Dr. Renee Young, NMD

Slower Medicine. Better Medicine.

Founder of the Young Naturopathic Center for Wellness and one of California's first licensed naturopathic doctors. Two decades in the same place, holding the same standard.

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2004

Founded the practice in Los Gatos, CA

20+

Years of clinical leadership and longevity practice

License No. 26

One of California's first licensed NDs

Elite

Trusted clinician for professional athletes, C-suite executives, and founders

The approach

Tested, Then Treated

Two decades, same place, same standard: the extra hour, every paper read, the whole person treated as one case. I studied epidemiology under Yale's Dr. David Katz, trained in bioidentical hormone optimization under Dr. Jonathan Wright, and trained in regenerative pain management with Dr. Rick Marinelli.

I hold myself to what I ask of my clients. I'm postmenopausal and performing at a higher level than I did in my thirties, and that took two decades of consistent, data-driven work.

How I got here

Unlike many of my peers, I came up through a genuinely science-forward clinical education. After a B.S. in both biology and psychology, I earned my doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine at the University of Bridgeport, then became one of the first Naturopathic Doctors licensed in California.

As part of Bridgeport's inaugural College of Naturopathic Medicine class, I trained directly alongside Yale physicians and public health leaders, with clinical rotations at Griffin Hospital and Yale's integrative medical center, and epidemiology under Dr. David Katz.

My clinical grounding runs deep: a primary care residency at the Weight Loss & Natural Medicine Clinic in Cheshire, Connecticut, treating thyroid disorders, menstrual irregularities, perimenopause, PCOS, autoimmune disease, food allergies and more. The root-cause instinct started there.

Trained with

Dr. David L. Katz, MD, MPHYale New Haven Integrative Medicine · Griffin Hospital

Dr. Tori Hudson, NDLeading expert in women's health

Dr. Jonathan Wright, MDPioneer of bioidentical hormone replacement

Dr. Rick Marinelli, NDExpert in prolotherapy & pain management

Certifications

Member, CA Naturopathic Doctors Association

Certified across the full toolkit I practice with:

IV therapy
Peptide therapy
HRT & hormone pellet implantation
BTL Emsella treatment
Hair restoration lasers
Hyperbaric oxygen safety director
VO₂ max testing
Laser therapy for pain management

Off the clock

I Live the Protocol

The Live Young name is not a slogan I hide behind. I am the living case study for my own protocols, and it is the same plan I ask of my clients, run consistently for two decades: strength and interval work, hormones calibrated, protein first, sleep protected, and biomarker tracking that keeps me honest.

Away from the clinic you'll find me in the garden that feeds most of that Mediterranean plate, writing my column, or on a podcast arguing that evidence-based never has to mean boring.

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Slower medicine is better medicine, and I am more convinced of that now than the day I opened the doors. Give a person real time and honest answers, and the rest tends to follow.