4 Week Body Contour / Lipo Light Program
Welcome and Congratulations!
This is an important decision towards improving your wellness
and overall lifestyle!
We share the mutual desire of you reaching all of your wellness goals, involving the Lipo Light treatments. In order for you to reach these goals, we have provided a few tips to help you maximize your results. It is important to manage your expectations according to an appropriate diet, lifestyle and exercise program in conjunction with your Lipo Light treatment protocol.
To Ensure Your Best Results:
• Drink Plenty of Water Before and After Each Treatment
(consume ½ your body weight in ozs. of water daily)
• Avoid ALL Alcohol and High Sugar Content Drinks
• Do Not Eat 2 Hours Before or 2 Hours After Each Treatment
• All Visits Should Be Scheduled 48-72 Hours Apart
(due to scheduling constraints; please do not miss your scheduled appt. time)
• Incorporate Whole Body Vibration Post Treatment For 10 Minutes
• Manage Calorie Intake; Excess Calories Will Counteract the Treatments.
Natural Health Solutions 14698 Galaxie Ave. Apple Valley, MN 55124
Information on the Lipo Light Treatments
No Surgery * No Pain * No Downtime
Lipo Light Body Contouring enables all the efficacy of liposuction without the surgery, pain and long recovery time.
How It Works
• Light Lipo energy safely penetrates the patient’s skin at a specific wavelength (650nm) targeted for adipose (fat) cells.
• Adipose cells are permeated releasing Free Fatty Acids (FFA’s), Water and Glycerol. Together these compounds are also called Triglycerides.
• Triglycerides are normally released from fat cells when the body needs energy. Once released the Glycerol and Free Fatty Acids are used by the body as an energy source.
• Adipose cells “shrink” significantly resulting in inch loss for the patient and when treated with the 4 week protocol will completely collapse the cell.
• Exercise or a 10 minute Whole Body Vibration session is
recommended immediately post laser treatment to burn the released FFA’s within the body and helps stimulate the lymphatic system.
What Is The Protocol?
The recommended protocol for the Lipo Light is 2 weekly treatments for 4 weeks. The treatment time is 20 minutes per session. A standard 20 minute procedure releases 40-60 grams of fat. The Lipo Light mobilizes fatty acids and works synergistically with the body’s natural weight loss mechanisms.
Physical Functions That Affect Results
The phases of menopause, hypothyroidism, low metabolism,
menstrual cycles, water retention, etc. can affect a person’s ability to lose inches & weight. If you have any of these issues, or others that are not noted here, you may not have the results you’d like.
How Deep Into Tissue Can a Lipo Light Penetrate?
The depth of penetration of the lipo light depends on many parameters such as the laser’s wavelength, power, type of device (pulse or continuous wave model), and the technique used. Our technology covers all these variables to produce optimal results.
What Is Released When An Adipocyte Is Penetrated With Lipo
Light?
Water, Glycerol and Free Fatty Acids (FFA).
What Are Free Fatty Acids and Glycerol?
Free Fatty Acids are the byproducts when an adipocyte is broken and comparable to one of the outcomes of the food digestion process. These are described as “Free” because they can be transported in the bloodstream without the aid of other carriers. Triglyceride is a term that describes a collection of three Fatty Acid molecules bound together with one Glycerol molecule. Each Fatty Acid molecule is an extended chain of carbon and hydrogen atoms. The process of Hydrolysis separates the stored fats into its two separate compounds, Fatty Acids and Glycerol. Glycerol has properties similar to alcohol and sugar; after the release by the adipose tissue, the Glycerol is passed through the bloodstream and returned to the liver for a conversion into a useful energy source – Glucose.
Anatomically, Where Is Fat Stored Under The Skin?
Fat is usually stored in the subcutaneous layer and is located approximately 8 mm below the surface of the skin.
Where Do The Free Fatty Acids Go?
Once the Free Fatty Acid leaves the cell, it enters the interstitial space. It is then absorbed by the lymphatic system, bound to the albumin,
transported via afferent lymph vessels to the sentinel node, broken down via lipases and dumped into the circulatory system where the debris can then be processed by the liver (Fatty Acid Oxidation). Some of the Free Fatty Acids are converted to Triglycerides in the liver and returned to the plasma. The rate of turnover and metabolic disappearance of Fatty Acids from plasma is known to be extremely rapid as their half-life in the plasma is about 1 ½ - 2 ½ mins. Free Fatty Acids combine with oxygen to produce energy. The Free Fatty Acids released from the adipose tissue can be utilized anywhere there is energy needed within the body. The ultimate destination of the released Fatty Acid is to the mitochondria of the subject’s cells that require energy. The mitochondria are the power house of every cell.
Where Does The Glycerol Go?
The liberated Glycerol is not utilized again for triglyceride synthesis, it can diffuse rapidly into the blood and once passed into circulation it undergoes a dilution process. Glycerol will diffuse widely and rapidly throughout the total body water, disappears from the blood stream and excretes from the body in urine. The rate of turnover and the metabolic disappearance of Glycerol from the plasma is estimated to be about 30 minutes. Glycerol is hence rapidly excreted in the urine. Additionally, after being released from the adipose tissue, Glycerol is passed through the
bloodstream for return to the liver for conversion into a useful energy source – Glucose.
Are There Any Side Effects?
No, the Lipo Light is safe and effective for targeting multiple areas of stubborn fat and reducing circumference size.
Are There Any Contraindications?
A physician should be consulted before using the Lipo Light system if the patient has any of the following conditions: Pregnancy, Epilepsy,
Immuno-Suppressive Disorders, Thyroid Gland Dysfunction, Uncontrolled Hypertension, Pacemakers, Cancer, Heart Disease or Cardiac Arrhythmia, Liver or Kidney Disorders. The Laser is not recommended for anyone under the age of 18.
What Is The Protocol To Utilize Glycerol And Free Fatty Acids
After The Laser Treatment?
Our after treatment protocols recommend the use of the Whole Body Vibration machine to effectively utilize Free Fatty Acids and Glycerol, in addition to initiating the mechanism of the lymphatic process.
What Does Whole Body Vibration Do?
The underlying mechanism with the Whole Body Vibration is elicitation of muscular activity. The effects include; increased blood flow, oxygenation and heat with release of hormone responses comparable to that found after resistance exercise.
Vibration exercise elicits a mild cardiovascular activity and muscular mechanisms of fatigue, requiring the body to use energy. While fat in the form of Fatty Acids is a very desirable energy source, it is dependant on the presence of oxygen to be useful.
Whole Body Vibration Acts In 2 Ways:
A. Stimulates muscles, which creates the need for energy. Free Fatty Acids are released by the laser which combine with oxygen and produce the energy needed for these muscles.
B. In circumstances where energy is required by the body more
quickly than oxygen can be delivered to the location, the body will switch to its less energy efficient anaerobic system. When the body is using one of its anaerobic systems, it cannot utilize Free Fatty Acids, but it will simply generate less energy with a resulting
greater depletion rate of glucose. This glucose is obtained from the released Glycerol and its conversion in the liver.
* 10 minutes on the Whole Body Vibration is equivalent to 60 minutes of exercise.
