DR. Myriam Ensling Clinical Medicine Access Program
OBESITY
Most weight loss programs make their clients dependent on the company's products for weight loss...
We will give you the basic knowledge so you can be in control of your weight independent of anyone or any products!!
There are many untruths that have become popular regarding healthy diets. For instance:
It is not true that eating cholesterol increases our cholesterol in blood. Contrary of what Pharmaceutical companies want us to believe, Science have always shown that eating cholesterol lowers our cholesterol; not eating it increases our cholesterol. The real cause of increased cholesterol, triglycerides and low good cholesterol is actually sugars.
It is not true that a vegan diet is a healthy diet. There are potentially serious nutritional deficits with this kind of diets unless the patient receives daily nutritional supplements -some of them expensive- and is closely monitored by specialists to ensure his/her nutrition is adequate.
We have developed a unique weight loss program based on scientific evidence combined with our medical experience acquired in the seven years we have been helping patients with weight loss. We have received formal training on Obesity Management and have successfully treated morbidly obese patients with diet only in preparation for orthopedic surgery.
The bases of our weight loss program are:
A personalized diet designed for each patient according to their level of activity, initial weight, budget, preferred foods and the presence of obesity related conditions such as diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, gout, etc.
The other pillar of our program is patient education. We provide a initial education package with written information as well as website information where the patient can find recipes, videos, website links and ideas for grocery foods that can fit their prescribed diet.
Our goal with education is give our patients the tools to manage their weight on their own with out having to depend on any specific plan or commercial products.
We look for the patient's dietary habits that unsuspectingly
promote weight gain or increased appetite.
We teach our patients to detect the foods at the root of their weight gain and obesity related conditions.
Our Patients can chose their own foods they just need to keep an eye on the proportions of nutrients.
We assess their weight loss closely and discuss their food intake in every visit scheduled weekly.
We assess body composition analysis to determine the percentage of fat, muscle and water in the patients't s body when they start the diet and after every 20 pound weight loss. The assessment of body composition is vital to ensure the patient is losing fat and no muscle mass which would indicate malnutrition.
We can prescribe medications for appetite control if needed.
We also have weight loss supplements that can help you to keep your nutrients properly balanced especially when your caloric requirements for weight loss are very low.
