About Medically Supervised Weight Loss Programs
By Richard Perry | Published on August 4, 2010 | 0 Comments
Dr. Richard Perry D.O. runs his own lipo clinic in Sanger, TX, concentrating primarily on Lipo-Ex, a non-surgical alternative to liposuction. He knows that Lipo-Ex works best when the patient also follows a proper exercise and diet plan, which is why his clinic offers several medically supervised weight loss programs to help patients to get the best results possible from their treatments.
There are several different categories of medically supervised weight loss programs that are offered at med spas and clinics. Most of them are, of course, linked to at least some sort of calorie restriction program. Some medically supervised programs are very low-calorie, similar to the Medifast Diet, which is a very low calorie diet. When people are on that, they need to have their kidney and liver functions monitored to ensure the safety of the diet.
Moderately Reduced Low-Calorie Diet
We do a moderately reduced low-calorie diet here in Sanger, TX, combined with appetite suppressants to help reduce the appetite. That makes it a little bit easier for people to consume fewer calories and not be hungry all day. That will lead our patients to a nice, slow weight loss over a period of time, especially when it is combined with regular, gentle exercise.
Typically, people tend to lose one to two pounds a week on our diet. Anything beyond that probably involves simply losing a lot of water weight, which is not actually fat weight. When you are losing water weight, that is basically just dehydration. And when you are on a diet, you want to lose fat weight, not water weight or muscle mass.
Individualized Plans
We see a lot of people in our clinic who come to us to have both Lipo-Ex and a medically supervised diet plan that is formulated especially for them. We have a lot of people who come in, however, who are just on a diet program. We treat men and women, and along with the diets we also recommend a multi-vitamin program depending upon the patient’s age and general health.
We always individualize our medically supervised diet programs so that our patients get both the best and the safest results. In the same way, we individualize our Lipo-Ex treatments, helping people get the best from this innovative, non-traditional alternative to traditional liposuction. When the two together are combined, they work incredibly well to give our patients the bodies they have always dreamed of having by melting away unwanted fat and concentrating on specific problem areas.
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