Slim Medical - Weight Loss Clinic
Physician / Doctor Weight Loss Programs:
Although a weight loss regimen can be undertaken without any help, many people could benefit from a weight loss program guided by a physician / doctor in a weight loss clinic. Physicians / doctors have an extensive knowledge of the human body, its metabolism, as well as its nutritional requirements. A physician / doctor working in a weight loss clinic can provide different approaches to a weight loss diet program based on individual needs, goals, and level of commitment.
The biggest part that a physician / doctor plays in a patient’s weight loss diet program is in education and counseling. It is surprising that although many people think they have a good grasp of the workings of weight loss and weight gain, they in fact hold many beliefs that are untrue. A physician / doctor can break many misconceptions of diets, nutrition, and weight loss and re-educate the weight loss candidate on what is more useful.
Other than education, a physician / doctor working in a weight loss clinic has other medical approaches at his disposal. Although some patients need only education, most require medical assistance with weight loss. This medical assistance is provided via specific medications. The most effective medical options that a physician / doctor supervised weight loss protocol include the following:
- appetite suppressants such as phentermine (or adipex)
- human chorionic gonadotropin (or HCG), combined with a specific diet program called the HCG diet
- Vitamin B12 supplements; by themselves or combined with phentermine or with the HCG diet
Although a few other options are available on the market (such as Xenical or Orlistat), these cause severe side effects with minimal weight loss, and so most physicians do not consider them viable options as weight loss medications.
A physician / doctor will need to meet with the weight loss candidate and review his or her medical history and the risks and benefits of such a medical weight loss program prior to prescribing such medications for weight loss. If the patient is a good candidate, then the medication is dispensed, and the diet protocol reviewed.
It must be remembered that medications dispensed by a physician / doctor such as phentermine, adipex, Vitamin B12, or HCG will not by themselves result in significant and long lasting weight loss. They are only tools and adjuncts. A patient’s commitment and determination form the foundation of any meaningful weight loss program. The educational guidance and medical weight loss supplements of a physician / doctor will help make that foundation stronger and add needed momentum to achieve the required weight loss.
Doctor Nasseri is the director of the weight loss center Slim Medical, and specializes in physician supervised weight loss diet programs, helping overweight patients achieve their desired weight loss. He is located in Santa Ana, but serves patients from all of Southern California, including Orange County, San Bernardino, San Diego, Riverside, Temecula, and Los Angeles, and from the following cities: