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Gabriela Rodríguez Esquivel
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Gabriela Rodríguez Esquivel

Nutrition
Primary Care Doctor
Patient Demographics: Children, Adult, Elderly

"I am a doctor as a first profession, also graduated in Nutrition. In the combination of these, I found a way to give a more comprehensive treatment to common conditions in my patients, from chronic diseases to digestive disorders such as irritable bowel or constipation. "Let food be medicine, and medicine, food""

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  • Avenida Médica.San Rafael, Escazú, San José, Costa Rica
    Building Torre 2. Floor 4. Office 405-407.
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Procedures (18)

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Accompaniment in food allergies
Body composition analysis
Body fat percentage diminution
Child nutrition
Metabolic control
Muscle building plan
Nutrition for polycystic ovary
Nutritional care for companies
Nutritional care for couples
Nutritional care group
Nutritional control in lactation
Nutritional treatment in radiotherapy and chemotherapy
Obesity control
Online Medicine
Pregnancy nutrition counseling
Sport Performance Enhancement Plan
Vegetarian Care
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Medical conditions (12)

Anxiety
Diabetes
Food poisoning
Gestational diabetes
High blood pressure
High triglycerides
Hyperthyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Low blood pressure
Migraine
Obesity and Overweight
Osteoporosis
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General Info

About me

Upon graduating as a doctor and working in an EBAIS, I noticed that not in all cases my patients' consultations were resolved with pills, and in most, making changes in their lifestyle resulted in better control of the disease, but even more importantly, an improvement in the way my patients felt. Working together with the Nutritionist of my EBAIS, I learned the importance of food in people's health.

The combination of medicine and nutrition allows the comprehensive treatment of metabolic and gastrointestinal diseases. Conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and dyslipidemias imply an approach from several angles, taking into account not only the necessary medications, but also a change in lifestyle: diet, sleep patterns and physical activity. Doctors with nutritional treatments, you get better control of these diseases.

In addition, the treatment of obesity such as chronic neuro-psycho-endocrine disease and metabolic syndrome require the union of both professions, and some other health professionals, to achieve adequate control not only of weight, but also of eating behaviors .

My ultimate goal is to help my patients achieve their health and life goals.

The nutritional medical approach works as an aid to the traditional treatment of different conditions:
•Overweight and obesity
• Diabetes
•Arterial hypertension
• Dyslipidemias
• Inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn's and UC)
• Gastritis and gastroesophageal reflux disease
• Irritable bowel syndrome (colitis)
•Polycystic ovary syndrome
• Diabetes in pregnancy
• Hepatic steatosis (fatty liver)
•Renal disease
Outpatient nutritional support for:
• Recovery after surgery
•Under weight
•Elderly

Languages

English, Español

Education

Degrees
  • Baccalaureate and Bachelor of Nutrition. Universidad Hispanoameriana. October 2019
  • Doctor of medicine and surgery. Universidad de Costa Rica. February 2013

Professional

Licenses

  • College of Nutrition Professionals of Costa Rica cod. CPN2960-20Active

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  • Physicians and Surgeons College of Costa Rica cod. MED11868Active

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