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Orange County Medical Weight Loss |
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| Dr. Mo Kharazmi |
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Weight loss, in the context of medicine or health or physical fitness, is a reduction of the total body weight, due to a mean loss of fluid, body fat or adipose tissue and/or lean mass, namely bone mineral deposits, muscle, tendon and other connective tissue.
- Do you have problem losing weight?
- You lose weight but you can not keep your weight.
If you make the wrong choice of one of the fad programs, you may lose more than weight - you could lose time, or even your health.
Choose us for experience, a variety of diet choices, quicker results and a quality medical approach.
Our Medical Weight loss program is working fro you.
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Medical Weight Loss Questions and Answers:
How do you determine which weight program to put patients on?
A: With any weight reduction
program, screening and treatment of underlying emotional and/or
physical disorders are imperative to determine the best
plan of action. Get started today and contact
our office to schedule a consultation.
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How long does each program last?
A: We will develop a
personalized program and discuss the optimum time to achieve
it based on your current lifestyle. This will be discussed
this during your consultation.
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How does hypnotherapy work?
A: Hypnotherapy works
to correct and reprogram subconscious factors such as family
training, mood/emotions, habits and exercise level.
Many individuals will find that exercise programs alone won't
work for them in the long run. By implementing hypnotherapy,
we can remove the old programming and re-train the patient
using more successful techniques to assist with diet and lifestyle.
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How does hormone therapy
help?
A: HGH (Human Growth
Hormone) is found in every person but as we age, many experience
a loss of muscle, decreased energy and an increase of fat.
Studies have shown that obese people have lower-than-normal
levels of growth hormone in their body, which may make it
harder for them to lose weight. Researchers have found
that regular and low doses of growth hormone helped individuals
lose fat while keeping muscle. Hormone therapy used in conjunction
with diet and exercise.
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How much do your programs cost?
A: Once you have had
a consultation with our team of professionals, we will be
able to better assess the core elements needed to help reach
your goals. From there, we will provide you with an all-inclusive
program fee. To schedule your consultation, please contact
us.
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Do you offer HCG shots for losing weight program?
A: We do have one the best HCG weight loss program in Orange County.
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What is HCG?
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a peptide hormone produced in pregnancy, that is made by the embryo soon after conception and later by the syncytiotrophoblast (part of the placenta).
Its role is to prevent the disintegration of the corpus luteum of the ovary and thereby maintain progesterone production that is critical for a pregnancy in humans. hCG may have additional functions, for instance it is thought that it affects the immune tolerance of the pregnancy. Early pregnancy testing generally is based on the detection or measurement of hCG. Because hCG is produced also by some kinds of tumor, hCG is an important tumor marker, but it is not known whether this production is a contributing cause or an effect of tumorigenesis.
Structure
HCG is an oligosaccharide glycoprotein composed of 244 amino acids with a molecular mass of 36.7 kDa. Its total dimensions are 75x35x30 angstroms (7.5x3.5x3 nanometers). It is heterodimeric, with an a (alpha) subunit identical to that of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and ? (beta) subunit that is unique to hCG.
The a (alpha) subunit is 92 amino acids long and has dimensions 60x25x15 angstroms (6x2.5x1.5 nm).
hCG is encoded by six highly homologous genes which are arranged in tandem and inverted pairs on chromosome 19q13.3 - CGB(1,2,3,5,7,8).
The two subunits create a small hydrophobic core surrounded by a high surface area to volume ratio 2.8 times that of a sphere. The vast majority of the outer amino acids are hydrophilic.
Function
hCG interacts with the LHCG receptor and promotes the maintenance of the corpus luteum during the beginning of pregnancy causing it to secrete the hormone progesterone. Progesterone enriches the uterus with a thick lining of blood vessels and capillaries so that it can sustain the growing fetus. Due to its highly negative charge hCG may repel the immune cells of the mother, protecting the fetus during the first trimester. It has also been hypothesized that hCG may be a placental link for the development of local maternal immunotolerance. For example, hCG-treated endometrial cells induce an increase in T cell apoptosis (dissolution of T-cells). These results suggest that hCG may be a link in the development of peritrophoblastic immune tolerance and may facilitate the trophoblast invasion which is known to expedite fetal development in the endometrium.[1] It has also been suggested that hCG levels are linked to the severity of morning sickness in pregnant women.[2]
Because of its similarity to LH, hCG can also be used clinically to induce ovulation in the ovaries as well as testosterone production in the testes. As the most abundant biological source is women who are presently pregnant, some organizations collect urine from gravidae to extract hCG for use in fertility treatment.
Pregnancy testing
Pregnancy tests measure the levels of hCG in the blood or urine to indicate the presence or absence of an implanted embryo.
In particular, most pregnancy tests employ a monoclonal antibody (MAb), which is specific to the ?-subunit of hCG (?hCG). This is important so that tests do not make false positives by confusing hCG with LH and FSH. (The latter two are always present at varying levels in the body, while hCG levels are negligible except during pregnancy.)
The urine test may be a chromatographic immunoassay or any of several other test formats, home-, physician's office-, or laboratory-based.[3] Published detection thresholds range from 20 to 100 mIU/ml (milli International Units per milli-liter), depending on the brand of test.[4] The urine should be the first urine of the morning when hCG levels are highest. If the specific gravity of the urine is above 1.015, the urine should be diluted. The serum test, using 2-4 mL of venous blood, is typically a chemiluminescent or fluorimetric immunoassay[3] that can detect ?hCG levels as low as 5 mIU/ml and allows quantitation of the ?hCG concentration. The ability to quantitate the ?hCG level is useful in the evaluation of ectopic pregnancy and in monitoring germ cell and trophoblastic tumors. Hydatidiform moles ("molar pregnancy") may produce high levels of ?hCG, despite the absence of an embryo. This, as well as several other conditions, can lead to false positive readings of pregnancy tests.
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How do HCG shots work for weight loss?
This hormone has a property that allows the body to mobilize fat and use it for energy. For weight loss, we use only a small amount
and we are able to capitalize on this same mechanism.
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Where do our patients come from?
Orange County
Aliso Viejo,
Anaheim,
Anaheim Hills,
Balboa Island,
Bell Canyon,
Brea,
Buena Park,
Capistrano Beach,
Corona Del Mar,
Costa Mesa,
Coto de Caza,
Cypress,
Dana Point,
Dove Canyon,
El Toro,
Foothill Ranch,
Fountain Valley,
Fullerton,
Garden Grove,
Huntington Beach,
Irvine,
La Habra,
La Palma,
Ladera Ranch,
Laguna Beach,
Laguna Hills,
Laguna Niguel,
Laguna Woods,
Lake Forest,
Las Flores,
Los Alamitos,
Midway City,
Mission Viejo,
Modjeska Canyon,
Monarch Beach,
Newport Beach,
Newport Coast,
Orange,
Placentia,
Rancho Santa Margarita,
San Clemente,
San Juan Capistrano,
Santa Ana,
Seal Beach,
Silverado,
Stanton,
Sunset Beach,
Trabuco Canyon,
Tustin,
Villa Park,
Westminster,
Yorba Linda
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