Dr. Malik provides Comprehensive Natural Healthcare for the entire family using herbal remedies; nutritional supplements; homeopathy; physical medicine; dietary and lifestyle suggestions; and prescription medications to address health complaints and concerns. Some patients choose to work with Dr. Malik as their primary healthcare provider while others use his services as a consultant or specialist in addition to their standard medical care.

Dr. Malik is a Connecticut and Vermont licensed physician. He attended a four-year doctorate program in naturopathic medicine at a nationally certified university (see About Richard Malik ND).

Naturopathic physicians are trained as primary care doctors with expertise in the appropriate, effective, and safe use of natural and prescription medicines. Preventive and holistic medicine requires knowledge of the whole body and an understanding of how multiple or varied health concerns can be a sign of simple underlying dysfunction.  For all patients, there is a balance to be struck between addressing the causes of disease and improving the symptoms of disease.  The main goal is to have improved and lasting vitality as quickly, easily, and affordably as possible.

Doctor Malik sees patients with a variety of health conditions, including: cancer; diabetes; heart disease; cardiovascular disease (high blood pressure and high cholesterol); Lyme disease; hypothyroidism; hyperthyroidism; auto-immune disease; chronic fatige; fibromyalgia; irritable bowel syndrome; inflammatory bowel disease; gastroesophogeal refulx (GERD); anxiety and depression; addiction; eating disorders; attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder; colds and flu; menstrual irregularities; polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS); menopause; osteoporosis; urinary tract and pelvic infections; infertility; impotence; asthma; eczema; recurrent ear infections; dietary and environmental allergies; acne; athletes foot; skin infections; and many others.

When a diagnosis proves to be elusive through standard or alternative diagnostic procedures, Dr. Malik helps patients understand the causes or contributing factors to their health concerns. Often, even without a diagnosis, patients discover important tools for feeling better through enhanced awareness and improved physiological function. Sometimes, patients simply have health related questions they want answered honestly. Dr. Malik helps people with: unexplained fatigue; adrenal exhaustion; dietary & environmental sensitivities; nutritional advice & dietary counseling; weight loss; optimizing health & longevity; improving vitality; counseling; and many others.

Dr. Malik utilizes conventional medical diagnostic approaches including standard medical physical examination, blood tests, and imaging studies to identify and diagnose disease. These approaches are well studied and often covered by insurance.  When necessary, Dr. Malik also utilizes alternative diagnostic approaches to assess the functional status of the body and of specific organ systems through specialty laboratories and in office procedures.

When used in effective and safe doses, high quality natural therapies are powerful medicines. With most patients, the goal is to limit, reduce, or eliminate their need for prescription medications. However, when necessary, natural and alternative approaches are used safely in conjunction with pharmaceutical therapies. Dr. Malik's goal is to maximize each patient's capacity for health, vitality & longevity.

Assessing and optimizing the function of your body is an important part of preventive and alternative medicine. Functional disturbances occur before - sometimes long before - obvious and diagnosable disease manifests. Being proactive about preventing disease is one of the best ways to ensure a long and vibrant life.

For people with a fast-paced and demanding lifestyle, a functional approach is an effective way to improve health, increase energy, and enhance cognition while increasing the body's stores, instead of depleting them.

Dr. Malik uses laboratory testing, physical examination, your medical history, and current medical research to determine and prioritize the functional approaches that are best for you.

Dr. Malik addresses the environmental causes of illness, including: allergies; infectious organisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, etc.); chemical toxins; and heavy metals. Environmental Medicine improves health by identifying the causes of illness and then helping to remove these causes from the your personal environment and enhance your body's ability to neutralize and remove them.

Doing this enhances your body's capacity for health by addressing the underlying causes of illness while optimizing the function of the body. Then, you have the resources you need to attain maximum health and to prosper.

For some patients, Dr. Malik uses relatively high doses of essential nutrients and amino acids to correct disease and dysfunction in the body. Orthomolecular Medicine is the prevention and treatment of disease by providing substances that are natural to the body and helps to establish optimal health.  Intravenous (IV) or intramuscular (IM) nutrient therapy is used for some patients in Dr. Malik's Vermont practice.  These treatments include high-dose IV vitamin C, IV Myer's Protocol, and vitamin B-12 shots.