Weight Loss That Works: The Skinny Shot and Semaglutide Difference

Let’s Weigh in on Weight Management!

Maintaining a Healthy Weight is essential for overall health and well-being!

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While diet and exercise are fundamental to weight management, factors like hormonal imbalances, certain medical conditions and certain medications can also impact weight. At Accucare Wellness & Aesthetics, we understand that each individual’s weight management needs are unique. We utilize our expertise in medical weight management to tailor your personal treatment plan!

Obesity poses serious health risks, including an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, and other medical conditions.

Several factors contribute to obesity, including:

• Increased consumption of energy-dense foods high in sugars and fats
• Reduced physical activity due to sedentary lifestyles and urbanization
• Genetic predispositions and other external influences

Combining Strategies = Improved Success!

A combination of strategies is often required to help maintain a healthy weight. We will sit down with you and have an in-depth conversation pertaining to you and your health history. We will help and guide you with a personalized treatment plan – just for you!

The following are a few things that are important to address:

• Dietary Modifications: Reducing intake of processed and high sugar foods while increasing consumption of nutritious, high-fiber foods is one of the many dietary changes pertaining to increased nutrition and health and losing weight.
• Physical Activity: So many options here! But which would be best for you?
• Stress Reduction: So many techniques and options here!  If this is an underlying issue for you, let’s talk about it!
• Hormone Balance: We can utilize bioidentical (plant-based) hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) to help you rebalance your hormones which can help with energy and metabolism among so many other rejuvenating benefits! Let’s discuss this in more detail during our consultation with you! We offer several different kinds of BHRT therapy!
• Pharmaceutical Weight Loss Options: Prescribed alongside lifestyle changes, compounded weight loss medications can assist in the jumpstart and maintenance of your weight loss. A few that we may prescribe:
• Semaglutide – Often used to treat type 2 diabetes, semaglutide is an injectable medication that promotes insulin creation in the body, working as an appetite suppressant and digestion aid that causes weight loss. These regimens are usually reserved for those facing chronic obesity instead of those looking for simple weight loss. These are usually weekly shots that can be self-administered or administered at the clinic.

When you take Semaglutide, it helps to:

1. Reduce hunger and cravings, making it easier to stick to a healthy eating plan
2. Increase feelings of fullness and satisfaction after meals
3. Slow down digestion, helping you feel full for longer periods
4. Regulate blood sugar levels, which can help prevent energy crashes and subsequent overeating

• Phentermine/Bupropion/Naltrexone/Chromium – Used on-label to combat depression, bupropion can also help balance levels of norepinephrine and dopamine, which can lead to overeating when unbalanced. For smokers, bupropion is often used to help reduce cravings, and when coupled with naltrexone, these two compounds can help patients lose weight. Patients often report far less sugar cravings, especially in the evening. This is a capsule you take by mouth daily in the morning.
• Phentermine/Prozac/Chromium – Both phentermine and Prozac work together to help suppress appetite while extending feelings of being full, allowing users to avoid overeating or eating when not hungry. Patients often report far less sugar cravings, especially in the evening. This is a capsule you take by mouth daily in the morning.
• Nutraceutical Weight Loss Options
• Super Skinny Shots - Our Super Skinny Shots contain a combination of ingredients known as MIC (which stands for L-methionine, Inositol, and Choline), B12 (Methylcobalamin – the active, bio-available form of Vitamin B12), B6 and L-Carnititne. 

MIC are ingredients known as lipotropic compounds that help break down fat and help in the elimination of stored fat deposits in the liver and body. Some studies show that L-Carnitine may help reduce fat mass, increase muscle mass, and reduce fatigue, which may contribute to weight loss in some people. B12 and B6 are utilized to help increase metabolism and energy levels. These shots can be given 1-2 times/week depending on the individual patient’s needs.

• EndoTrim - A comprehensive endocrine-balancing formula that focuses on healthy insulin, leptin, and cortisol function to support normal fat metabolism and maintenance of lean body mass. The addition of Coleus forskohlii, Garcinia cambogia, and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg) may also help to maintain lean body mass and support basal metabolic rate. This unique array of nutrients and botanicals is also useful for promoting normal appetite and supporting normal blood glucose metabolism. *
• EGCG - EGCG or Epigallocatechin-3-gallate, is a natural polyphenol derived from Green Tea that helps promote natural weight loss. Functioning similarly to antioxidants, these compounds help keep your energy high while helping stabilize and limit blood sugar spikes, inflammation, and heart problems. *

* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

• Other Natural Options - We have several other professional-grade nutraceutical options available too!

Overcoming Weight Management Challenges

Many individuals face various obstacles during their weight management journey, including physical hindrances such as fatigue and discomfort, medical conditions, hormonal imbalances, and environmental barriers like lack of time and access to healthy food. At Accucare Wellness & Aesthetics, we recognize these challenges and work to provide customized weight management that cater to your specific needs.

Common Reasons for Weight Gain

Some of the most common reasons for weight gain that are treated with weight loss medication include:

Hormone or Thyroid Imbalances

For some people suffering from hormone-related conditions, weight gain can be a common side effect. Thyroid issues, especially hypothyroidism, can cause weight gain in both men and women. Other hormone-related weight gain is faced by women. For example, women with polycystic ovarian syndrome, or PCOS, are at a higher risk of gaining weight due to hormonal changes, as are women using hormonal birth control. Other conditions, like being in a heightened state of stress, can increase hormones like cortisol which can cause weight gain.  We offer lab testing to help discover if you suffer from these imbalances. We can prescribe a personalized bioidentical hormone replacement therapy plan for you too!

Genetic Predisposition

Genetics can play a key role in determining how your body functions, as well as in disordered conditions. Factors like your metabolism and how efficient it is at creating energy from the food you consume are largely due in part to your genetics. Conditions like obesity can be attributed to both environmental and genetic factors. However, being genetically predisposed to developing obesity can make losing weight harder to achieve without medication.  Nutrigenomic testing is a type of genetic testing that may help understand an individual’s response to certain foods, supplements, drugs, levels of exercise, and more. We offer genetic testing to help you discover underlying factors related to weight gain.

Insulin Resistance

When you eat or drink, your pancreas releases insulin, which alerts your body’s cells to the availability of glucose from the food you’ve consumed. The body’s cells occasionally do not react to insulin releases and struggle to absorb sugar from the blood. To counteract that, the pancreas must make more insulin to keep up with rising blood sugar levels, leading to hyperinsulinemia (insulin overload). Increased blood sugar levels brought on by insulin resistance in your cells can result in weight increase, pre-diabetes, and type 2 diabetes if left unchecked. Since the body stores extra blood sugar as fat, losing weight when you have insulin resistance can be challenging. We offer pharmaceutical and nutraceutical options!

What Weight Loss Plan Is Best for You?

This depends on the cause of the weight gain! You need personalized care for effective weight management and Accucare Wellness & Aesthetics in Branson, Missouri can help. Whether you are searching for a supplement or a way to combine weight loss medication with an existing medical condition, our health care team can formulate a personalized treatment plan for you based on your unique diagnosis and needs.

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