Are you feeling sluggish or slow lately? You might be living with a slow metabolism. A slow metabolism can be a significant roadblock on your weight loss journey, as reduced metabolism keeps your body in fat-storing mode instead of a fat-burning one. The solution to this problem can be as simple as a lipotropic injection. Gulf Coast Acupuncture is helping people achieve their goals.
What Is the Difference Between B12 and Lipotropics?
Before we dive into the particulars of this treatment, it’s essential to understand what precisely this treatment entails. Many patients assume B12 injections and lipotropic injections are the same things, but the truth is that there is a vast difference in what these injections can do for your overall health.
Regular B12 Shots
You probably know regular B12 shots are an injection usually given to people who have a B12 deficiency, which significantly impacts the size of red blood cells produced in the body; it isn’t unusual for those with B12 deficiency to be anemic for this reason.
Your average B12 injection uses a concentrated serum of the vitamin to boost the energy and metabolism of those seeking the treatment. B12 injections give the body further resources to produce more red blood cells to carry more significant amounts of oxygen throughout the body, meaning those who receive such treatments can benefit from increased energy and reduced feelings of fatigue.
Lipotropics
Lipotropic injections are a more recent treatment that has quickly gained a reputation for helping patients increase energy, boost metabolism, and burn fat at quicker rates than before. Lipotropic injections are formulated with a compound of ingredients. While the base of this treatment is vitamin B12, the other elements include fat-busting and metabolism-increasing amino acids that work with the body to eliminate unwanted fat and remove toxins clogging up your metabolic rate.
You can separate the amino acids present in this treatment into two categories – amino acids that mobilize fat and amino acids that increase metabolism. Let’s break down how both sets of amino acids work.
Mobilize Fat
Methionine, inositol, and choline are three amino acids that are key to mobilizing fat. Methionine is a protein-based amino acid that helps your body release fatty proteins, inositol helps stimulate the removal of fat from the liver to prevent fat storage, and choline prevents cholesterol and fat build-up within your arteries. Together, these three amino acids stop the body from storing excess fat and help boost internal processes to break fat down more quickly for removal.
Increase Metabolism
Adenosine and L-carnitine are both amino acids that work to increase the metabolism in the body. L-carnitine, in particular, helps convert fat into energy that can be used. In conjunction with B12, these amino acids work to pump up your natural metabolic rate. Your body becomes more efficient in converting food into energy that you can use – all without storing more than you need, meaning you are less likely to gain weight.
Are Lipotropic Injections Better?
While both B12 and lipotropic injections serve to enhance your energy and metabolism, lipotropic injections are generally a better option for patients interested in weight loss. The simple reason is that lipotropic injections are more efficient than B12 shots, as the lipotropic amino acids work double-time to destroy and metabolize fat.
While both of these treatments contain B12, a necessary vitamin that our body does not naturally produce, only lipotropic injections work with the liver to remove fat and toxins from the body. You can think of lipotropic injections as a triple threat for enhancing your overall health. In addition to boosting your metabolism and energy, lipotropic injections also destroy fat and help your body filter toxins more quickly. Lipotropic injections are better for your total-body health.
How Can You Get the Most Out of Your Lipotropic Injections?
Each patient can determine how often you can get the most out of your treatment for lipotropic injections. By no means are lipotropic injections a fix-all treatment for all of your weight loss goals.
Like any other treatment, lipotropic injections are a helping hand that will assist you in meeting your ultimate goal more quickly. However, for that to work, it means you will have to put in the effort to get every ounce of benefit from this treatment as you can. It is also essential to eat at regular intervals, as too long without eating sends your body into fat-storage mode. Small portions several times a day is the easiest way to balance your diet. Alternatively, there are merits to regular fasting for maintaining your weight. If you aren’t sure which method of balancing your diet is best for you, please feel free to speak with one of our expert staff.
Healthy Lifestyle Habits
Maintaining healthy lifestyle habits is also essential to getting the most out of your lipotropic injection. For example, drinking alcohol in excess makes your liver work harder and less efficiently, which can undermine the amino acids present in this injection and make it more difficult for you to see any benefits from treatment.
Having a regular sleep schedule to get enough uninterrupted rest each night also makes it easier to maintain your metabolism and lose weight, as disturbed sleep has been linked to weight gain. If you are having difficulty sleeping, give us a call.
Explore Medication Alternatives
Specific medications can be linked to weight gain, low energy, and slow metabolism. It’s worth the effort to speak with your doctor about alternate medications to see if there is a way to reduce these side effects so you can get the most benefit out of your lipotropic injections.
How Does Treatment Work?
Lipotropic injections are similar to any other injection. An injection of the lipotropic cocktail is performed to stimulate the body’s natural response, usually quickly triggering a feeling of more energy and higher metabolism.
Gulf Coast Acupuncture offers B12 & Lipotropics! Are you ready to get started? Book your appointment today. (850)331-9991
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