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  • Metabolism 101

    At Contemporary Health Center, our mission is to help you look and feel your best! With that mission ever in our minds, we’re sharing an article with you this week written by one of our friends at Medi-Weightloss Clinics®. Read on for information about what metabolism means and how it affects your daily life!

    Metabolism 101

    April 30, 2014 by Jennifer Christman, RD, LDN

    There are articles upon articles on how to trick your metabolism into working faster. How Can I Speed Up My Metabolism? Nine EASY Ways to Rev It Up!Seldom do they define what the metabolism process actually is and how it works. Here I will break it down for you to explain what your metabolism really is and what affects it.

    So what is it, really?
    Your metabolism is a system of chemical reactions that take place in the body’s cells. Hormones and enzymes work together to convert food into fuel, in order to power everything we do from thinking to moving.

    The basal metabolic rate (BMR) measures the rate at which a person’s body “burns” energy while at rest. So someone with a low BMR, burns fewer calories while resting or sleeping, while someone with a high BMR burns more in the same conditions.

    What does it affect?
    The metabolism process affects how your body burns that fuel. It influences the rate at which you burn calories, thus determining how quickly you gain and lose weight. Calories are a unit of energy that you get from food. If the amount of calories you consume is greater than the amount you burn off, your body stores it as fat.

    What affects your metabolism?
    Your metabolic rate depends on a variety of factors. To a certain extent, personal BMR is genetic, inherited by parents. However, BMR can be influenced in certain ways. Both exercise and body composition can affect your metabolism.

    What increases your metabolism?
    The best way to increase your metabolism is to increase the amount of energy your body needs. Regular exercise will not only burn calories and energy from the activity itself, but it also keeps you fit by boosting how much energy your body needs even at rest. A combination of cardio and strength training has been shown to increase energy usage and raise the BMR, sometimes up to 24 hours after a workout.

    What decreases your metabolism?
    There are two main reasons for a decrease in resting metabolism that you should understand. The first is that a smaller body requires fewer calories to maintain the same physiological functions. The second reason is that during weight loss, the body may try to conserve energy in response to a calorie restricted diet. Your metabolism slows down because it doesn’t need to burn as much energy as before.

    **Note: For more information on ways you can help keep your metabolism in check or to make an appointment with Doctor Bloy, call our offices at (239) 333-3345.

    Metabolism-101

  • 4 Tips for a Better Night’s Sleep

    In last week’s Healthy Steps blog, we mentioned that a good night’s sleep is an important key to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. While keeping a sensible schedule and keeping stress levels down are both key factors in getting good rest, your nighttime eating habits are just as important. Below are four food items you should avoid before stretching out for bedtime.

    Caffeine
    This alkaloid is well-known and highly-praised for its ability to perk you up during the day, but caffeine lingers in your body far beyond the quick pick-me-up. In fact, the caffeine in your morning cup of coffee will stay with you for four to six hours. It’s a good idea to avoid anything caffeinated about six hours before bedtime. Caffeine isn’t just restricted to coffee and soda drinks, either. Dark chocolate, most teas and hot cocoa all contain caffeine. If a hot drink soothes you before bedtime, try a caffeine-free herbal tea.

    Heavy Stuff
    Foods that are high in fat (especially fried foods) take considerably longer for your body to digest. This drawn-out digestion process can cause abdominal discomfort that interferes with sleep. Breads, cheeses, processed meats and even some tomato products can be detrimental to your sleep. If you have to eat a late-night meal, be sure to choose something full of lean protein and fiber. The heavier the meal, the harder your body will be working to digest it. If a big meal is on the books for the night, make sure it’s at least four to five hours before bed.

    Sugars
    While a few spoonfuls of ice cream or a little slice of cheesecake are common nighttime indulgences, eating sugary foods before bed can actually make it difficult to stay asleep. Eating sweets can cause your blood sugar levels to spike and then fall rapidly as your body releases insulin to help bring those sugar levels under control. While most people will still fall asleep easily, those blood sugar fluctuations make it difficult to achieve restful sleep. If dessert is on the nightly menu, be sure to enjoy at least 2 hours before bedtime.

    Spice…Not So Nice
    A few dashes of your favorite red pepper hot sauce on your burrito or a spicy curry dish rife with red pepper will definitely set your taste buds to tingling. But enjoying spicy foods before sleepy time can be a recipe for a restless night. Ensuring you’re vertical (sitting upright or standing) is important to the process of digestion. For this reason, it’s important to avoid spicy foods for at least 3 hours before you go to sleep. Letting your body process food the way it’s designed to process them might save you from sleep-killing heartburn.

    Happy sleeping, friends!

    Sleep-Killers

  • Healthy Steps, Part One

    At Contemporary Health Center, our mission is to help you look and feel your best. While achieving proper health and wellness may sound like a huge task, it can actually be much simpler than we think. By making small changes to your day-to-day routine, you can take easy, healthy steps toward looking and feeling your best. This week, we’re focusing on four basic ideas that will provide you a platform on which to build a healthful lifestyle! Read these four concepts and make the effort to implement them in your daily routine.

    1. BREAKFAST

    You’ve probably heard breakfast referred to as “the most important meal of the day.” Though the adage is old, there is a lot of truth to that notion. Beginning each day with a healthy breakfast with plenty of protein and fiber will help keep you healthy in a few different ways. Most noticeably, you’ll experience an increase in energy and concentration. Also, most studies show that eating breakfast is a key factor in maintaining a healthy weight.

    2. WATER

    Water is easily the most precious nutrient for the human body. Beyond the benefits of proper hydration, water is also the key to flushing out toxins and impurities from your body. The cells that make up your body need to stay hydrated in order to function properly. Drinking about eight glasses of water per day is a great starting point for maintaining good hydration. As your physical activity level increases, your water consumption should increase, as well.

    3. LESS STRESS

    Most doctors agree that stress is one of the absolute worst things for your body. Stress has been linked to cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal disorders and even some types of cancer. While it’s impossible to ignore the day-to-day worries of life (bills, work, parenting, etc.), it is important to reduce the physical impact of stress on your body. Regular exercise routines, yoga, meditation or even something as simple as intentional relaxation are all great ways to lower the impact of stress on your body.

    4. SLEEP

    Getting a good night’s sleep is actually much more important than we used to think. Sleep not only hits the “reset” button on your body’s energy levels, it also helps to keep you healthy. Keeping your memory sharp, maintaining your immune system, and keeping the effects of aging from creeping in too early are all benefits of sleeping well. On the other hand, a lack of sleep can actually cause some health problems. In addition to leaving you more susceptible to disease, not sleeping enough can also lead to increased blood sugar levels. While sleep needs can vary from age to age, most healthy adults need between seven and nine hours of sleep to be able to function at their best.

    Healthy-Steps

  • May Night of Beauty!

    Join us in Naples at our Medi Weightloss Clinic location for a Night of Beauty. Dr. Bloy will be treating patients who are interested in:

    -Bio Identical Hormone Pellet Therapy
    -Fillers
    -Botox/Dysport

    Contact Debbie Neel at 239-325-1633 for your appointment time!

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  • Is Pellet Therapy a New Type of Treatment?

    Here at Contemporary Health Center, our mission is to help you look and feel your best. We’ve been talking a lot lately about Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy. Is this treatment something new?

    The answer is no. Though significant advances have been made since its inception, pellet therapy is definitely not new. We’ve had access to hormonal pellets for about thirty years. However, in the past, the biggest problem faced by those using pellet therapy is that pellets just didn’t last long enough.

    Fast-forward to 2014 and we’re employing crystalline technology in making pellets for treatment. By using this method, pellets last much longer than ever before. In women, pellets usually last for between three and four months and in men, pellets last for about six months.

    Doctor Bloy prepared a short video on this subject. You can watch it by clicking on the YouTube player below. If you’d like more information about Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy, or if you’d like to make an appointment, please call our office at (239) 333-3345.

  • The Advantage of Pellet Therapy

    At Contemporary Health Center, our mission is to help you look and feel your best. Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy with pellets is a big part of what we do here at CHC.

    As you may know, our hormone levels naturally decrease as we age. We now have the ability to replace declining levels of estrogen and testosterone with pellets that go underneath the skin.

    A question we’re sometimes asked is – what is the advantage of pellet therapy over other treatment options?

    While there are certainly other options when it comes to hormone therapy, pellet therapy is the best choice because of greater absorption.

    Gels, pills and packets just don’t absorb well into your body. With pellet therapy, we can achieve serum levels and effects that we’ve never had before with other types of treatment.

    Doctor Bloy prepared a short video about this process. Click the link below to view the video. If you’d like more information, or if you’d like to schedule an appointment, call our office at (239) 333-3345 today.

  • Facial Injection Procedures – Painful or Not?

    At Contemporary Health Center, our mission is to help you look and feel your best. With that mission in mind, we offer a variety of procedures to our clients including facial injections.

    Though that may sound a bit intimidating, injectable procedures should be simple and painless. After carefully marking injection locations, doctors insert a tiny needle into each injection site. This process can take as little as thirty seconds. And that’s it!

    Doctor Bloy has prepared a short video in which he demonstrates what exactly goes into a facial injection procedure. You’ll be surprised at how quickly the process flies by! Watch the video by clicking below.

    If you’d like more information on these services or any others we offer at Contemporary Health Center, or if you’d like to schedule an appointment, call our office at (239) 333-3345.

  • New Technologies at Contemporary Health Center

    Our mission is and always has been to help you look and feel your best. We have exciting new laser technology at Contemporary Health Center. Using cutting-edge techniques and equipment, laser technology can be a great way to take steps in looking and feeling your best!

    One of the new laser technologies we’re offering is permanent laser hair reduction. This process reduces hair growth in those problem areas such as arms, legs, underarms or the bikini line.

    Another exciting technology we’re offering to our clients is laser body contouring. We can now permanently remove fat from the lower abdomen, the back, arms or legs, or even from under the chin.

    Laser technology also allows for the permanent removal of varicose veins of any size. We use chemicals and lasers to permanently remove these veins anywhere on the body.

    Another popular laser technology is permanent removal of scars and stretch marks. One of the most requested procedures from our patients are fillers and injectibles such as Botox, Dysport and Xeomin.

    Doctor Bloy prepared a short video explaining some of these features. You can watch it below or for more information on these procedures, or to schedule an appointment, call our office at (239) 333-3345.

  • What Is Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy?

    As we age, often times important hormone levels drop as well.  At Contemporary Health Center, we are committed to providing relief for men and women suffering from symptoms of hormone deficiency.  With a free consultation and a simple blood test, Dr. Bloy can help you determine if this treatment is right for you.

    We are finding great success for our patients with this time-tested process, Bio-Identical Pellet Hormone Replacement Therapy. Utilizing a quick, simple, relatively painless in-office procedure, performed with a local anesthetic, a tiny pellet is inserted under the skin allowing the medication to be absorbed over the next 4 to 6 months.

    The results are exceptional and many times, more economical than other treatments.  Many patients are experiencing better sleep, clearer thinking and more energy in general.  They are enjoying an increase in libido, a reduction in “hot flashes” and one of the best results, weight loss!

  • The advantages of health, wellness, nutrition and fitness.

    Our goal at Contemporary Health Center is to help you look and feel your best.  Looking and feeling your best comes through a combination of the right health, wellness, nutrtion and fitness plans, processes and goals.

    However, before getting into what they are, and how they work, we must start with “why.”  Why should you care about your health?  Why is wellness important?  Why should you focus on your nutrition?  Why should you have a fitness plan? Asking “why” reveals the purpose behind the passion and the process, and will be the driving force behind staying with it when willpower just won’t cut it.

    So what are your “why’s?”  Share what helps you stay on track and accomplish your goals below.

    Share why your health is important.  It could be as simple as looking or feeling good. Your family or friends might be your why.  Let us know below and encourage others on their journey.