CORNERSTONE NUTRITION PLAN

You may not be ready to take that step toward weight loss surgery. Maybe you have a smaller amount of weight to lose, or you want to try to lose that excess weight 'one more time.' Maybe you need to satisfy your insurance company's pre-surgical requirement of a physician directed diet. Whatever your reason, we are here to help you succeed with our Cornerstone Nutrition Plan medical weight loss program.

THIS IS NOT A DIET!

In the past you may have tried a variety of different weight loss programs. Diets don't work because they involve deprivation and unnatural eating patterns that can't be sustained. The major reason why 95 percent of low calorie diets don't work in long term fat loss is that with significant calorie restriction muscle tissue is lost along with fat. Because the metabolic rate at which one burns calories at rest is primarily dependent on the existing amount of muscle, any loss of muscle on a low calorie diet would therefore sabotage any fat loss efforts.

The best way to combat this fat loss sabotage is to consume more protein during dieting which will largely prevent muscle from being depleted. The best way to take in large amounts of protein without significantly increasing intake of fat, carbohydrates and calories is with the use of high protein meal replacement milk shakes. You can achieve weight loss and positive body composition changes through this program and you will be following a balanced and healthy eating program which you will learn to incorporate into your lifestyle for lasting results.

Your individualized medical weight loss nutrition plan is based on your unique body composition, daily activity and exercise program. It is essential for any program to consider these elements so that the program can be customized to your unique metabolic needs. In addition to your weight and height, we will measure your lean body mass (primarily muscle tissue) and your basal metabolic rate (your basic daily demand for calories).

Changing old habits is hard work! But your medical weight loss nutrition plan makes it easy to follow a healthy eating pattern while giving you the freedom to make your own food choices. This program uses a food exchange system, which provides a blueprint for you to follow and a physician dispensed, high protein meal replacement shake which contains 23 grams of protein from a blend of whey and pea protein. It exceeds Recommended Daily Allowance for vitamins and minerals, contains prebiotic fiber and probiotic flora and is all natural with no artificial ingredients.

If you would like to find out more about a medical weight loss program, please call the office at 386 673-8588 and ask about our 'Nutritional Wellness Program.'