Managing your weight can take more than diet and exercise alone, sometimes it takes a coordinated plan, real accountability, and someone tracking your progress week to week. Central Park Naturopathic in Burnaby offers a medically supervised weight loss program built around exactly that: weekly visits, a structured diet, and a prescription component, all overseen by Dr. Rod Santos, ND, who has run this program since 2003.

The program starts with a comprehensive blood panel, checking thyroid function, liver function, kidney function, electrolytes, and anemia markers. Any results outside normal range are addressed with supplementation or medication as part of your plan.

From there, the program runs on a weekly cadence:

- Weekly visits with Dr. Santos to review progress and adjust your plan
- A prescription component, administered by injection, with dosage reviewed at each visit
- A structured diet plan: a calorie-restricted, lower-carbohydrate approach built around whole foods and vegetables

Because you're seen weekly, adjustments happen in real time rather than waiting weeks between check-ins.

Dr. Santos has practiced naturopathic medicine in Burnaby since 2003. He holds a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine degree from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine and a B.Sc. in Microbiology from the University of British Columbia. He is a member in good standing of the College of Naturopathic Physicians of BC (CNPBC) and serves as an assessor on the College's quality assurance committee.