Semaglutide is an incretin mimetic injection used for treating type 2 diabetes that also causes significant weight loss. It works by mimicking the effects of naturally occuring incretin hormones which reduce appetite and food intake.
Benefits of semaglutide for weight loss:
Additionally, our specialized compounded semaglutide formulations provide stronger weight loss effects and help avoid common gastrointestinal side effects compared to standard doses.
Losing weight and keeping it off long term is very challenging for most people through diet and exercise alone. This is largely due to hormonal and metabolic adaptations that occur when reducing calorie intake that promote weight regain. These include:
Additionally, busy modern lifestyles and abundance of highly palatable, energy dense foods make following strict diets difficult for many.
Medical weight loss solutions like semaglutide work by counteracting many of these adaptive responses to dieting and calorie restriction. This makes losing fat mass easier while preventing slowing of metabolism.
Prior to starting any weight loss regimen, we first perform lab tests and complete medical history to identify any underlying issues or contradictions contributing to excess weight:
This allows creation of fully personalized weight loss plans while ruling out and addressing any obstacles that may be inhibiting ability to lose fat effectively.
Semaglutide leads to appetite suppression and weight reduction through multiple mechanisms as an incretin mimetic:
Incretin hormones like GLP-1 are released after meals and act on the brain to increase feelings of fullness and satisfaction from eating. This promotes smaller meal sizes and less frequent snacking.
Semaglutide mimics these effects of GLP-1. In studies people reported decreased hunger and up to 50% less interest in food while taking semaglutide.
Semaglutide causes food to empty from the stomach into the intestines more slowly after eating. This physical stomach fullness enhances satiety signals to the brain.
By slowing digestion semaglutide also reduces the total calories absorbed from food eaten. Less calories make it into the bloodstream and get stored as fat.
Semaglutide makes the body more likely to use fat for energy versus storing it. The drug reduces creation of new fat cells while increasing mobilization and burning of stored fat.
This combined multipronged approach effectively overcomes the body’s natural adaptive responses to dieting and calorie restriction that usually thwart long term weight loss.
Rather than prescribe semaglutide in its usual once weekly injected dosage for diabetes we provide specialized compounded semaglutide tailored specifically for weight management in higher daily doses.
Benefits of our compounded semaglutide:
We work closely with our compounding pharmacy partners to create the optimal semaglutide formulation, dose, and treatment plan for your individual needs.
Common combinations include adding complementary drugs like:
Pairing semaglutide with nutritional supplements like berberine and chromium further amplifies benefits.
Semaglutide was originally developed as a treatment for type 2 diabetes, but researchers unexpectedly found it also caused significant weight loss as a side effect. Further studies confirmed its effectiveness for weight loss in obese patients without diabetes, leading to FDA approval of a high dose semaglutide injection called Wegovy specifically for chronic weight management.
While semaglutide will effectively suppress appetite and block fat accumulation, optimizing diet and activity levels amplifies and accelerates soft tissue anabolism:
Focus diet around:
By preventing blood sugar spikes this combination sustains energy and controls hunger while supporting fat metabolism versus storage.
Aim for mix of cardio, weights, HIIT and mobility workouts 4-5 days per week. Start slowly and gradually increase duration and intensity.
Note: semaglutide allows undertaking more vigorous workouts due to appetite suppression while avoiding overtraining risk.
This holistic approach addresses root causes sustaining overeating behaviors rather than just suppressing appetite alone. Promotes long term lifestyle transformation for lasting results.
Meet with one of our weight loss focused physicians for comprehensive health analysis and to address questions about medically assisted weight loss.
We obtain medical history, perform lab testing if needed, and collect health/weight details to create fully customized treatment plan.
Start with low dose of compounded semaglutide taken daily, ramping up gradually over 4 weeks to full dosage to avoid gastrointestinal side effects.
Refills provided monthly with option for combination agents - bupropion, berberine etc. Dose titrated based on ongoing weight loss response.
Schedule follow up blood work and progress visits at intervals. As maximum weight loss achieved, semaglutide tapered down slowly.
Provide guidance transitioning to maintenance phase focused on sustaining metabolic improvements through nutrition, activity and mindset optimization.
Most patients lose 10-15% of body weight over 6 month treatment period and keep majority off long term.
Maintaining a healthy body weight and composition is vital for supporting optimal function and disease prevention. Our physicians specialize in medically supervised weight optimization, having helped over 5000 local patients successfully improve body composition.
Key benefits of undergoing semaglutide weight loss treatment with Optimal Hormone Wellness Center:
Don't struggle with fad diets or punishing exercise regimes on your own - let our experts help you finally shed excess fat with semaglutide!
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