Feel Like Yourself Again
Root-cause care for weight loss, hormones, thyroid, and gut health personalized to your body, your labs, and your goals.
TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY
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FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE
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WOMENS HEALTH
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HORMONE HEALTH
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WEIGHT LOSS AND METABOLIC HEALTH
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GUT HEALTH
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THYROID HEALTH
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MEN'S HEALTH
TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY - FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE - WOMENS HEALTH - HORMONE HEALTH - WEIGHT LOSS AND METABOLIC HEALTH - GUT HEALTH - THYROID HEALTH - MEN'S HEALTH
A More Thoughtful Approach
If you’ve been feeling unlike yourself, exhausted, stuck, or struggling with symptoms that keep getting explained away, you’re not alone. There is often more to the story.
Fatigue, weight changes, hormone shifts, brain fog, poor sleep, digestive concerns, and feeling “off” are rarely isolated problems. More often, they’re connected. And when you start looking at the full picture, things can begin to make sense.
Most patients have already been told their labs are “normal.” They’ve been told it’s stress, aging, hormones, or something they simply have to live with. I don’t think that’s enough.
My approach combines conventional medical training with functional and integrative principles to look beyond isolated symptoms and help patients better understand the bigger picture of their health.
Care here begins with understanding the full picture, your symptoms, labs, health history, and goals. Through thoughtful assessment, strategic lab work, and personalized guidance, I create a structured path forward designed around what’s actually going on in your body and where you want to go.
Whether you need targeted support for a specific concern, a comprehensive evaluation, or ongoing guidance and accountability, my goal is the same: helping you uncover the root contributors to your symptoms and create sustainable, long-term improvements in your health.
Doctoral-Prepared • Board-Certified • Functional Medicine Trained
When you finally understand the full picture, everything starts to change
How I Help You Feel Better
Your health is interconnected.
Hormones, metabolism, nutrition, sleep, stress, gut health, and mental well-being can all influence how you feel.
I take a whole-person approach to understanding these connections and helping you find the right path forward. Whether you're looking for targeted guidance, comprehensive answers, or ongoing support, our goal is to help you uncover the root contributors to your symptoms and create lasting improvements in your health.
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For stubborn weight, fatigue, inflammation, cravings, blood sugar fluctuations, or feeling like your metabolism isn't working the way it used to.
Weight gain and difficulty losing weight are often influenced by more than diet and exercise alone. Hormones, insulin resistance, stress, sleep, inflammation, nutrition, and lifestyle factors can all play a role. I look at the bigger picture to help identify what may be making progress difficult and what approaches may make sense for you.
I take a personalized approach to metabolic health by combining thoughtful assessment, strategic lab evaluation, nutrition and lifestyle guidance, evidence-based supplement recommendations, and prescription therapies, including GLP-1 medications when appropriate, to create a plan tailored to your body, your labs, and your goals.
You may benefit if you're struggling with:
✓ Unexplained weight gain
✓ Cravings or blood sugar swings
✓ Low energy or slow metabolism
✓ Difficulty losing weight
Potential outcomes:
Better energy • Sustainable fat loss • Improved body composition • More confidence
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For men and women navigating hormonal shifts, including concerns about testosterone levels, low libido, poor sleep, mood changes, fatigue, or simply not feeling like themselves.
Hormones influence nearly every system in the body, including metabolism, energy, mood, sleep, sexual health, and overall well-being. When hormones become imbalanced, symptoms can show up in ways that are often dismissed as stress, aging, or something you simply have to live with.
I help women and men better understand their hormone health and explore personalized options based on their symptoms, goals, and overall health by combining comprehensive symptom assessment, strategic lab evaluation, lifestyle and nutrition guidance, evidence-based supplement recommendations, and hormone therapy when appropriate to create a plan tailored to your body, your labs, and your goals.
You may benefit if you're experiencing:
✓ Fatigue or brain fog
✓ Mood changes or anxiety
✓ Irregular cycles or hormone-related concerns
✓ Perimenopause or menopause symptoms
✓ Poor sleep
✓ Low libido or erectile dysfunction
Potential outcomes:
Better sleep • Improved mood • Hormone balance • Improved libido • Feeling like yourself again
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For bloating, digestive concerns, food sensitivities, inflammation, and feeling like your gut is working against you.
Digestive symptoms are often more than just an inconvenience. Your gut plays an important role in digestion, nutrient absorption, metabolism, immune function, and overall well-being. When something is out of balance, it can affect how you feel far beyond your digestive system.
I take a personalized approach to gut health by combining comprehensive symptom assessment, strategic lab testing when appropriate, nutrition and lifestyle guidance, evidence-based supplement recommendations, and targeted treatment strategies to help uncover potential contributors to your symptoms and support long-term digestive wellness.
You may benefit if you're experiencing:
✓ Bloating or digestive discomfort
✓ Constipation, irregularity, or GI changes
✓ Food sensitivities or digestive triggers
✓ Inflammation or sluggish digestion
✓ Hormone symptoms that seem connected to gut healthPotential outcomes:
Less bloating • Better digestion • Improved regularity • More energy
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For fatigue, brain fog, unexplained weight gain, hair loss, and symptoms that haven't improved with standard thyroid care.
The thyroid plays a critical role in regulating metabolism, energy production, mood, body temperature, and overall well-being. When thyroid function is less than optimal, symptoms can affect nearly every aspect of daily life and are often attributed to stress, aging, or other unrelated causes.
I take a personalized approach to thyroid health by combining comprehensive symptom assessment, strategic lab evaluation, nutrition and lifestyle guidance, evidence-based supplement recommendations, and targeted treatment strategies when appropriate. We look beyond a single lab value to better understand the full picture and how your thyroid may be impacting how you feel.
You may benefit if you're experiencing:
✓ Persistent fatigue or low energy despite treatment
✓ Brain fog, poor focus, or difficulty concentrating
✓ Unexplained weight gain or difficulty losing weight
✓ Hair loss, dry skin, or feeling cold all the time
✓ Hashimoto's or autoimmune thyroid concerns
✓ Normal TSH but still not feeling rightPotential outcomes:
Better energy · Clearer thinking · Improved metabolism · Hair and skin improvements · Feeling like yourself again
Not sure where to start? You don't need to figure it out on your own.
I can help you determine the right next step.
The Provider Behind the Practice
Dr. Alex Suarez, DNP, FNP-C, AFMCP
Founder & Provider, Care By Alex
Doctoral-Prepared · Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner · Functional Medicine Certified
I became a provider because I wanted the kind of care I wish I’d had.
After years of working across different clinical settings and navigating my own struggles with my hormones and weight, I realized there was a gap between what traditional medicine often offers and what patients actually need. You don’t have to be acutely ill to deserve answers. Sometimes, you just know something feels off.
I founded Care By Alex to do things differently. That means thoughtful conversations, comprehensive lab work, and a clear plan designed to look at the full picture, not just the loudest symptom in the room.
I’ll be direct with you about what I find, thorough in how I explain it, and genuinely invested in helping you better understand your health and feel your best.
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For men and women navigating fatigue, mood changes, low libido, perimenopause, menopause, or simply not feeling like themselves.
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Comprehensive thyroid evaluation that goes beyond standard TSH testing including free T3, free T4, reverse T3, and antibodies.
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Thoughtfully selected peptide therapies to support recovery, body composition, energy, and longevity, when clinically appropriate.
Areas Of Expertise
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Stubborn weight, slow metabolism, insulin resistance, blood sugar imbalances, inflammation and body composition addressed at the root.
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Bloating, digestive concerns, food sensitivities, microbiome imbalances, and the gut-hormone connection, explored thoroughly.
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Root-cause care for persistent fatigue, brain fog, inflammation, and symptoms that keep getting explained away or dismissed.
What Patients Are Saying
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Whether you're looking for targeted guidance, comprehensive answers, or ongoing support, I’m here to help you uncover the root contributors to your symptoms and create a personalized plan designed around your body, your labs, and your goals.