Dr. Ala Says...

Check out the progress of one of our FirstLine Therapy (FLT) patients. He came into us with real ill health. With some direction from Dr. Ala through our FLT program, and a lot of personal dedication, he was able to make dramatic changes in his health! Check out his incredible progress below:

Paul, 56 year old, Male

Primary complaints:

First Visit: 2/13/2014

Complaints:

Goals:

Second visit: 3/25/2014 On FLT for 7 weeks

Follow up on Complaints:

Hypertension: Blood pressure reduced from 136/74 to 105/71 consistently. Started decreasing blood pressure medication.
Kidney health: Labs show improvement. Original labs showed Creatinine (kidney health marker) level of 1.72 mg/dL. After first 7 weeks of FLT Creatinine was 1.61 mg/dL.
Prevent diabetes: Initial fasting glucose was 110 mg/dL. After 7 weeks of FLT fasting glucose was 83 mg/dL.
Overweight: Initial weight was 186 lbs, after 7 weeks of FLT weight was down to 171. Weight loss total: 15 lbs. Better than that, check out the quality of weight loss, listed below:

Initial fat mass, 48.84 lbs, after FLT fat mass, 26.84 lbs, total of 22 lbs of fat loss.
Initial muscle mass, 71.94, after FLT muscle mass of 78.54, total of 6.6 increase in lean tissue.
Bonus: Paul changed his body composition dramatically, increasing lean tissue and decreasing fat tissue. Although he lost 15 pounds, he actually shed 22 pounds of fat!

Dependence on prescription meds. Already decreasing high blood pressure medication. Plus, diabetes is much less of a threat now, so future dependence on drugs has decreased significantly. The improvement in kidney function also correlates with his goal of decreasing drug dependence.

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