Weight Loss

Maintaining a healthy weight and body composition are important for long-term health. Many factors play a role in achieving optimal weight, including how well we sleep, our dietary intake, thyroid health, and hormone levels. Losing excess weight can improve energy levels and mobility, allowing individuals to participate more actively in physical activity. It can also improve confidence and self-esteem, while lowering the risk heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.

Semaglutide is a peptide used for weight loss and for management of type 2 diabetes. It increases the amount of insulin produced by the pancreas, which helps lower blood sugar. It also reduces appetite by slowing the rate that food moves through the digestive tract. It is taken once weekly by subcutaneous injection.

Semaglutide has demonstrated several potential benefits, including:

• Maintaining sensation of fullness after meals for longer

• Reducing frequency and intensity of food cravings

• Improving body composition by lowering body fat percentage

• Lowering hemoglobin a1C and fasted glucose levels

• Increasing HDL cholesterol and lowering LDL cholesterol

• Decreasing risk of heart attacks

Semaglutide is known as a GLP-1 inhibitor and has been shown to lower the body’s production of glycogen, a hormone that converts carbohydrates and starches into sugar.

Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin that plays several important roles in the body. It is essential in maintaining optimal metabolism, brain and nervous system function, and the production of red blood cells and DNA. Studies suggest that Vitamin B12 also helps to maintain cardiovascular health. It is usually taken twice weekly by intramuscular injection.

Some potential benefits of Vitamin B12 injections include:

• Increased energy

• Improved mood

• Enhanced cognitive function and memory

• Better cardiovascular health

• Greater endurance

Some studies estimate that up to 40% of the population has MTHFR deficiency, a genetic mutation that prevents the absorption of folate and Vitamin B12. Individuals with MTHFR deficiency may suffer from low energy, anemia (low red blood cell count), sluggish metabolism, and low or depressed mood. Vitamin B12 injections can help alleviate these symptoms by restoring B12 to an optimal level.