Dr. Akey Office Hours at Fit For Life Fitness Center
Dr. Akey/AGELESS Medical Solutions now has an office here at Fit For Life Fitness Center. Dr. Akey will be available for consults on Wednesday afternoons beginning August 11, 2010. Call Dr. Akey’s office at 352-332-4640 to book your appointment. Appointments available are 1:45pm, 2:00pm, 2:15pm, and 2:30pm. Prepayment of $145 is required per 15 minute visit. Dr. Akey recommends that if you want to have an hour long consultation, it would be better to book it at her regular office location.
There will be 15 minute focused wellness consults regarding supplement review, exercise, hormone optimization, stress management or facial asthetics and to answer any additional questions the client may have for Dr. Akey. Health surveys and forms should be filled out prior to the visit.
Optimal Age Management Lecture a Success
“Medical Approaches for Optimal Age Management” proved to be a resounding success as a packed ballroom listened intently to the latest research on aging presented by Angeli Akey, MD. For the benefit of those who were marked absent, the following is a brief summary of Monica doing her best to do Dr. Akey’s presentation justice.
Four key areas vital to vitality and good health: 1. Nutrition, 2. Exercise, 3. Hormone balance and 4. Stress management. ‘Looking good’ is but a mere side affect/benefit of good health so let’s get after it…
We’ll start with nutrition and the war on belly fat. Turns out that cute spare tire/muffin top around your waist is not so cute anymore. Liposuction or not, it’s the actual visceral fat around the organs that is very inflammatory and inflammation is not your friend. Inflammation leads to heart disease and who needs friends like that! Choose your friends wisely. Dump the fat.
Diet is crucial because we are now learning that ‘insulin resistance’ leads to an increase in belly fat. Insulin resistance develops when constant high levels of circulating blood sugar leads to the insulin becoming resistant or insensitive to doing its job-i.e. lowering the blood sugar. If you can reduce insulin resistance then you can reduce belly fat. The proven way to reduce insulin resistance is to eat a low glycemic index diet and exercise regularly. Note how I put the diet first. You won’t starve to death on a low glycemic plan. Doc knows you need your ‘daily bread’ but not the kind that has the same glycemic index of table sugar (100).
And how do you know if you have too much or too little belly fat? You find Monica or a good tape measure and you perform a ‘medical waist measurement’ procedure. The findings should be <35” for women and <40” for men. Asians and Hispanics should be 2” less.
And btw, you have Type 2 diabetes if your blood sugar is >126 measured twice. If you know or suspect your sugar is high, this is not something that can wait till after football season.
The discussion on hormones was really interesting and enlightening. Hormone levels decrease with age and play a vital role in weight management. Dr. Akey finds that the body weight gets better as we balance the hormones. We can only blame our genes for about 30% of our troubles. It’s been said that our genes may steer us toward the cliff but it’s our lifestyle that will put us over the cliff edge! If you’re eating wisely and exercising regularly but can’t lose the paunch, seriously look into having your hormone levels checked.
Massage Therapy Services Now On Site!
Work hard, play hard, rest hard and of course – take time to relax! Fit For Life Fitness Center now has our very own massage therapy services on site. Most of you are familiar with Bruce Bowling, Personal Trainer. Did you know Bruce is also an established, experienced licensed massage therapist and he’s good, too! Massages are now available by appointment. You can contact Bruce at (352) 373-1899 or brucebowling@aim.com .
Got Foot Pain? See Gary Wing. Licensed Orthotist
Gary Wing, Orthotist, has a new office now open inside Fit For Life Fitness Center.
Biomechanical exams are now available for anyone experiencing foot pain. Based on a thorough evaluation, recommendations are made to effectively address any existing imbalances contributing to the foot pain. Proper footwear, prefabricated inserts and/or custom made orthotics are some of the options Gary uses to eliminate or effectively manage your foot pain.
For an appointment, please contact Gary Wing at (352) 538-3054 or wgwing@gmail.com
Yoga, Pilates and Ab Attack Available Now
“My thanks to Monica for providing Yoga classes at Fit For Life! They are increasing my balance and stretching ability – and they are fun and relaxing (and a great bargain). Margaret, our instructor, is encouraging and very helpful. and our “relaxing time” at the end of each class, is absolutely renewing. I hope to work up to the Power Yoga and look forward to trying the Pilates classes as well.” That’s what Ervene Katz, a member of Fit For Life Fitness Center since 2000, has to say about our yoga classes.
Here’s the August schedule of Yoga and Pilates classes. Hope to see you there!
Class Fee Schedule: Members $5/class or $30/month or $125/year. Non-members; $10/class See Monica for more information.
