Ann Arbor Holistic Health

Justine Altman is very smart, caring, compassionate and intelligent. She's as good as it gets in the wellness world! What a blessing to help people get to the root cause of their issues so they can live a better life. My wife Ava and I give 5 stars!

Justine is the best practitioner I've ever worked with! I've struggled with menstrual/fertility issues ever since my first period as a young girl. At that young, delicate age my doctor was more concerned about my weight than my symptoms and she put a label on me that stuck with me for half my life. I carried this label around with me and as a result I always struggled with eating enough and gaining weight and all the hormone issues that came along with being so unhealthy.

I met Justine when I was 35 years old and at our very first appoint she said ONE SENTENCE and it completely changed my mindset about my body image and food. I quickly began to gain a healthy amount of weight and fell pregnant naturally! As I continue to work with her I realize she is full of this kindness and wisdom and grace that is life changing. Sessions with her aren't just about healing naturally, they're like little therapy sessions that are SO POWERFUL! She has helped me in more ways than I could ever share. I love working with her!

A 6 year journey to better health led me to Gary Merel. His determination and expertise become my last stop and his treatment confirmed a team of experts at Mayo Clinic. I feel healthier. I am healthier! Gary is also very meticulous. He followed up 100% of the time, was caring and professional. He just does the right thing - not a supplement pusher. Everything is data - driven. I strongly recommend Ann Arbor Holistic.

I've seen a lot of integrative/naturopathic people and was initially risk adverse because I've felt that I have been deeply taken advantage of in the past. Gary is NOT like that at all. I like approach which is to deal with a problem intensely for 2-4 weeks and then to be done. I appreciate NOT having to be on supplements long term. He worked with my financial strains which I deeply appreciate. I highly recommend seeing him.

I had a wonderful experience with Ann Arbor Holistic Health. Gary Merel really went above and beyond to address my health concerns. He made sure to schedule many follow up appointments and phone calls (often free of charge) with me until we both felt that significant progress had been made. I truly felt like he would not give up until we had answers and I was feeling much better.

In the future, I will be sure to reach out to Gary if any other health concerns should arise. As of today, my health problems have mostly disappeared and for that I could not be more thankful!

I went to Ann Arbor Holistic Health for Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT). I was constantly having hot flashes/night sweats, was only sleeping 4 hrs a night, no energy, gained weight and felt awful. I am so thankful for the treatment I received at Ann Arbor Holistic Health, they took excellent care of me, explained why and how they will take care of my situation.

They were very professional, understanding, caring and most of all they resolved my situation. I learned a lot about how and why to eat healthier. I would highly recommend Ann Arbor Holistic Health for your health concerns, you will be amazed as I was.

I am 5 months PREGNANT! I waited 8 months to write this review because I wanted it to accurately reflect my journey. I came to Gary with many gut and hormone issues. I was told by an OBGYN that I may never become pregnant naturally, as I was not ovulating or having periods. Gary does thorough testing to determine root causes and develops a treatment plan.

That plan was revised and changed throughout my course of treatment, depending on my symptoms. He healed my gut issues and got my period to return. Following treatment I continued to take his advice and focused on my hormone health until my period was regular each month. We conceived on our first attempt (11 months after starting treatment). Gary will give you the tools to achieve your goals and coach you down the right path.

He was always available to talk by phone or e-mail. However, remember that healing the body takes time- there will be many setbacks but have patience. If you continue to make changes and educate yourself on topics- you will eventually reach the end goal. I spent many hours outside of care with Gary reading up on the information he had provided and going deeper. Thank you Gary for not only helping me reach my goals, but changing my entire life path.

The service and the program to help my body and gut was overall amazing and very insightful, but also very pricey. The whole program heavily revolves around you to actually put in the work and time to stick to the diets and supplements and if you can stay with everything it is one of the most rewarding and awakening processes you will ever take part in.

The whole program can be taxing on your mental health if you find happiness from eating (such as myself) but Gary Merel acted as a coach who helped me through the whole process of cleansing and rebuilding my body back to where it should be, he provided little tips and tricks to stick with it and keep going. But the whole package of supplements and coaching can be very pricey for some people but in my opinion after the whole process I now have the tools to keep my body and gut in check and to me its completely worth it.

Another thing to keep in mind is that this is not a "normal" doctor visit, its more of a coaching and mentoring service to help you get your body back into a healthy and clean state.

I enjoyed working with Gary to better my health. I didn't go in to lose weight necessarily, but after working to normalize all my levels, I found my body doing a much better job burning through the excess pounds. In general I feel much better and would recommend giving Gary a try for a natural way to feel better

The service and the program to help my body and gut was overall amazing and very insightful, but also very pricey. The whole program heavily revolves around you to actually put in the work and time to stick to the diets and supplements and if you can stay with everything it is one of the most rewarding and awakening processes you will ever take part in.

The whole program can be taxing on your mental health if you find happiness from eating (such as myself) but Gary Merel acted as a coach who helped me through the whole process of cleansing and rebuilding my body back to where it should be, he provided little tips and tricks to stick with it and keep going. But the whole package of supplements and coaching can be very pricey for some people but in my opinion after the whole process I now have the tools to keep my body and gut in check and to me its completely worth it.

Another thing to keep in mind is that this is not a "normal" doctor visit, its more of a coaching and mentoring service to help you get your body back into a healthy and clean state.

My experience with Gary and Ann Arbor Holistic Health was fantastic. I turned to holistic health for answers after years of chronic unresolved health issues that were not getting better with traditional medicine methods. I was dealing with chronic sinusitis that gave me two sinus surgeries over an 8 year period. I was fixed in the short term but these sinus inflections continued.

I also could not eat anything without taking Prilosec. My acid reflux and gut issues were so bad that if I did not take a 20 or 40mg Prilosec daily I could not keep food down. Constantly taking OTC and prescriptions to deal with both issues. To cap it all off I was extremely close to becoming a type 2 diabetic in the pre-diabetes range. My diet needed to be revamped even though I thought I had healthy eating tendencies.

So with all this baggage I made the appointment to meet with Gary to explore how he could help. I was skeptical simply because everything else had only been a short term fix but was pleasantly surprised at how Gary was immediately able to help. Diagnostic testing that Gary ordered up for me completely opened my eyes to how my body was functioning...and it was functioning poorly.

I quickly learned that your gut biome/flora is everything. I followed Gary's Peak Lifestyle program and supplement regiment that was tailored to what my body required to correct itself. Listen though, this was hard mentally because I had to remove all the old habits, study/understand what my test results meant and then make the necessary changes. Old habits die hard I can tell you that.

But once you get through the first couple of weeks and the results show up it gets a ton easier. I spent 3-4 months of essentially health rehab with Gary and it paid off. My chronic inflammation occurring in my body and specifically in my sinus/ears went away. I began weening my self off the Prilosec and began to eat without taking a gut pill everyday.

My weight loss is in the 20-25lbs range and I am no longer a "pre-diabetic" I got a retest of my diabetes/insulin resistance at my family medicine practice and she was impressed to see the rating come down as much as it did and the weight I had lost. When I got to Gary I was 6ft and about 220lbs. I'm hovering in the 195-200lb range now. I did not start exercising until the 3rd month which has been mountain biking and walks with my family. Fixing my gut along with revamping the way I eat and view food following Gary's direction worked wonders.

The patient resource guide he built for me is something I reference quite often. I would highly recommend anyone with chronic health issues to go see him. I needed help but didn't have the time/knowledge to attempt this on my own and Gary bridged that gap for me perfectly.

Gary and his team are amazing. My health had been steadily declining since the birth of my second child. Gary was the fourth practitioner that I had seen. His kindness, knowledge and patience really helped me get back on a path to healing. Gary is very empathetic and listens to to you, he makes himself available to his clients as much as possible.

I felt like I always had his attention and never felt like I was inconveniencing him with my health problems which I had felt before with other doctors. This is a worthwhile investment into your health. I would highly recommend Ann Arbor holistic health! Gary, Thank you so much for everything you did for me!

I came to Ann Arbor Holistic Health to take time out from my very busy life and learn how to improve my health and well-being. Gary has taught me different ways and given me in depth materials to use with consistent meetings to back up the information. Through blood tests we were able to pinpoint areas I needed to work on, and started to improve my health through diet and supplementation. Supplements were included in the price of the program.

I have come a long way, and will be a work in progress for awhile. Now that I have all this information, I want to choose what works the best for me, with Gary's help, in my upcoming final appointment. Gary and his staff are easy to work with, and really care about their clients and their well-being. Thank-you to them, for all their help. I wish them all the best.

Ann Arbor Holistic Health has been great to work with. Everyone on staff, especially Gary, are so kind and care so much about their clients health and well-being. When we first saw Gary years ago he was able to diagnose a gluten intolerance in our child that no one previously had been able to diagnose, resulting in an end to her daily debilitating stomach pain.

More recently Gary was able to help us take a closer look at our teenage daughters physical health so that we could improve on it, with the hopes that doing so would improve on her mental health. We definitely learned a lot from Gary and were able to put his findings towards our goal.

Ann Arbor holistic health is fantastic. My health improved drastically under Gary's care. Everything was done systematically. Staff working there are very helpful and will take care of all things. I had no hopes about my life, first time i went there but i got my health back in this 6 month program. Gary is very knowledgeable about all labs, supplements, diet plans etc. He understands his patients health needs and helps them. Highly recommend this place.

After a year of typical medical visits only to be continually told nothing was wrong with me, I made an appointment with Gary. After my initial visit I left knowing that this was the right decision for my health. Gary was confident he could help me root out the cause of my distress and he did. 3 months later, and I am feeling better than I have felt in a very long time. I highly recommend Gary and his staff. You won't regret it.

I was not getting the health results I needed from allopathic medicine. My PCP referred me to a dermatologist who then referred me to a rheumatologist who then referred me to a nephrologist. Not one of them had any idea how to properly identify and address my issues. After meeting Gary and undergoing simple blood and urine tests, it was discovered that I had an overgrowth of candida and leaky gut.

Within a few short months, with the proper diet and supplements, all of my issues are resolved. I found him to be extremely efficient at targeting what would or would not work for me. He respected my input and if something wasn't working he was quick to give me an alternative option. The staff is also pleasant and everyone at Ann Arbor Holistic Health made me feel very welcome and comfortable throughout the entire process. I highly recommend them.

My sister suffered from lupus for over 10 years. She had elevated dark-red rashes on one side of her face, covering most of her cheek. Sometimes the rash would show up on her brow bone and on her scalp as well. For many years, she was prescribed the steroid prednisone and had injections on her face around the rash. These drugs had terrible effects on her teeth, where she began to lose them one by one.

She also felt tired and exhausted and heavy all the time. Her eyes had to be checked regularly in order to keep taking prednisone, and she started having problems with her vision after many years of taking it. A little over a year ago, I was looking for a place to take her where she can really get some help, and I found Ann Arbor Holistic Health online with decent reviews. There, we found Gary Merel, who has truly been someone sent from above to help my sister.

He explained everything to her about her health and promised that he could get her healthy again. He was always kind, considerate, and very helpful with every visit we made to his office. Gary put my sister on a 6-9 month program that gradually changed her diet, added in many supplements needed based on her bloodwork, and regularly tweaked her regimen until we started to see real progress with her health.

After about 9 months, many things started to improve such as her energy levels, her vision, and back pain that she had for years started to lift. Although, we were still waiting, waiting for the rash to disappear. It wasn’t truly worth it without that. Now… a little over one year later it’s finally gone and we couldn’t be happier with her results. It’s such a great feeling to see her face clear up after so many years of having such a permanent sign of her illness on display, and after doctor’s telling her there’s nothing that can be done about it.

My sister is such a kind, generous person and she has the biggest heart, towards everyone. She deserves to be taken care of with just as much respect and kindness that she has for others, and we truly found that here with Gary Merel and his staff. We are very very grateful.

Gary was able to help my 6 year old daughter (struggling with celiac, hypothyroidism and JRA) turn her health around within 3 months! Her immune system now seems to be working properly and she has gained two pounds already. We couldn't be happier with the results and the service AAHH provided.

Gary really helped to dial in on my symptoms, and worked to find things my traditional doctors couldn't. I really liked that all of his treatment was based on lab results and science. And the lifestyle changes and treatments recommended are completely doable if you are willing to put a little bit of work in. We went to him with some fertility concerns, and now that I have finished treatment with him, I haven't felt this good in a long time, and I am looking forward to seeing some positive results. Gary has left me in the healthiest, best position possible moving forward.

I was impressed by the helpfulness of the whole staff. Gary is extremely knowledgeable and caring. He was persistent on solving the whole problem. He was also readily available for questions. I would highly recommend him to anyone.