are just
typically used to when they getsick, they go see their primary
care.
Right, so you know we have todo a lot of education in helping
people reframe the way that wethink about health.
Right, you know we shouldn't begoing to the doctor once we
(10:20):
feel sick.
Right, we should be going tothe doctor before we get sick.
Right, because you know that'show you can be proactive and
preventative.
Right, because when you arewaiting around and you're only
doing your typical annual visitwith your doctor, who's only
testing for 19 biomarkers and isgoing to look at those
biomarkers for you know your sixto eight minute visit, you know
(10:40):
where half that time it's justyou know they're just
introducing themselves and youguys are catching up.
You know I don't know whatdoctor can actually do something
in that amount of time.
But then look at your resultsuh, where they're just testing
for simple cbc, cmp is not true,not a true, full, you know,
extensive workup to be able tosay or address any you know
(11:00):
issues but to be able to say,yeah, you know these labs are,
are.
You know, look normal.
You know these labs are, youknow, look normal?
Right, you know these are.
You know you're getting older,right, and these biomarkers look
like they should because you'regetting older.
So it's reframing and helpingeducate clients on how we should
really be.
You know, viewing our medicineto become more of a proactive
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and preventative medicinemindset.
Right, because you knowproactive and preventative
medicine.
It's not a luxury right.
You know that's one of thethings that people think that
you know is a luxury right andthat's one of the things that we
have to debunk that it's not.
(11:45):
Health is everything.
Without health, like what do weactually have?
Right, good health is anecessity.
You know our type of medicineat Nava and you know just
functional medicine in general.
Right Is a necessity.
Every person should be seekinga provider that is trained in
functional medicine.
Who can, you know, do acomprehensive workup every four
months?
Right?
(12:06):
Not once a year?
Every four months, you knowwhere they're able to look under
the hood?
Right, you know?
Because, where we're at rightnow as a society, we are in a
chronic disease pandemic.
Right, chronic diseases areskyrocketing through the roof.
Right?
The US healthcare expenditure,you know, has the highest
expenditure in the world, yetwe're one of the sickest
developed nations.
(12:26):
Right?
$4.5 trillion of healthcare isspent a year and 90% of that is
just spent on managing diseases.
Right?
Just managing, not preventing,you know, not being proactive,
just managing chronic diseaseslike cardiovascular disease,
cancer, metabolic diseases likediabetes or neurodegenerative
(12:48):
diseases like dementia, right,Well, yeah, sorry to interrupt.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
I mean, it's kind of like back in the day you could
buy a TV and still TVs last along time.
But there's something inconsumer products called the
planned absolescence andcompanies realized a while back
that there's more money inmaking things that don't last
forever because you want to keepreselling.
You know a new product.
Why?
(13:13):
Why build something that lastsfor a generation?
You know you're never going toupsell or resell that same
client.
So there's more money intreating the cause than than
than than curing it.
You know, like somebody I knowwith vaccines and things, it's
like polio and measles and allthese things are pretty much
eradicated.
(13:33):
Um, and I think chris rock, youknow stand-up comedian made a
comment like you know when wasthe last time they actually
cured something?
Because there's more money intreating it rather than curing
it.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
So 100 and that you know that's what how the
traditional medicine system isbuilt.
Right, you know a lot of peoplethink the traditional medical
system is is failing.
You know it's failing thepeople, but it's not failing as
a system Right, it wasspecifically designed to get the
outcomes that it gets.
Right.
You know an industry that large.
(14:05):
You know your big farmer, yourbig food, your insurance payers.
You know they're making moreand more profit every single
year and it's being driven offof disease management and sick
care Right.
So one of the things that welike to tell our clients and try
to help with this reframing andthis mindset is you know you
wouldn't expect your carinsurance to pay for your
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service or your tire rotationright, which is how we can
maintain that car's longevity.
Right, but it's there for anemergency right.
It's there for if you get in anaccident right, healthcare
should be treated the same way.
Right, to be proactive andpreventative.
You're going to have to comeout of pocket or you're going to
have to do things you knowdifferently than what you know
your insurance is, you know.
(14:48):
Therefore, right, insurance,health insurance is there for an
emergency right.
Therefore, if you break a boneor you know, hopefully not.
But you know, if you come downwith insurance or something real
serious, you know disease orillness and so it's just
shifting that to helping ourconsumers rethink.
(15:08):
Right, because we have to dosomething different.
Right?
Nothing changes if nothingchanges, right?
So the current healthcaresystem people are just getting
sicker and sicker, and sicker.
You know we can have all theseproblems in life, you know,
until we have a health problem,right, and then we only have one
problem right.
Health isn't just something thatwe have a health problem right
and then we only have oneproblem right.
Health isn't just somethingthat we have.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
It's literally everything you know there's a
famous saying that people don'treally think about until they
are sick, which is you know, ifyou don't have your health, you
know health is everything.
At least you have your health.
That's what people would say ohat least you have your health.
I hurt my back in the gym lastSunday and it was some innocuous
thing.
I think I was actually doingmountain climbers and then I did
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some bent-over rows later onand I knew immediately like it
was probably just aninflammation of disc.
I did things to my back yearsago but it took about a week for
it to alleviate and I knew atthe time.
But, you know, just getting outof a chair I was, I felt like I
was 90 years old because ittook me forever to stand up
straight and, um, you know,luckily I've been here before
(16:14):
and I knew it was going to goaway if I just do the right
things in terms of warming upand stretching and not, you know
, not lifting weights for a week.
Um, but you don't realize how.
And when you have back pain,it's debilitating and you hear
about people who have had backpain.
Luckily I've never had anythingchronic.
But when it has happened andyou can't walk or you can't move
, I mean it's.
It's one of those things thatnow I appreciate it.
(16:35):
So a lot of times, people, youknow, when you say we should
have your health, it just seemsto roll off your you know, roll
off your shoulders because youdon't really think about it
until you're not healthy.
Speaker 3 (16:44):
Yeah, there's this really good quote that I really
like.
That says basically health is acrown that the healthy wear but
only the sick can see.
Right.
Yeah, yeah, so it's literally,it's true, you don't notice
until it happens, right?
But again, this is where wehave to kind of reframe and
reshift the mindset of how weview health and wellness.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
So you say you have to re shift the mindset and you
mentioned education.
So I would imagine that's thetoughest part of what you do,
because we have this culturalmindset of you know where we see
these pharmaceutical ads everysingle day.
Yeah, so we have this culturalmindset of I go see the doctor
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when I'm not feeling good andthey give me a pill and then I
feel better, whereas you know,when you people talk about, well
, lifestyle change, you know thebest way to you know to feel
better is to exercise, andgetting that lifestyle change is
not easy.
Everybody wants a quick fix.
It's the same way marketingeverybody wants likes and and
clicks and they want to see thatimmediate gratification.
(17:52):
And I always talk about aholistic approach to marketing
and how it's people finding themin different places and how
it's building up familiarity.
And you can't you can't messwith mother nature.
The human brain works in acertain way when it comes to
remembering and memory and trustand all that, but everybody
wants that quick.
So what is your challenge interms of educating people on
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what the benefits of functionalmedicine is and then what you
guys provide, because you alsohave have.
You know, you have a non-memberand a membership.
So it's sort of like concierge,I guess, is another way of
saying it.
Yeah, so what?
What are the challenges andwhat are you guys doing to
educate the?
And and let's also back up asecond so you have a location in
montvale, new jersey, in bergencounty, but you're not just in
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bergen county, you're not justin new jersey, right, correct?
Speaker 3 (18:41):
no, we in New Jersey, right, correct?
No, we.
We started our first locationin Columbia, maryland, about 11
years ago.
We then expanded throughout theDC Maryland Virginia area where
we have four locations now twoin Maryland, two in Northern
Virginia, we have the one up inMount Vale, new Jersey, and then
we have two in South Florida.
We have the one up in MountVale, new Jersey, and then we
have two in South Florida.
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You know our plan is to startexpanding into additional states
and slowly make our way acrossthe nation to where we can have
actual physical brick andmortars.
But you know one thing that youknow, that I want you know,
your viewers and other viewersto understand, is that you know,
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in this day and age, in themodern era, right, you don't
have to live by location to cometo Lava or to be seen by our
functional medicine experts.
You know, through telemedicine,right, you know.
Obviously you know that becamehuge during COVID, but you know
we were actually doingtelemedicine two years before
COVID even came, just foroperational efficiencies and and
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making it easier to continue tobe innovative for our clients,
to to help make their lifeeasier.
Right, because you know everystep of the way and what we do
we consider as part of thehealing process.
Right, just them going to ourwebsite, them calling into our
call center, them not having tocome to a location all the time,
um just allows them to giveback more time, you know, at
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work or with their friends andfamily.
Um, so you know, I say that we,you don't have to live close by
a location.
We're licensed in 17 states, uhand counting, and we're going to
continue to just continue toadd more to be able to help, you
know, clients get, you know,get the answers that they need
and to be proactive andpreventative so we're able to do
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everything through telemedicine.
We'll send you to your closestLabCorp because we're partnered
with LabCorp through, you know,with our process and then
anything that you might needprograms, medications you know,
our medications all come througha compounding pharmacy.
You know where we're ensuringthe quality, but also we can get
very specific with the dose andthe strength to be personalized
(20:54):
, right, you know, one of thethings that is different from
traditional medicine tofunctional medicine is that it
is personalized medicine.
It is not a one size fits allmodel, so it's very engineered
and detailed to the individual,right?
So me and you can both be onthe same medication, but your
strength is going to be adifferent strength than mine or
the same supplement, so we cando all of that through
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telemedicine and just ship it toyou.
So we're in 17 states that wecan see clients in and we're
going to keep adding more, aswell as adding more of the brick
and mortar, so that clients cancome in and experience the full
offerings of what we bring tothe table.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
That's great and aside from the, let's look at, I
mean the term, functionalmedicine, functional health.
You guys also provide, which isan offshoot of that certainly
nutrition, but then things likeaesthetics, iv therapy.
You have massage therapists.
So how does?
(21:54):
Was that always part of themodel or did that kind of grow
from a need and kind of anopportunity that you guys saw?
Speaker 3 (22:04):
So I would say everything was a part of the
model other than aesthetics tobegin with.
Functional integrative medicineright, integrative medicine
isn't just focusing on one areaor one aspect of health right,
it is focusing on the full body,right.
So you know, not only is it,you know doing labs meeting with
the full body, right, so youknow, not only is it, you know
doing labs meeting with provider, you know going over, you know
(22:26):
the different compoundedmedications or the different
programs, the supplements right,but it's everything else.
It's the nutrition, right.
You know we are what we eat,right, the food that we're
putting in our mouth, makingsure that it's organic and whole
foods are as clean as possibleto limit the toxic exposure that
we have.
That can be a lot of theindicators or causes of, you
(22:51):
know, the increase in chronicillness.
So you know offering the IVsright, not everybody can, you
know, not everyone likes takingpills.
But also just the deliverymechanism Right, you know.
Getting an IV, you're gettingthose, those vitamins and those
antioxidants, 100 percentabsorbed because it's going
directly into the bloodstreamversus someone who you know
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taking orally.
It has to go to the digestivesystem, be broken down.
What we put, you know through,you know, our mouth, you know,
is about.
You know, we're only able toutilize 20 to 30 percent of that
because of everything that hasto go through for then our body
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to then use and for nourishmentand then obviously, just the
full picture.
Right, we offer massage, weoffer acupuncture to be able to
fully integrate and treat thefull body, right.
But then what came along, youknow, shortly after, you know,
was aesthetics, right, you knowthe people that are coming to us
.
They started feeling better andyou know, then they started
asking questions.
Well, you know, I'm feelingbetter, I want to start looking
better, right?
(23:55):
So, you know that.
You know, with a lot of theadvancements in the technology
on the aesthetic side, you knowthe, the RF microneedling, prp.
You know Emsculpt Neo, whereyou know it's, it's not just
about the aesthetics of muscle,right, it's the functional.
You know the muscle is is ourlongevity organ right, the lean
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muscle mass right.
So to to be able to help justprovide people with different
tools to to be able to be ableto optimize our health is kind
of how we brought everythingtogether to offer that one-stop
shop.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
So since the title of this podcast is Good Neighbor
Podcast Bergen, let's focus alittle bit more on Montvale.
How long have you guys beenopen?
Speaker 3 (24:39):
Yeah, so we've been open.
I want to say we opened June ormaybe May of last year.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (24:46):
So we're coming up on a year.
Great location right next tothe Wegmans and the First Watch
over in DiCaprio Farms.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
I ate at First Watch for the first time a couple
weeks ago.
It was great.
Speaker 3 (24:59):
Yeah, I don't know how new it is, but it's a newer
shopping center right there.
They're putting beersrestaurants and shopping all
around there, so a greatlocation to be in that area.
You know it's definitely.
You know that environment isthat health and wellness mindset
right.
They have all the differentboutique fitness studios, so
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it's a great area for us.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
Yeah, so what I know?
We've touched on a lot ofdifferent things.
Is there anything else?
Because we'll have to come backand do some maybe specific
talks about maybe hormoneimbalance or regenerative
therapies or functionalnutrition.
But is there anything thatyou'd just like to, you know,
get across to the listenerstoday that we haven't touched on
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already?
Speaker 3 (25:51):
Yeah, you know, I would say you know just.
You know, in the era that we'rein, health and wellness, right,
it doesn't just have to beabout seeing a functional
medicine provider.
Or you know spending.
You know hundreds of thousandsof dollars on supplements that
you've seen on social media.
You know three of the mostimportant things that we can all
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do for ourselves that you knowdon't cost much of anything are,
you know, prioritizing oursleep.
You know our nutrition.
You know getting movement,doing exercise.
You know the.
You've heard of the Paretoprinciple, right, you know where
20% of the work drives 80% ofthe results.
So, in health, right, 20% ofour habits like sleep, diet and
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exercise, can drive 80% of ouroverall wellness.
So you know it's.
It doesn't have to come at it ata monetary expense to to start
working on these things changingyour diet, changing your
lifestyle Right, because youknow one thing that I would love
for your viewers to understandyou know although you know
chronic disease is skyrocketingRight, most of those chronic
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diseases are preventable, right,and it's preventable through
our lifestyle, right.
You know, one of the thingsthat we like to say is you know,
the genetics are the gun, right, but our epigenetics is how
those genetics get expressed.
Right, those are the bulletsand our daily lifestyle choices,
our diet, our sleep, our stress, the toxin exposure and
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movement.
You know that's the trigger,you know.
And finding a company orfunctional medicine practice
like Nava, you know, we're goingto help you take your finger
off that trigger to basicallyrewrite the trajectory of your
health.
Speaker 2 (27:29):
That's great.
That's great, I love.
I love the mission, zach, and,as I said, we're going to have
to have you back on and talkabout some more specific topics,
but thank you very much.
So let's just go through theexact address of where you're
located and how people reach you.
I mean, Nava Center.
com is the website, and you canalso just type in, if you're in
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Bergen County, navas Center, andthen the Montvale location will
come up.
But where are you?
What's the address, what's thephone number there for people to
reach?
Speaker 3 (27:57):
So Nava Center.
com will have you know, that'sour website.
You can view more informationabout what we do, what we offer.
Um, it will have our locations,our phone numbers where you can
reach us at.
Uh, but just to give it to yourviewers here, um, in montvale,
the address is the shops atdeporio, deporio, depiero dep.
Speaker 2 (28:19):
Yeah, it was a really great farm.
That whole shopping center wasa big farm.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
Okay, well, that's why everything's fine, because
then our address is 34 Farm View, montpelier, new Jersey, and
our phone number you can reachus at 800-762-6282.
Speaker 2 (28:42):
And, for those that don't know, it's really on Grand
Avenue, right before you orright after you get by the
Garden State Parkway, so it'svery convenient, even if you
don't live in Northern BergenCounty.
It's right off the Garden Stateand there are a lot of shops
there, as you said.
So there's many things to do ifyou guys make the trip to Nava
Health.
So, zach, thanks very much forbeing on the show we're going to
have, we're going to have Chucktake us out and you and I'll be
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right back.
All right, thanks, doug.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
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Here's your host, Doug Rohan.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Everybody, welcome to another episode of the Good
Neighbor Podcast brought to youby the Bergen Neighbors Media
Group.
Today, we are joined by ZachDancel from Nava Health.
Nava Health is a somewhat, Iwould say, novel way or approach
to our health and wellness, andI'd love to welcome you to the
show, zach, and let's talk alittle bit more about Navahealth
.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Yeah, no thanks, doug .
Just to kind of introduceeverybody to Navahealth and who
we are and what we do.
We're a functional, integrativemedical practice where we take
a personalized root causeapproach, where we pair data to
basically focus on our healthand wellness.
Right, you know we go beyondthe traditional model of, you
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know, reactive diseasemanagement to how medicine
really should be.
You know where it's beingproactive and preventative and
putting you know longevitymedicine at priority, right, you
know our mission.
Nava's mission is to helppeople live longer, healthier
lives.
You know so in a short frame,you know that's who Nava Health
(01:12):
is.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Yeah, and I love that approach and I think we're
starting to see a little bitmore of an awareness of that, of
being more holistically mindedwhen it comes to our health.
And there's a lot of things,you know, it's not just health,
there's a lot of things inbusiness and other things that
we do that we look at in a moreholistic way.
But I love the approach becausewe're so caught up in managed
(01:35):
medicine these days with youknow the typical practice.
That's owned by a hospitalchain.
They have to see 40, 50patients a day and it's just in
and out, in and out.
You don't know who you're goingto see.
When people ask me, when I fillout a form, you know who's your
primary physician.
They ask me for a name.
I'm like I don't have a name, Ijust have who's ever available
the day I make an appointment.
(01:55):
It could be anybody that worksat this practice.
But you know, let's go back alittle bit.
You're a relatively young guy.
How did you get into thisbusiness?
Why Nava Health?
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Yeah, so my whole life, since I was at a very
young age, four or five yearsold I thought I was always going
to play football.
My dream was to go pro, play inthe NFL.
So that's from a young age, allthe way through college, played
at the University of Maryland,finished my last year at Wake
(02:28):
Forest playing Division Onefootball, got an opportunity to
go out to Green Bay for therookie mini camp and didn't work
out out there and I came backhome.
But also, you know, while goingthrough that process and while
I was in college, you know my,you know my parents have always
been my biggest fans and Istarted to notice, you know, my
(02:53):
mom stopped traveling to mygames, right?
So you know I started havingquestions and you know what was
going on and obviously you knowthem being my parents, right,
trying to protect me, letting mefocus on football, they didn't
really let me in on really whatwas going on as to why she
wasn't traveling.
So about 13, 14 years ago, mymom got sick and did what you
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know regular people do, right,go see your primary care, right?
Um, you know, just wasn'tgetting the answers or wasn't
getting better and so started tosee different specialists and,
you know, basically get gettinggetting the whole work around,
right, you know, oh, you havethis symptom.
I'm going to write thismedication for you, let's see if
that helps out.
Right To where, you know, shewas on 16, 20 different
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medications.
Nothing was working.
She was bedridden, you know.
She couldn't get out of bed,which is why she stopped
traveling.
And so, you know, it got to apoint where the doctors were
just like we're not really surewhat's wrong.
Right, but you know, we canhelp manage, you know, make her
feel more comfortable.
(04:03):
You know, as, basically, youknow, they were putting their
hands up and you know, my dadbasically looked at them and and
said I'm not going to take thatas an answer, right, so
basically he took her, herhealth, into his hands and
basically they, you know, wentout and saw, you know, different
providers, differentspecialists, to try to get
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answers, until they finally camein contact with the integrative
doctor who, you know, for thefirst time, was able to say I
think I know what's going on,but before I do anything, you
know we're going to do anin-depth workup, you know, go
really deep into your medicalhistory and before you know,
we're going to make anyrecommendations.
You know, go really deep intoyour medical history and before
you know we're going to make anyrecommendations, you know,
(04:47):
let's take a peek under the hood, right and actually doing
extensive lab work not just yourgeneric annual workup and
finally got those results back.
You know he was able to saythat I know what's wrong.
Here's what we're going to doput together a protocol for her
to.
You know, slowly, work on andslowly but surely, she started
(05:08):
getting better and better andbetter.
Um, you know, through this rootcause medicine, uh, functional
medicine approach and uh, youknow my dad has no medical
background.
You know my whole familydoesn't, until now, obviously.
Um, my dad, my dad, was asuccessful entrepreneur and his
creative mind started thinkingwell, if this helped my wife so
(05:29):
much, why isn't this everywhere?
Why isn't this offered toeverybody?
Why don't more people knowabout this?
So he basically came back to hisexecutive team because they had
a very large debt consolidation.
To his executive team becausethey had a very large debt
consolidation debt managementbusiness that were in 50 states.
(05:50):
They were the leaders of thatindustry and told his executives
we're going away from thisbusiness.
They were doing $200, $250million of revenue a year and he
said we're not doing thatanymore, we're going into
healthcare.
And obviously they all lookedat him like he was insane
because none of them had anymedical experience or medical
background.
But he felt that there was thiscall.
(06:12):
You know that this is what,ultimately, what, what, what
brought him here to today andwhat, what he is supposed to be
doing while he's here with us.
He's here, you know, with us,and so he set out on a mission
to basically, you know, create aplatform in an area that can
truly help deliver healthoutcomes.
So you know, that's really howNAVA was founded and started,
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and that doctor is actually ourmedical director today, dr Doug
Lord, still with us today.
He's 87 years old, golfs everyother day but still very active
with NAVA, with our patients.
So you know, I started to kindof catch on to that towards the
later end of my college careerand you know I've always had,
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you know, two dreams in life.
One was to go play in the NFL,and once I knew that you know,
football isn't forever right,you know it's, it's for a
certain time period.
And I knew, once I was donewith football, you know, I would
be able to transition to mysecond dream, which was to work
with my dad.
So went out to Green Bay,didn't work out for theirs, came
(07:21):
back home and kind of sataround for a week and you know I
I sat down with him.
I said I'm, I'm, I'm done withfootball and I'm ready to get
into the family business, causeI saw how much benefit that it
brought to mom that you know Iwanted to be a part of something
so powerful and solife-changing, to to be really
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be able to help people you knowlive a healthier, longer life.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
You know, and I guess as a football player, you know
you deal with a lot of pain,chronic pain, all the time.
Depending on how long yourcareer is, you know it could be
for the rest of your life thatyou're dealing with chronic pain
.
So what was that like?
Cause I'm going to segue to whyI'm asking this question but
you know you're, you'reobviously a standout high school
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football player, college, andthen you go to tryouts at green
Bay and the pro level and nowyou're.
You know you're like the 1% ofpeople in the world are all
competing spot.
And there was a guy that I wastalking to who actually no, it's
a pro golfer and he wentthrough some brain tumor issues
(08:28):
a couple years ago.
But he was actually a standoutbasketball player and he said I
think he's from Oklahoma and heplayed for the University of
Oklahoma.
But then he realized when hegot to that level that okay, I'm
not going to be in the NBA.
You know I'm good but I'm notthat good and I'm sure you know
it's just a different level.
But I'm using that examplebecause now you started a
(08:49):
healthcare wellness business andyou guys are one of many, many,
many different choices that Ican make, and certainly the ones
that I'm fed through.
You know, the typicaltraditional system is go see my
primary, they write me a scriptand off we go.
So how do you guys become that1%?
(09:12):
And you talked about datadriven.
Walk me through the process ofwhat it's like when I, if I were
to call you guys and step in tothe office, like what, so let's
you know it's kind.
When I, if I were to call youguys and step in to the office,
like what, so let's you know.
It's kind of a two partquestion.
But how are you now going to bein the NFL of healthcare
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providers, like, what have youguys done to achieve that?
Speaker 3 (09:36):
Exactly so.
You know we we've tried tocreate it.
You know the the process assimple and streamlined as
possible.
Right, Obviously there's.
You know we have as simple andstreamlined as possible.
Right, obviously there's.
You know we have to be able to,you know, educate our, you know
the people out there about whatwe do.
You know, right, True rootcause medicine.
(09:58):
Right, Because we're up againstthe traditional medical system.
Right, you know which ismassive, what people are just
typically used to when they getsick they go see their primary
care.
Right, you know which ismassive, what people are just
typically used to when they getsick, they go see their primary
care.
Right, so you know we have todo a lot of education in helping
people reframe the way that wethink about health.
Right, you know we shouldn't begoing to the doctor once we
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feel sick.
Right, we should be going tothe doctor before we get sick.
Right, because you know that'show you can be proactive and
preventative.
Right, because when you arewaiting around and you're only
doing your typical annual visitwith your doctor, who's only
testing for 19 biomarkers and isgoing to look at those
biomarkers for you know your sixto eight minute visit, you know
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where half that time it's justyou know they're just
introducing themselves and youguys are catching up.
You know I don't know whatdoctor can actually do something
in that amount of time.
But then look at your resultsuh, where they're just testing
for simple cbc, cmp is not true,not a true, full, you know,
extensive workup to be able tosay or address any you know
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issues but to be able to say,yeah, you know these labs are,
are.
You know, look normal.
You know these labs are, youknow, look normal?
Right, you know these are.
You know you're getting older,right, and these biomarkers look
like they should because you'regetting older.
So it's reframing and helpingeducate clients on how we should
really be.
You know, viewing our medicineto become more of a proactive
(11:23):
and preventative medicinemindset.
Right, because you knowproactive and preventative
medicine.
It's not a luxury right.
You know that's one of thethings that people think that
you know is a luxury right andthat's one of the things that we
have to debunk that it's not.
(11:45):
Health is everything.
Without health, like what do weactually have?
Right, good health is anecessity.
You know our type of medicineat Nava and you know just
functional medicine in general.
Right Is a necessity.
Every person should be seekinga provider that is trained in
functional medicine.
Who can, you know, do acomprehensive workup every four
months?
Right?
(12:06):
Not once a year?
Every four months, you knowwhere they're able to look under
the hood?
Right, you know?
Because, where we're at rightnow as a society, we are in a
chronic disease pandemic.
Right, chronic diseases areskyrocketing through the roof.
Right?
The US healthcare expenditure,you know, has the highest
expenditure in the world, yetwe're one of the sickest
developed nations.
(12:26):
Right?
$4.5 trillion of healthcare isspent a year and 90% of that is
just spent on managing diseases.
Right?
Just managing, not preventing,you know, not being proactive,
just managing chronic diseaseslike cardiovascular disease,
cancer, metabolic diseases likediabetes or neurodegenerative
(12:48):
diseases like dementia, right,Well, yeah, sorry to interrupt.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
I mean, it's kind of like back in the day you could
buy a TV and still TVs last along time.
But there's something inconsumer products called the
planned absolescence andcompanies realized a while back
that there's more money inmaking things that don't last
forever because you want to keepreselling.
You know a new product.
Why?
(13:13):
Why build something that lastsfor a generation?
You know you're never going toupsell or resell that same
client.
So there's more money intreating the cause than than
than than curing it.
You know, like somebody I knowwith vaccines and things, it's
like polio and measles and allthese things are pretty much
eradicated.
(13:33):
Um, and I think chris rock, youknow stand-up comedian made a
comment like you know when wasthe last time they actually
cured something?
Because there's more money intreating it rather than curing
it.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
So 100 and that you know that's what how the
traditional medicine system isbuilt.
Right, you know a lot of peoplethink the traditional medical
system is is failing.
You know it's failing thepeople, but it's not failing as
a system Right, it wasspecifically designed to get the
outcomes that it gets.
Right.
You know an industry that large.
(14:05):
You know your big farmer, yourbig food, your insurance payers.
You know they're making moreand more profit every single
year and it's being driven offof disease management and sick
care Right.
So one of the things that welike to tell our clients and try
to help with this reframing andthis mindset is you know you
wouldn't expect your carinsurance to pay for your
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service or your tire rotationright, which is how we can
maintain that car's longevity.
Right, but it's there for anemergency right.
It's there for if you get in anaccident right, healthcare
should be treated the same way.
Right, to be proactive andpreventative.
You're going to have to comeout of pocket or you're going to
have to do things you knowdifferently than what you know
your insurance is, you know.
(14:48):
Therefore, right, insurance,health insurance is there for an
emergency right.
Therefore, if you break a boneor you know, hopefully not.
But you know, if you come downwith insurance or something real
serious, you know disease orillness and so it's just
shifting that to helping ourconsumers rethink.
(15:08):
Right, because we have to dosomething different.
Right?
Nothing changes if nothingchanges, right?
So the current healthcaresystem people are just getting
sicker and sicker, and sicker.
You know we can have all theseproblems in life, you know,
until we have a health problem,right, and then we only have one
problem right.
Health isn't just something thatwe have a health problem right
and then we only have oneproblem right.
Health isn't just somethingthat we have.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
It's literally everything you know there's a
famous saying that people don'treally think about until they
are sick, which is you know, ifyou don't have your health, you
know health is everything.
At least you have your health.
That's what people would say ohat least you have your health.
I hurt my back in the gym lastSunday and it was some innocuous
thing.
I think I was actually doingmountain climbers and then I did
(15:51):
some bent-over rows later onand I knew immediately like it
was probably just aninflammation of disc.
I did things to my back yearsago but it took about a week for
it to alleviate and I knew atthe time.
But, you know, just getting outof a chair I was, I felt like I
was 90 years old because ittook me forever to stand up
straight and, um, you know,luckily I've been here before
(16:14):
and I knew it was going to goaway if I just do the right
things in terms of warming upand stretching and not, you know
, not lifting weights for a week.
Um, but you don't realize how.
And when you have back pain,it's debilitating and you hear
about people who have had backpain.
Luckily I've never had anythingchronic.
But when it has happened andyou can't walk or you can't move
, I mean it's.
It's one of those things thatnow I appreciate it.
(16:35):
So a lot of times, people, youknow, when you say we should
have your health, it just seemsto roll off your you know, roll
off your shoulders because youdon't really think about it
until you're not healthy.
Speaker 3 (16:44):
Yeah, there's this really good quote that I really
like.
That says basically health is acrown that the healthy wear but
only the sick can see.
Right.
Yeah, yeah, so it's literally,it's true, you don't notice
until it happens, right?
But again, this is where wehave to kind of reframe and
reshift the mindset of how weview health and wellness.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
So you say you have to re shift the mindset and you
mentioned education.
So I would imagine that's thetoughest part of what you do,
because we have this culturalmindset of you know where we see
these pharmaceutical ads everysingle day.
Yeah, so we have this culturalmindset of I go see the doctor
(17:30):
when I'm not feeling good andthey give me a pill and then I
feel better, whereas you know,when you people talk about, well
, lifestyle change, you know thebest way to you know to feel
better is to exercise, andgetting that lifestyle change is
not easy.
Everybody wants a quick fix.
It's the same way marketingeverybody wants likes and and
clicks and they want to see thatimmediate gratification.
(17:52):
And I always talk about aholistic approach to marketing
and how it's people finding themin different places and how
it's building up familiarity.
And you can't you can't messwith mother nature.
The human brain works in acertain way when it comes to
remembering and memory and trustand all that, but everybody
wants that quick.
So what is your challenge interms of educating people on
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what the benefits of functionalmedicine is and then what you
guys provide, because you alsohave have.
You know, you have a non-memberand a membership.
So it's sort of like concierge,I guess, is another way of
saying it.
Yeah, so what?
What are the challenges andwhat are you guys doing to
educate the?
And and let's also back up asecond so you have a location in
montvale, new jersey, in bergencounty, but you're not just in
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bergen county, you're not justin new jersey, right, correct?
Speaker 3 (18:41):
no, we in New Jersey, right, correct?
No, we.
We started our first locationin Columbia, maryland, about 11
years ago.
We then expanded throughout theDC Maryland Virginia area where
we have four locations now twoin Maryland, two in Northern
Virginia, we have the one up inMount Vale, new Jersey, and then
we have two in South Florida.
We have the one up in MountVale, new Jersey, and then we
have two in South Florida.
(19:02):
You know our plan is to startexpanding into additional states
and slowly make our way acrossthe nation to where we can have
actual physical brick andmortars.
But you know one thing that youknow, that I want you know,
your viewers and other viewersto understand, is that you know,
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in this day and age, in themodern era, right, you don't
have to live by location to cometo Lava or to be seen by our
functional medicine experts.
You know, through telemedicine,right, you know.
Obviously you know that becamehuge during COVID, but you know
we were actually doingtelemedicine two years before
COVID even came, just foroperational efficiencies and and
(19:46):
making it easier to continue tobe innovative for our clients,
to to help make their lifeeasier.
Right, because you know everystep of the way and what we do
we consider as part of thehealing process.
Right, just them going to ourwebsite, them calling into our
call center, them not having tocome to a location all the time,
um just allows them to giveback more time, you know, at
(20:10):
work or with their friends andfamily.
Um, so you know, I say that we,you don't have to live close by
a location.
We're licensed in 17 states, uhand counting, and we're going to
continue to just continue toadd more to be able to help, you
know, clients get, you know,get the answers that they need
and to be proactive andpreventative so we're able to do
(20:32):
everything through telemedicine.
We'll send you to your closestLabCorp because we're partnered
with LabCorp through, you know,with our process and then
anything that you might needprograms, medications you know,
our medications all come througha compounding pharmacy.
You know where we're ensuringthe quality, but also we can get
very specific with the dose andthe strength to be personalized
(20:54):
, right, you know, one of thethings that is different from
traditional medicine tofunctional medicine is that it
is personalized medicine.
It is not a one size fits allmodel, so it's very engineered
and detailed to the individual,right?
So me and you can both be onthe same medication, but your
strength is going to be adifferent strength than mine or
the same supplement, so we cando all of that through
(21:16):
telemedicine and just ship it toyou.
So we're in 17 states that wecan see clients in and we're
going to keep adding more, aswell as adding more of the brick
and mortar, so that clients cancome in and experience the full
offerings of what we bring tothe table.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
That's great and aside from the, let's look at, I
mean the term, functionalmedicine, functional health.
You guys also provide, which isan offshoot of that certainly
nutrition, but then things likeaesthetics, iv therapy.
You have massage therapists.
So how does?
(21:54):
Was that always part of themodel or did that kind of grow
from a need and kind of anopportunity that you guys saw?
Speaker 3 (22:04):
So I would say everything was a part of the
model other than aesthetics tobegin with.
Functional integrative medicineright, integrative medicine
isn't just focusing on one areaor one aspect of health right,
it is focusing on the full body,right.
So you know, not only is it,you know doing labs meeting with
the full body, right, so youknow, not only is it, you know
doing labs meeting with provider, you know going over, you know
(22:26):
the different compoundedmedications or the different
programs, the supplements right,but it's everything else.
It's the nutrition, right.
You know we are what we eat,right, the food that we're
putting in our mouth, makingsure that it's organic and whole
foods are as clean as possibleto limit the toxic exposure that
we have.
That can be a lot of theindicators or causes of, you
(22:51):
know, the increase in chronicillness.
So you know offering the IVsright, not everybody can, you
know, not everyone likes takingpills.
But also just the deliverymechanism Right, you know.
Getting an IV, you're gettingthose, those vitamins and those
antioxidants, 100 percentabsorbed because it's going
directly into the bloodstreamversus someone who you know
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taking orally.
It has to go to the digestivesystem, be broken down.
What we put, you know through,you know, our mouth, you know,
is about.
You know, we're only able toutilize 20 to 30 percent of that
because of everything that hasto go through for then our body
(23:34):
to then use and for nourishmentand then obviously, just the
full picture.
Right, we offer massage, weoffer acupuncture to be able to
fully integrate and treat thefull body, right.
But then what came along, youknow, shortly after, you know,
was aesthetics, right, you knowthe people that are coming to us
.
They started feeling better andyou know, then they started
asking questions.
Well, you know, I'm feelingbetter, I want to start looking
better, right?
(23:55):
So, you know that.
You know, with a lot of theadvancements in the technology
on the aesthetic side, you knowthe, the RF microneedling, prp.
You know Emsculpt Neo, whereyou know it's, it's not just
about the aesthetics of muscle,right, it's the functional.
You know the muscle is is ourlongevity organ right, the lean
(24:15):
muscle mass right.
So to to be able to help justprovide people with different
tools to to be able to be ableto optimize our health is kind
of how we brought everythingtogether to offer that one-stop
shop.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
So since the title of this podcast is Good Neighbor
Podcast Bergen, let's focus alittle bit more on Montvale.
How long have you guys beenopen?
Speaker 3 (24:39):
Yeah, so we've been open.
I want to say we opened June ormaybe May of last year.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (24:46):
So we're coming up on a year.
Great location right next tothe Wegmans and the First Watch
over in DiCaprio Farms.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
I ate at First Watch for the first time a couple
weeks ago.
It was great.
Speaker 3 (24:59):
Yeah, I don't know how new it is, but it's a newer
shopping center right there.
They're putting beersrestaurants and shopping all
around there, so a greatlocation to be in that area.
You know it's definitely.
You know that environment isthat health and wellness mindset
right.
They have all the differentboutique fitness studios, so
(25:23):
it's a great area for us.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
Yeah, so what I know?
We've touched on a lot ofdifferent things.
Is there anything else?
Because we'll have to come backand do some maybe specific
talks about maybe hormoneimbalance or regenerative
therapies or functionalnutrition.
But is there anything thatyou'd just like to, you know,
get across to the listenerstoday that we haven't touched on
(25:47):
already?
Speaker 3 (25:51):
Yeah, you know, I would say you know just.
You know, in the era that we'rein, health and wellness, right,
it doesn't just have to beabout seeing a functional
medicine provider.
Or you know spending.
You know hundreds of thousandsof dollars on supplements that
you've seen on social media.
You know three of the mostimportant things that we can all
(26:11):
do for ourselves that you knowdon't cost much of anything are,
you know, prioritizing oursleep.
You know our nutrition.
You know getting movement,doing exercise.
You know the.
You've heard of the Paretoprinciple, right, you know where
20% of the work drives 80% ofthe results.
So, in health, right, 20% ofour habits like sleep, diet and
(26:33):
exercise, can drive 80% of ouroverall wellness.
So you know it's.
It doesn't have to come at it ata monetary expense to to start
working on these things changingyour diet, changing your
lifestyle Right, because youknow one thing that I would love
for your viewers to understandyou know although you know
chronic disease is skyrocketingRight, most of those chronic
(26:56):
diseases are preventable, right,and it's preventable through
our lifestyle, right.
You know, one of the thingsthat we like to say is you know,
the genetics are the gun, right, but our epigenetics is how
those genetics get expressed.
Right, those are the bulletsand our daily lifestyle choices,
our diet, our sleep, our stress, the toxin exposure and
(27:16):
movement.
You know that's the trigger,you know.
And finding a company orfunctional medicine practice
like Nava, you know, we're goingto help you take your finger
off that trigger to basicallyrewrite the trajectory of your
health.
Speaker 2 (27:29):
That's great.
That's great, I love.
I love the mission, zach, and,as I said, we're going to have
to have you back on and talkabout some more specific topics,
but thank you very much.
So let's just go through theexact address of where you're
located and how people reach you.
I mean, Nava Center.
com is the website, and you canalso just type in, if you're in
(27:49):
Bergen County, navas Center, andthen the Montvale location will
come up.
But where are you?
What's the address, what's thephone number there for people to
reach?
Speaker 3 (27:57):
So Nava Center.
com will have you know, that'sour website.
You can view more informationabout what we do, what we offer.
Um, it will have our locations,our phone numbers where you can
reach us at.
Uh, but just to give it to yourviewers here, um, in montvale,
the address is the shops atdeporio, deporio, depiero dep.
Speaker 2 (28:19):
Yeah, it was a really great farm.
That whole shopping center wasa big farm.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
Okay, well, that's why everything's fine, because
then our address is 34 Farm View, montpelier, new Jersey, and
our phone number you can reachus at 800-762-6282.
Speaker 2 (28:42):
And, for those that don't know, it's really on Grand
Avenue, right before you orright after you get by the
Garden State Parkway, so it'svery convenient, even if you
don't live in Northern BergenCounty.
It's right off the Garden Stateand there are a lot of shops
there, as you said.
So there's many things to do ifyou guys make the trip to Nava
Health.
So, zach, thanks very much forbeing on the show we're going to
have, we're going to have Chucktake us out and you and I'll be
(29:04):
right back.
All right, thanks, doug.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
Thank you for listening to the good neighbor
podcast.
To nominate your favorite localbusinesses to be featured on
the show, go to gnpbergen.
com.
That's gnpbergen.
com, or call 201-298-8325.
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