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Please be aware that as of August 1, 2010, all female patients that elect to have their Hormone Replacement Therapy prescribed through our office will be required to maintain their annual exams (pelvic/pap, breast exam, etc.) and mammograms directly through our office.
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An Overview of the Program
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Integrative Medicine has been offering the Ultra Lite Weight Management Program for over seven years. We're proud of our results.
This is an especially well-designed program that offers dependable weight loss s well as cleansing/detoxification. The program uses a meal pattern that allows you to make your own food choices from a specific list of foods, plus a powdered Ultra Lite supplement that gives the blood protein and glucose levels a boost four times a day between meals. The supplement mixes easily into water and tastes delicious. 
The eating pattern is a low-carbohydrate, moderate-protein, moderate-fat plan that produces ketosis. Ketosis is the metabolic state that the body flips in to when carbohydrate is low enough that the body has to switch from glucose to fat as its main fuel. Atkins is an example of a ketosis diet. Unlike Atkins, however, this plan does not allow unlimited protein and fat, which can put a burden on the entire digestive system rather than allowing detoxification and rejuvenation during dieting. The greatest advantages of ketosis are: 1)it causes a dramatic loss of appetite (we have to remind about a fourth of our clients to eat all their food every day), and 2)when protein and carbs are properly balanced in the diet, it leads to loss of fat and water only, with no loss of lean muscle mass!
Please note: If ketosis is not combined with adequate intake of protein spread frequently over the day, it can lead to loss of muscle as well as fat. The Ultra Lite plan avoids this by careful design of protein intake at all three meals and with each of the four Ultra Lite supplement drinks. Our analysis of percent body fat and percent lean body mass on UL clients has shown that muscle mass is always retained or increased, never decreased.
The program requires that you weigh and measure your foods. This causes some people concern at first, but nearly all of our clients tell us after the first week that they “love not having to fuss with food.” This may seem odd, because weighing and measuring foods certainly seems like “fussing with food,” but in fact clients report that it is very easy and helps them be clear about boundaries. Our clients do well when eating out, even though they do not weigh and measure at those times. The brain and eyes are quickly trained to recognize serving sizes appropriate for the diet.
The program includes weekly check-in visits with our dietitian. Jari has twenty-five years of experience with individualized weight loss plans and seven years of experience with Ultra Lite. She is adept at helping each person reach their goals for weight and health. The majority of our clients keep their weight off long term and have a whole new outlook on their eating and weight management. They report feeling more energy, less hunger, better sleep and great mental clarity.
This is a medically-supervised program, meaning that we look at all possible conditions that could contribute to weight gain or deterioration of health. These include finding the roots of cravings, monitoring cholesterol and blood pressure as needed and identifying allergies and other imbalances that cause cravings and/or water retention. Few people know how dramatically a food allergy can cause weight gain, and this is one of the things we uncover for each individual during the program.
We offer free introductory talks to show you the program in-depth. These talks are very informative, so that even if you do not choose to participate in the Ultra Lite program, you will go away with valuable information. The talks are held on the second and fourth Mondays of every month from 6:30 to 8 pm at the Grand House (next door to the main clinic). (NOTE: talks are suspended for 6 weeks from late December through January and resume again in February.)
The address for the talks is 3430 S. Grand, and the house is pale green with Tudor style brick and a bright red door. The driveways of the clinic and the Grand House lead back to a large, common parking lot. We ask that you call ahead of time to let us know you are coming, since space is limited. The number to call is 838-5800. Please join us!
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