Dr. Lena Kian has successfully helped hundreds of patients with weight loss, using a safe holistic approach that involves no drugs or appetite suppressants. Taking to consideration many programs such as First Line Therapy, Ultralite, and Food Allergies, Dr. Kian offers a balanced and common sense program that can be as structured, or as flexible as the patient desires, toward permanent weight loss. Dr. Kian also offers group classes to complement the one-on-one weight loss program. Please contact us for more detailed information.
Why do we offer weight loss programs?
Health care costs have risen considerably secondary to the obesity epidemic, poor lifestyle, and chronic health conditions. These issues have not been addressed effectively by Western medicine that relies primarily on pharmaceutical prescription. There is more to healing than drugs and surgery. For example, a patient with borderline diabetes may underestimate the importance of prevention, and not be forewarned properly until it is too late. Pre-diabetes is COMPLETELY reversible if caught early and by adopting a healthy lifestyle. According to the American Diabetes Association, 25.8 million children and adults are diabetic in the United State; 7.0 million of whom are undiagnosed! Even more alarming is that there are 79 million adults aged 20 and older who are pre-diabetic: meaning that their blood sugar levels are abnormal, but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. The same issue goes with metabolic syndrome (also known as Syndrome X or Insulin Resistance Syndrome), which is characterized by having 3 or more of the following signs and symptoms:
- Extra weight around the waist, or abdominal obesity, meaning 40 inches or more in men, and 35 inches or more in women.
- Blood pressure equal to or higher than 130/85 mmHg
- Fasting blood glucose of 100mg/dL or higher
- Low HDL Cholesterol: under 40mg/dl in men, and under 50mg/dL in women
- Triglycerides equal or higher than 150 mg/dL
The National Institute of Health (NIH) recommends therapeutic lifestyle changes, such as "First Line Therapy" for the treatment of chronic diseases such as metabolic syndrome, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer's disease, and a variety of symptoms such as fatigue, stress-related symptoms and hormone imbalance. Yet chronic conditions continue to be on the rise. This is mostly because the critical role of therapeutic lifestyle changes including patient education and empowerment, balanced eating, regular physical exercise, proper rest and regular sleep, stress management, and appropriate nutritional supplementation are overlooked; often until complications such as heart attack, stroke, risk for leg amputation, blindness, and kidney disease require more invasive therapies and medications.
Naturopathic medicine involves prevention, and taking a proactive approach to health and healing. Achieving optimum health is the single best investment toward obtaining a high quality of life!
If you or someone you know is seeking a preventive approach toward a chronic condition, we would love to help! For more information please contact us at (408) 730-0700.