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COURTESY PHOTOGRAPHY Family Practice A father-daughter duo is unlocking longer, better health in Rancho Santa Fe invasive diagnostics and even reverses disease in patients. "We're not doing quite primary care, and we're not doing functional medicine, integrative medicine, or alternative care," says Joel, whose work spans more than 35 years in prevention-first medicine founded on his Nutritarian philosophy that emphasizes a plant- rich, nutrient-dense diet. "We're just advanced science medicine that the medical profession hasn't caught up to." e breadth of what their care addresses is impressive, and reflects the broad benefits of nutrition-as-medicine combined with an embrace of emerging technologies that buck the standards that are outmoded, ineffective, or even have dangerous side effects that are still widely in use in traditional medical settings. However, this isn't to say that these methods aren't accepted by other doctors. "A lot of doctors are referring to us for our regenerative therapies and M ost often, we rely on traditional medicine to treat what ails us. Get sick, and go see a doctor to help you get healthy again. But more frequently, many of us are looking for ways to proactively take control of our health in order to manage or even reverse existing conditions, fill in gaps or find alternatives to traditional care, or prevent ever getting sick in the first place. In that arena, Joel Fuhrman, MD, a board-certified family physician, and his daughter Cara Fuhrman, a Naturopathic Doctor, recently opened LongevityRx in Rancho Santa Fe. Offering nutrition- and science-led medicine, the practice works to not only optimize health, but provides effective alternatives to BY DEANNA MURPHY Cara Fuhrman, ND, and Joel Fuhrman, MD Focus health ranchandcoast.com 64 OCTOBER 2026 RANCH & COAST MAGAZINE