How to lose weight fast and safe?
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  • Are you a bit overweight or obese and tired of it?
  • Are you looking for safe, easy and fast ways to lose weight?
  • Do you think you are “eating right” but still gaining weight?
  • Do you have health insurance?
  • If yes, do you know your insurance might have coverage for medical weight loss?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you may want to consider the W8MD’s insurance covered medical weight Loss and wellness program offered at

OUR W8MD WELLNESS PROGRAM INCLUDE:

  • inexpensive, individualized weight loss plan with all of the right ingredients.
  • a loss of between 2-5 pounds a week with nutritious, easy to prepare, pre-portioned, low-glycemic food.
  • a consultation, under the guidance of Dr. Prab R. Tumpati, a fellowship trained bariatric, sleep and internal medicine physician with experience in treating obesity, its associated conditions and a wide variety of sleep disorders.
  • instruction on nutritional programs teaching you:
    • about metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance and whether you are at risk.
    • the proper amount of low glycemic foods you should be eating on a daily basis to fit your needs.
    • how often, and the proper times you should be eating during the day.
    • the correct food combination of protein, fats and carbohydrates.

Losing weight fast and safe

W8MD’s greater Philadelphia office is also a state of the art; comprehensive sleep diagnostic and treatment center. As one of the official locations for W8MD’s insurance covered medical weight loss program, we offer a comprehensive medical weight loss and wellness program.
Unlike the many “cash only” weight loss clinics, w8md accepts most insurances so you can lose weight cheap and your insurance might pay for the cost of the visit.
215-676-2334 is the number to call to set up a consultation today. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act that mandates insurance coverage for weight loss by insurances including medicare, most insurances do have coverage for weight loss. We also offer a cash discounted weight loss plan for those that do not have health insurance and is one of the most affordable weight loss programs in the Greater Philadelphia area.
 What have you got to lose except those extra unwanted pounds? Check out our website at www.w8md.com
Causes of weight gain
If you are wondering what might be causing your weight gain, you do not eat much, here are some of the reasons. According to Dr. Prab R. Tumpati, MD and founder of W8MD Medical Weight Loss Centers Of America, weight gain can be caused by many factors including insulin resistance, hormonal imbalances, nutritional deficiencies, medications, stress, sleep disorders such as sleep apnea, emotional eating, eating disorders, genetic factors etc. but the most important of all these factors is insulin resistance.
What Is Insulin Resistance?
Insulin is the key hormone for fat gain and loss. After you eat carbohydrates, your blood sugar levels will increase. It is the insulin’s job to push the glucose into the cells where it is used for energy. Insulin also helps muscles, fat and liver cells store sugar that can be released when it is needed. Each cell surface has insulin receptors which act like little doors that open and close to regulate the amount of blood sugar allowed to flow in. If the body takes in too much simple sugars found in carbohydrates, the cells are bombarded with so much insulin that the “doors” begin to malfunction and shut down. If the doors are not open, the pancreas feels the need to produce even more insulin to push into the cells because it cannot perform its function to lower sugar levels tending to leave the insulin floating in the blood stream. A vicious cycle is now in place resulting in a condition called Insulin resistance which inhibits our fat cells from giving up their stores of energy to let us lose weight. Insulin resistance can lead to belly fat accumulation, lipid abnormalities and other related problems leading to what is called “metabolic syndrome”
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What is Metabolic Syndrome?
Metabolic Syndrome is a cluster of conditions including high blood pressure, high blood sugar levels, excess body fat, especially “belly fat” or abnormal cholesterol levels; which, when they occur together, increase your risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
Having only one of these conditions doesn’t mean that you have metabolic syndrome. However, any of these conditions will increase your risk of serious disease. If more than one of these conditions occur in combination, your risk is even greater.
If you have metabolic syndrome or any of the components of metabolic syndrome, aggressive lifestyle changes can delay or even prevent the development of many serious health problems.
HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE INSULIN RESISTANCE?
1/3rd of US population has insulin resistance and the diagnosis is fairly simple. Place a check any item that applies to you:
□Do you have a family history of diabetes, being overweight, abnormal cholesterol or triglycerides, high blood pressure or heart disease?
□ Do you crave sugary or starchy foods frequently?
□ Is it difficult for you to lose weight, especially around your middle?
□ Do you feel that you are addicted to carbohydrates?
□ Do you experience shakiness, difficulty thinking, or headaches (often in the afternoon) that go away after you eat?
□ Are you ten pounds or more over what you would call your “ideal” weight?
□ Do you exercise fewer than two times per week?
□ Do you have high blood pressure?
□ Do you have high triglycerides and low HDL cholesterol?
□ Do you have polycystic ovary syndrome?
□ Have you ever experienced acanthosis nigricans skin changes – velvety, mossy, flat, wart-like darkened skin on your neck or armpits or underneath your breasts?
If you answered yes to three or more of these questions, you are likely insulin resistant. The more yes answers you gave, the more likely you are to have insulin resistance and the greater your risk is of developing health problems, such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. We may be able to help. Call us today at 215-676-2334 for a consultation with a Bariatric Medicine Physician. Your wellness is our mission! W8MD wellness center, 1718 Welsh Road, Second Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19115-4213.
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We offer a fast and safe weight loss under careful medical supervision with a board certified and experienced physician, Dr. Prab R. Tumpati. 

About Dr. Prab R. Tumpati
Dr Tumpati is a board certified physician with significant practice experience in managing sleep disorders, and obesity. As one of the few physicians that have the privilege of a fellowship training in Obesity Medicine, Dr Tumpati is very passionate about educating the public and physicians about how some of the nutritional concepts were misunderstood. Having also passed a written board examination in the field of Bariatric Medicine offered by the American Board of Bariatric Medicine(ABBM), Dr Tumpati has unique experience and is passionate about educating the public about the effects of obesity, specifically, metabolic syndrome in both adults and children.
Since weight disorders and sleep disorders are bidirectionally related according to the latest research, Dr Tumpati realized the importance of addressing both these problems together. In this regard, Dr Tumpati acquired additional training in the field of bariatric medicine(Obesity Medicine) and now combines the expertise from these two fields to better serve his patients.
Dr Tumpati currently serves as the Medical Director at Poly-Tech Sleep Services in Northeast Philadelphia, King Of Prussia and is a staff physician at the medical director of W8MD’s New York office at 2003, Bath Avenue, Brooklyn, New York and travels extensively. Dr. Tumpati was interviewed by several Radio and TV stations, written articles in health magazines both print and online, and considers himself media and tech savvy.
 
Most physicians have nothing to offer their overweight or obese patients other than simply say “lose weight” or hand out a diet sheet! It is not useful to most people to be just told to lose weight as they already know that fact and it is not adding any value, or offer the structured support, information, tools, and methods the weight loss needs!
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