Patients Give Feedback on CoolSculpting in Toronto: The Next Big Thing in Permanent Fat Loss

“People can’t stop talking about it.”

— Dr. Dale

Patients Give Feedback on CoolSculpting in Toronto: The Next Big Thing in Permanent Fat Loss

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TORONTO, ON (PRWEB) OCTOBER 01, 2016

This week, Toronto Medical Spa tested out the newest body contouring treatment in the industry, Coolsculpting, with two patients who agreed to try the fat-blasting procedure. Coolsculpting is an FDA cleared treatment which eliminate pockets of fat in the belly, flanks (love handles), arm, thigh and chin area. This treatment claims that in one hour, with no downtime or surgery, patients can be on their way to a slimmer, healthier body. Patients Marcus and Sharleen agreed to try out the treatment at no cost, with the condition of providing honest feedback of their Coolsculpting experience immediately after their treatment, and again two months after their treatment. 

Prior to treatment both patients were given individual consultations to discuss health goals and unique treatment plans. The consultation and Coolsculpting treatment was done in the Toronto, Canada office by Coolsculpting specialist, Mabel Sanchez. Before going into the treatment room, Marcus shared, “I’ll be honest, I’m a little skeptical… My cousin recommended this to me so it would be awesome if I get the results I’m looking for.” While Sharleen was a little less apprehensive. “I’m super excited,” Sharleen stated before her treatment, “I mean, what do I have to lose?” The whole treatment took about one hour per patient and both seemed quite comfortable the entire time. Marcus, who was getting his belly area treated, watched some videos on his iPad; and Sharleen, who was getting her thighs treated, dozed off during her treatment. 

After her treatment, Sharleen shared her experience, “It was a great treatment! I did feel some slight discomfort at first, but after five minutes or so I was able to really relax. I’m really looking forward to seeing results.” 

Marcus also shared his immediate thoughts after treatment saying, “It was super easy, I just sat there hanging out, and I didn’t really feel uncomfortable at all. It was cold, but it didn’t bother me. I’m just hoping to see results now!”

The patented science behind Coolsculpting in Toronto, Canada works to freeze, and ultimately kill bad fat cells without harming surrounding healthy tissue and cells. The dead fat cells are then naturally removed from the body throughout the weeks after treatment. After about two months, Sharleen and Marcus were given another opportunity to share results. 

Sharleen stated, “Since I’ve gotten the first treatment my confidence has totally been boosted! My pants are definitely looser around my thighs and I didn’t even have to change my diet and exercise schedule! I've never been a fan of shorts but I want to wear them all the time now show off my legs!”

Marcus who was initially hesitant about the claims from Coolsculpting said, “It actually worked, I’m really surprised! At first I didn’t see any difference but within the last two weeks, I can really tell it worked. I’ve already scheduled another treatment session and I can’t stop telling my friends about Coolsculpting.”

Both Marcus and Sharleen shared that they would get Coolsculpting again, and would definitely recommend it to friends and family. For more information on Toronto Medical Spa’s fat-killing procedure, Coolsculpting, visit their website for your free consultation.

This Is Probably the Least You'll Weigh All Year. Sorry.

“Good and bad news...holiday season is coming and you know what that means.”

— Dr. Dale

This Is Probably the Least You'' Weigh All Year. Sorry. 

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Congratulations. If you are anything like the Americans in a study by a Cornell University professor, your weight will reach an annual low this week or the next. But don’t get too excited — you’ll most likely get fatter soon.

Later this month, the numbers on your scale will begin a long climb past holidays like Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas, peaking around New Year’s Day, according to research published last month as a letter to the editor in The New England Journal of Medicine.

What’s worse, those extra holiday pounds tend to stick around for quite some time.

“Anything that happens in these next 10 weeks, on average, takes about five months to come off,” said Prof. Brian Wansink of Cornell’s business school. He conducted the study with Elina Helander of Tampere University of Technology in Finland and Angela Chieh of Withings, a company that sells connected health-monitoring devices.

Using data from thousands of users of Withings’s wireless scales, the three tracked weight gain and loss among adults in the United States, Japan and Germany over one year, starting in August 2012. Americans accounted for nearly 1,800 participants, with around 800 from Germany and almost 400 from Japan.

While different patterns were found in each country, all three had one thing in common: Waistlines tended to grow in the 10 or so days leading up to holidays.

“Whether it be office parties, whether it be receptions, whether it be your friends’ parties, or it could be you just buying a lot of stuff and eating while you’re preparing things, there’s this real ramp up to almost every holiday,” Professor Wansink said.

Weight Gains and Losses Over a Year 

Weights tend to climb in the 10 days before major holidays, according to data from nearly 3,000 wireless scale users over the course of a year beginning in August 2012. 

Weights peaked around the New Year in the United States and Germany. In Japan, they peaked in early May, around the Golden Week holiday. Weights hit rock bottom at the beginning of December in Japan, the end of September in Germany and the beginning of October in the United States. It wasn’t until late April that Americans were able to erase their holiday gains.

Weights rose by as much as 1 percent from their annual low to their annual high in Germany. In the United States and Japan, they fluctuated by as much as 0.7 percent over the course of the year, the study found.

The results represent a narrow slice of the public: The data were gleaned from adult owners of an approximately $150 wireless scale, suggesting that participants had both the motivation and means to get their weight under control.

But, that, Professor Wansink argues, offers only stronger confirmation of the pattern he and his colleagues found.

“Even among this diligent, almost-ideal population, there’s no escaping this almost inevitable holiday weight gain,” he said.

Indeed, about 1 in 4 of the American participants was obese, far fewer than the national rate of more than 1 in 3, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If anything, Professor Wansink suggested, the participants studied most likely put on less weight and lost it faster than the general population.

Limited though it may be, the research could help to guide Americans to better habits, Professor Wansink said.

“Instead of trying to come up with a New Year’s resolution to lose weight, it’s a whole lot better to maybe have an Oct. 1 resolution to gain less in the first place,” he said.

Stepping on scales more frequently during the holiday season might help, too, he said. Participants who weighed themselves four or more times a week gained less weight and dropped it all more quickly, by the end of January.

Can gadgets actually make you more zen? We give 3 a try

“Relaxation on a whole new level.”

— Dr. Dale

Can gadgets actually make you more zen? We give 3 try 

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Maybe hacking your meditation practice with high-tech programs and devices also is the ultimate irony, but can they really be time savers? A brain-trainer?

I tested three systems that promised to deliver more quickly the effects of meditation.

As they say about traditional meditation, you don’t feel the benefits while you’re sitting but throughout your day. Was I calmer, more present, focused? Perhaps. Each device allowed me the freedom and lack of interruptions to reach a peaceful, altered state of awareness.

Here’s what I found:

A sci-fi recliner

The Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village houses a Somadome, a device that looks like a sci-fi super recliner. The 5-by-6-foot pod with a hinged, illuminated dome lid bathes users in color immersion light therapy while they don headphones and select one of eight themed sessions, including Love, Relax, Recharge and Succeed.

When I pick Manifest, the dome glows lavender and a guided track utters phrases such as, “I am one with the universal mind…the great subconscious mind. ” My consciousness doesn’t register that beats are surging through the headphones, the better to help me access brain wave states normally reached through meditation. My eyelids grow verrrrry heavy as I slip into relaxed, refreshing semiconsciousness that seems to end too soon.

The makers say using the device two or three times weekly can develop healthier mental and physical patterns and help liberate users from the constant distraction of modern society. The device is now at six resorts, including the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa. At the Westlake Village Four Seasons, a session is $85, or $45 with an additional spa service.

Mind-altering cinema

Building on the concept of lucid dreaming, the Dream Reality Cinema program uses a film series to train the unconscious to bring improvements to the conscious life and with practice, control them. The process, developed by Hungarian philosopher and human cybernetics researcher Sandor Lengyel, is said to offer “pure uninterrupted access to the subconscious.”

Eager to reach that state, I enter the darkened back room of a Beverly Hills storefront, recline in one of two zero-gravity chairs and don noise-cancelling headphones and video glasses. After a short introduction, the glasses display a 40-minute, surrealistic movie filled with colorful, abstract images. Throughout, a voice exhorts in various ways that I’m successful, in control, powerful. I struggle to stay awake.

The website details many of the expected physiological benefits, but I had none, apparently;  just a vivid, nightmarish dream that night. The best progress is achieved, according to the website, by two to three weekly visits continuously; each session is $80, or eight for $240. Info: www.dreamrealitycinema.com

A headband for the mind

Fun fact: When your brain neurons are active, they release electricity. Muse, a brain-wave-sensing headband, connects via Bluetooth to a mobile app that measures and rewards your meditation-training progress by the consistency of your focus. The app also instructs you on how to correctly position the headband and interpret the wearable tech’s real-time biofeedback.

Using the app, fitting the headband and focusing my thoughts to calibrate the device is easy. Not so easy? Maintaining the steadiness. When my mind wanders, the headband measures the activity and translates it in real time to the app’s soundscape. With the beach soundtrack, lapping waves and wind intensify when I lose focus. When my brain settles into calm, I hear chirping birds (a distraction I disabled). The sounds act like road signs to keep my meditation on track and learn new meditation methods.

Muse creators meant to gamify meditation for “an achievement-oriented demographic that likes devices and measurable feedback,” according to Jackie Cooper, a company marketing executive. After sessions, users receive an email that elaborates on the techniques employed — such as counting breaths — or helpful reminders that using Muse may be simple, but sticking to a practice isn’t always easy. The device retails for $249. Wanderlust Hollywood offers Wednesday training sessions. Info: www.choosemuse.com