Optimal Wellness Weight Loss Center

Research Shows Maintaining a Healthy Weight Helps Prevent Mental Decline

Staying healthy and maintaining a healthy weight not only reduces your risk of developing chronic disease. It also helps maintain cognitive function. New Findings in Healthy Lifestyle Mental Benefits Research shows that that there is an association between being overweight or obese and impaired cognitive function. In addition, people with metabolic abnormalities such as diabetes … Read more

What Are Whole Foods and How Do They Help You Lose Weight?

Many people aren’t sure exactly what whole foods are.  Because so much of our food is processed and promoted as ‘organic’ or ‘natural’, we often don’t recognize whole foods or see their role in a healthy diet. Whole foods are those we eat their natural state. Manufactured, refined or processed foods aren’t whole foods, no … Read more

Can Acupuncture Help You Lose Weight?

Acupuncture and Weight Loss Works by Reducing Stress and Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle Summary:  While acupuncture isn’t a cure-all, it can help make your weight loss plan work for you.  Acupuncture — an ancient medical treatment using small needles at precise points — stimulates the nervous system.  One result is pain reduction, by triggering the … Read more

Weight Loss: 10 Tips to Make a Plan That Works for You

Almost every person who comes into to my office wants to lose weight.  But each person is different.  Everyone’s metabolism is different.  Everyone has their own thoughts and feelings about weight loss and food.  Each person has a unique lifestyle.  So, can a standard approach to weight control work for every patient?  Of course not. … Read more