Weight Loss

Medical weight loss is a more advanced way to take control of your health than diet alone. At Elite Medical Professionals, the team of physicians, featuring Ryan Bhagwandin, DO, and Manit Roy, DO, use a holistic (whole person) method of medical weight loss that focuses on the weight loss roadblocks hidden inside your body. From customized diets to semaglutide, lipotropic injections, and prescription medication, the practice gives you the most powerful weight loss options available. Call the Piscataway, New Jersey, office or click to make your appointment online now.

Some of the key aspects of this whole-person approach are: 

Nutritional counseling Nutritional counseling aims to correct nutrition deficits, nourish your body optimally, stimulate rapid fat loss, and provide a new pathway for healthy eating habits. Alongside getting your nutrients from food, you may need medical-grade supplements.

Semaglutide is a medication that improves your insulin secretion, decreases appetite, and increases sensations of fullness. You inject the medication yourself weekly, and you get a month’s supply at a time. It’s known for promoting rapid weight loss when taken along with diet and exercise. 

Tirzepatide

Lipotropic injections include B vitamins and other natural ingredients that promote fat burning, improved energy, enhanced mental clarity, and other health boosters.

Oral medication, particularly phentermine, reduces your appetite. When combined with good nutrition and exercise, it can help you succeed faster.

Semaglutide ---you may know it by names Ozempic or Wegovy---is a famous medication for weightloss and Type 2 Diabetes which is an injectable medication that helps you make more insulin, the hormone that helps you convert food into energy. Semaglutide is a powerful medication, but it’s not meant as a magic solution. You still need to take steps to improve your eating habits and exercise routines to get good results. If you qualify for semaglutide injections, the team provides help with all these things as part of the medical weight loss program. Semaglutide injections are for two groups of people: Those with Type 2 diabetes and those who struggle to lose extra weight through diet and exercise (whether they have diabetes or not). 

 Semaglutide injections can:

• Reduce appetite
• Improve insulin synthesis and secretion
• Reduce your fasting and post-meal blood sugar levels
• Increase feelings of fullness in the brain
• Lower blood sugar 
• Lower blood lipid levels
• Lower blood pressure
• Reduce inflammatory markers
• Reduce oxidative stress levels
• Improve cardiovascular risk factors tied to extra weight

Tirzepatide---you may know it by the name Zepbound---is antidiabetic medication used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and for weight loss. Zepbound is the brand name for weight loss and Mounjaro is the brand name for diabetes treatment.

Tirzepatide injjections can be indicated in combination with a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity:

• to reduce excess body weight and maintain weight reduction long term in adults with obesity or adults with overweight in the presence of at least one weight-related comorbid condition.
• slows down emptying and promoting fullness reducing appetite
• to treat moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults with obesity.
• Mimics GLP-1 and GIP enhancing insulin release and reducing blood sugar levels

   

Your consultation, which usually includes lab work and a body composition analysis, helps determine your needs and whether semaglutide injections are right for you. The team may prescribe an oral appetite suppressant like phentermine, weekly semaglutide injections, lipotropic injections, or a blend of these approaches. 

The team demonstrates the proper injection method so you can administer your injections once a week at home if you wish and we offer to administer them for you weekly in our office.  Ofcourse some people experience semaglutide side effects like nausea, burping, bloating, and others.