At Relish Life, we help people lose weight and keep it off in a customized way that leads with their unique psychology and physiology. For those who qualify, we prescribe medications proven to help.
Date: January 26th, 2022
Time: 3 pm PST/ 6 pm ET
We find many patients have developed food addictions to cope with the challenging feelings of depression and anxiety, and certain medications work to balance the chemicals in the brain responsible for those ACE-related struggles.
When used as part of our comprehensive weight loss program, these medications work to make the psychological, nutrition, and fitness elements we provide more effective because the brain is quite literally more receptive to the gradual changes we introduce.
When the urges of food addiction and the heaviness of depression are lifted, only then can sustainable weight loss become possible.
Our medications can be divided into two groups: Neurochemical & Metabolic.
#1: Neurochemical
Bupropion is most commonly used for smoking cessation and depression; however, it has shown to be incredibly effective for weight loss in some patients by preventing the uptake of dopamine, the pleasure hormone that is triggered with food. Naltrexone helps regulate your appetite and normalize your metabolism, matching your appetite to resting energy expenditures, and blocking the brain’s addictive process with food. Contrave is FDA-approved for weight loss and is a combination of bupropion and naltrexone, and we’ve seen an average of 12-15% loss of body weight with this medication.
Naltrexone and bupropion work on the neurochemical parts of the brain and were approved by the FDA in 2014 specifically for weight loss. Together, they do an excellent job of curbing food impulses and cravings, and healing addictive relationships with food.
#2: Metabolic
Semaglutide is a power horse medication that works on the metabolic issues that arise because of weight gain.
For those who have been heavy for a long time, insulin resistance is common. When this occurs, the pancreas becomes less efficient, and the production of insulin needs to be stimulated so sugars can be processed and absorbed more effectively. Semaglutide supports this process and is proven to result in up to 15-20% weight loss.
To get up to speed on the latest science, Our Relish Life founders, Liz Dickinson and Shannon Shearn, and our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Al Ray, are hosting a webinar on the medications we prescribe at Relish Life and how they differ from the “diet pills” of the past.
There will be a Q&A segment at the end to get your questions answered so you can move forward on your weight loss journey with clarity and confidence. We encourage you to attend and share this with anyone you know who’s curious about medication for weight loss.
Webinar Details:
Date: January 26th, 2022
Time: 3 pm PST/ 6 pm ET
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