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Weight Loss Wellness Center Replenish Health and Weight Loss Wellness Center Replenish Office DOCTOR ROBERT J. AQUINO AND NICOLETTA RASIZZI, RN, BSN Welcome to Replenish Health & Wellness “You can trace every sickness, every disease and every ailment to a mineral deficiency.” – Linus Pauling, 2 time Nobel Prize Laureate Congratulations on your decision to start your weight loss journey with us here at Replenish Health & Wellness Center! We are excited to have you as part of our practice and look forward to helping you reach your goals. To help you get started, we put together some information that we feel all patients would benefit from knowing so that we can insure your success. Thank you for choosing our physician(s), registered nurses and our team to participate in your healthcare. We look forward to providing you with personalized, comprehensive care focusing on wellness and prevention. As continuity and coordination of patient care is essential in meeting your healthcare needs, our physician(s), nurses, and office staff work closely in a “team approach” to support your patient care. It is our goal to help you live longer and more vibrantly. At Replenish, we offer a multidisciplinary, integrated and scientifically-based approach to discover the cause of your symptoms. Our approach is a truly patient-centered healthcare, not sick care. We are here to support you on the path to achieving and sustaining optimal health, wellbeing and weight loss. Our many different programs that we offer here at Replenish, enables us to custom tailor a unique wellness plan to help you achieve a higher level of optimal health. To start your weight loss journey, you will meet with a Registered Nurse to explain our program and what is the process step by step what we are offering to you as a package. Along with personalized treatments via injections and IV infusions, there are also other modalities that we are incorporating in the program. This is not only a weight loss program it is also a wellness program. We are incorporating reiki, acupuncture, abdomen cupping, infrared sauna, specialized tea and a personalized App will be part of the 12 week program. Once the 12 week program is completed, you will then be lead to continue your lifestyle change and keep the weight off with a nutritionist. We want you to be on track and not gain that weight back. You have a choice of coming back once a month or once every other month to do a maintenance of MIC infusions/injections, reiki, acupuncture and infrared sauna at a special discounted price. You will be followed up with the Nurse Navigator and an acupuncturist once a week to review your progress which will then be discussed with the Doctor to further refine your individualized treatment plan. Our office is open Monday through Friday from 9:30am-5:30pm. Every effort is made to see our patients during daytime hours. Please note that our schedulers are available every day and will do their best to accommodate you. Booking an appointment is essential to ensuring all patients receive the time they require for quality care. As you can see, optimal health takes knowledge and commitment. For now, take time for you. It’s time to “Replenish” and “Give your body what it deserves”. Page 1 Your Name Do you wish to get on the right path to your health? Let us help you heal your body to its fullest potential. You may simply want guidance how to incorporate your wellbeing in your personal life to compliment your treatment. Certain treatments do not always lead to long-term health. START YOUR WELLNESS JOURNEY WITH BABY STEPS. TAKE BACK YOUR HEALTH! ENHANCE YOUR WELL BEING AT REPLENISH. LET US CREATE A LIFE CHANGING PLAN FOR YOU THAT WILL BRING YOU TO YOUR BEST SELF, MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY, PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. Our healthcare team approach puts your individualized needs first. Our program will show you how to implement all of the discoveries and principles that we have that is based on to empower yourself and reclaim health outside the traditional medical office. Our Healthcare team approach sets us aside from other wellness facilities. Each client is under the care of Medical Doctor(s), Registered Nurses and integrative team. This team approach lets us treat our clients with the fullest potential of individualized care. TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS YOU CAN SIT WITH BIANCA AND COORDINATE YOUR SCHEDULE Page 2 VITAMIN INFUSIONS Q&A If you are new to the concept of intravenous vitamin therapy, you might be wondering why you’re suddenly hearing so much about it; why people are talking about this innovative treatment approach from West Coast to East Coast. Intravenous vitamin therapy represents an exciting new concept in Integrative and Functional Medicine allowing us to both prevent and help treat a wide variety of conditions safely and effectively. Who administers and supervises my IV vitamin therapy? Your IV therapy is administered by Registered Nurses under the supervision of our Medical Director, Dr. Robert Aquino. They have extensive expertise in administering all types of intravenous nutrient therapy. Your treatment is designed and directly supervised by highly skilled Physician and certified registered nurses. Where do I actually have my IV vitamin therapy? I don’t like feeling like I’m in a hos p i t a l . Our IV treatment room is comfortable and relaxing. It’s very much like a relaxing oasis, and does not look or feel nothing like a hospital. Many of our patients enjoy reading a book, listening to music, or using their laptops while they have their IV nutrient therapy session. Does it hurt? Because of our nurses’ expertise, there is only a pinprick sensation when entering the vein. Most patients say they hardly even notice it. How long will my IV nutrient therapy take? It varies. Depending on your specific treatment, you may have a quick “IV push,” which takes just a few minutes, or a longer-lasting IV drip, which may take 15-90 minutes sometimes even longer depending upon what is prescribed. Will my insurance cover treatment? In many cases, unfortunately insurance does not cover these treatments. How many treatments of IV vitamin therapy will I need? Every case is different. It all depends on your particular condition and your individual response to treatment. Chronic diseases often require chronic treatment. However, many of our patients report feeling symptomatic relief, more energy, and an overall sense of well-being after two sessions of intravenous vitamin therapy! Page 3 Vitamin infusions work two different ways. It depends on what you are looking for. Based on your needs, you can receive an infusion if: PATIENT INFORMATION The MIC Weight loss Infusion and Injections The goal of the weight loss drip is to ultimately assist in weight loss by reducing body fat. The vitamin concoction in the weight loss drip includes B vitamins and three fat burners that make up what is known as MIC. So how do all of these work synergistically to help with weight loss? B Vitamins are essential in the formation of new, healthy cells in the body. They also boost energy. As your energy levels increase, you become more active and as a result your body will be able to burn more calories helping to increase metabolism. B vitamins are also important for the functioning of the nervous system, which helps with the body’s ability to cope with stress. Stress often leads to weight gain. By helping the body’s response to stress, it is possible to prevent stress induced weight gain. Methionine acts as a lipotropic agent. Lipotropics are necessary for maintenance of a healthy liver, and for burning the exported fat for additional energy. Methione prevents excess fat buildup in the liver and the body, is helpful in relieving or preventing fatigue and may be useful in some cases of allergy because it reduces histamine release. Inositol is related to the B-vitamin family and is closely associated with choline. It aids in the metabolism of fats and helps reduce blood cholesterol. Inositol participates in the action of serotonin, a neurotransmitter known to control mood and appetite. A decrease in your appetite make dietary changes a whole lot easier. Choline promotes the breakdown of fat by transporting dietary fats throughout the body to your cells so they are promptly burned for energy. Choline is a water-soluble nutrient that is related to the B- vitamin family. However, it is not technically a vitamin, but is essential in many functions in the body. Recent studies have found that an intake of choline above and beyond the recommended intake is able to promote weight loss and a reduction in body fat percentage. Page 4 INFRARED SAUNA FOR WEIGHT LOSS When you are relaxing in a Good Health Sauna, your body is actually working for you. This passive cardiovascular conditioning increases heart rate and metabolism, produces sweat, pumps blood, and burns calories – resulting in sauna weight loss! Because far Infrared heat generated in a sauna penetrates deep into your body (up to 2 inches deep), it assists in the infrared sauna weight loss by causing a heating effect deep in your muscles and organs. Your body then reacts by increasing your metabolic rate and raising your pulse as you start to sweat. This profuse sweating helps to increase your basal body temperature, which also puts your metabolism to work. And then as the body starts to cool itself, there is an increase in heart rate, cardiac output, and overall metabolic rate. With a higher metabolism, your body converts food into energy at a faster rate.
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