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8 Reasons for Daily Lemon Water

Start the Day…

Drinking lemon water first thing at the start of each day is an easy routine to get into that can improve your overall health in a very positive way. Not only is it refreshing but it jumps starts digestion and your body’s natural detoxification process, add to that lemons are loaded with iron, calcium, vitamins C and B, enzymes, potassium, magnesium, fibers, and antioxidants, which may help build up your resistance to aliments, sickness, and disease. It’s a win win refreshment with seemingly endless benefits in a simple daily routine.

Replace Caffeine?

Lemon water right at the start of the day is not only refreshing, it gives you an immediate boost of energy that can improve your mood in one quick easy step while you are being hydrated. The importance of staying properly hydrated can not be stated enough. Water is always best, but many people find it too bland, adding lemons adds some zest to it that is enjoyable which may help you also kick the caffeine habit.

Lemon Water for Immunity

Lemon water can boost your immune system as it is high in vitamin C which fights cold and flu by strengthening the immune system, and helps improve the body’s ability to absorb more iron from the foods consumed which is an important nutrient. Lemons also have antiviral and antibacterial properties that aid in fighting off colds and flu, which also soothe a sore throat.

Lemon Water for GI Tract

Lemon juice has a similar structure to the juices that are found in you stomach that helps to loosen and flush out toxins from in the digestive tract. It also helps to hydrate your colon, stimulate bile production, infuses water into stool, and aides your bowels moving in the morning. It can help to ease bloating, heartburn, and indigestion. Lemons help to flush your system and stimulate your liver to produce more enzymes and make them work more efficiently. Lemon juice works as a diuretic to keep your urinary tract toxin free and change PH levels which decreases bacterial growth.

Lemon Water for Healthy Skin

Lemons are a very rich source of antioxidants that promote healthy skin by help to restrict free radical damage that is responsible for the premature aging of your skin. The vitamin C helps rejuvenate and maintain skin’s elasticity to help prevent the formation of wrinkles and decreases blemishes.

Lemon Water Reduces Inflammation

Lemons have the ability to reduce inflammation by removing uric acid from your joints. With its sour taste lemons are one of the most alkalizing foods known that alkalize the body. Build ups of uric acid is one of the known major cause of inflammation. Too many acids in the body not only causes inflammation, but it can also cause obesity, major diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes.

Lemon Water for Weight Loss

Drinking lemon water can help you achieve faster, long term weight loss goals when added to your routine. It helps boost your metabolism, fight hunger cravings, and gives you a full feeling making you less prone to snack between meals.

Lemon Water for Emotional Health

Lemon water can give you a boost to help fight stress and depression, it creates more focus and mental clarity as it contains high levels of magnesium and potassium which are beneficial on our nerve health and brain.

Source: Natural News

Aesthetic Services- Chemical Peels & Dermaplaning

Exfoliation is an important part of having younger skin, and who doesn’t want to have younger looking skin? Two of my favorite aesthetic services are types of exfoliation- peels and dermaplaning. Peels are a chemical exfoliation, while dermaplaning is a mechanical exfoliation. Before we get into these two types of exfoliation, let’s discuss the need for exfoliation.

Need for Exfoliation

As humans age, we lose the collagen and elastin in our skin along with the ability to turn over skin cells at a faster rate. Now, collagen is the molecule that is responsible for plumping skin to keep fine lines and wrinkles at bay while the elastin gives our skin elasticity. And elastin is too big of a molecule to put back in our skin. While collagen is also a big molecule, pores are large enough for some collagen to penetrate back in. Therefore, anti-aging results will be limited without exfoliation such as dermaplaning or peel. So, these exfoliation methods not only slough off dead skin cells, but they also stimulate the production of new skin cells which will produce collagen and elastin.

Note, both peels and dermaplaning exfoliate; however, peels will produce a deeper exfoliation because it is a chemical that penetrates down to the dermis while a dermaplaning will only work on the epidermis.

Chemical Peels

Chemical peels come in different types. Glycolic acid is derived from sugar cane and is an alpha-hydroxy acid good for anti-aging and brightening the skin, while salicylic acid is derived from aspirin and is a beta-hydroxy acid known for combating acne. Actually, there is also a lactic acid which is the safest form of peel because women produce lactic acid. The VI Peel is done at New Leaf Wellness under the direction of a medical director, because it is a deep peel.

Peels are not usually recommended for pregnant women, as the chemicals can seep into bloodstream, although I have seen some estheticians perform a light lactic peel on a pregnant woman. In fact, peels are also not recommended for people higher on the Fitzpatrick scale due to risk of hyperpigmentation. Hyperpigmentation happens when the skin produces too much melanin and forms darker spots in some areas. Also, other contraindications for peels include scarring, scabbing, cold sores or herpes break out around the mouth, if already present.

Dermaplaning

Dermaplaning, which we could also just call, “shaving your face,” because this treatment involves gently pulling a blade along your skin. But! Dermaplaning, unlike traditional shaving, uses a smaller blade to slough off dead skin cells in addition to removing wispy facial hair, so skin is more even in tone and texture. Interestingly, it’s superficial (there will not be blood) and strangely reminiscent of a cat lick(tickly, sandpapery). Perk: It makes makeup go on smoother too!

What to Choose?

So, peels yield deeper, long lasting result, although they usually come with a downtime of 2-7 days depending on the pH of the peel. However, peels are usually recommended in a series of 3-6 to get the results the you want to see. In comparison, dermaplaning is a safer exfoliation method that almost everyone can use and results are immediate. Both exfoliation methods can be used on different areas of the body along with various other aesthetic services we offer. To decide which is better, use your skin care knowledge or consult with your provider, and you will see younger, firmer, glowing, healthy skin in no time. For added skin care, check out our super supplements that assist with skin care initiatives. Check out our products>

How To Schedule:

Contact New Leaf Wellness today to learn more about our aesthetic services or give us a call at 888-728-7555! You can also take our short informational quiz to help point you in the best direction for your skin! Check it out below.

Aesthetic Health Quiz- FOR WOMEN

Aesthetic Health Quiz- FOR MEN

What Do You Know About Vitamin B12 Deficiency?

So, what do you really know about vitamin B12 deficiency? Fatigue is the most common symptom of people who have low levels of vitamin B12. But fatigue by itself, can be a sign of almost any health condition — or just that you haven’t been sleeping enough! Other signs of B12 deficiency include confusion, cognitive impairment, unsteady gait, numbness, tingling and fatigue.

What Causes B12 Deficiencies?
Vitamin B12 deficiencies may happen when you aren’t getting the right nutrients in your diet, when your body can’t absorb nutrients properly, and when you have various other problems of the digestive system.

Since most B12 in our diets comes from animal products, vegans are at risk for B12 deficiency. Furthermore, Crohn’s and celiac disease, weight loss surgery, and chronic alcoholism can all interfere with a person’s ability to absorb enough of the nutrients they need. Actually, seniors have more problems with nutrient absorption and malnutrition as well.

In fact, vitamin B12 is a critical nutrient that helps your body make healthy red blood cells. If you have a chronic lack of B12, your body can’t make the amount of red blood cells that it needs, which can lead to anemia.

Is B12 Deficiencies Treatable?

Most people with vitamin B12 deficiencies have a mild problem. But in some cases, vitamin B12 deficiency can have serious consequences. You can develop mental problems, including confused thinking, memory loss, and dementia, which in some serious cases can be irreversible. Low levels of B12 can also cause nerve damage and anemia and weaken your bones.

What Are The Best Natural Sources of Vitamin B12?

Animal products like meat, poultry, and seafood, and dairy foods like milk, eggs, yogurt, and cheese are the best sources of vitamin B12. In fact, honey, vegetables, and fruits are not really sources of vitamin B12, which is why people who follow a vegan diet may not get enough of it. If you’re a vegan, think about eating a breakfast cereal fortified with B12. To add to it, you can also take a B12 supplement, which is recommended for pregnant and nursing mothers who are vegans or even strict vegetarians.

Please note, sometimes B12 deficiency is caused by conditions other than diet. If your body can’t absorb B12 properly, you’ll need a doctor’s help to boost your B12 to safe levels.

In this case, describing your symptoms to your doctor may give him a clue that you could have low levels of vitamin B12. But you’ll need blood tests to confirm it. Some people can easily fix low levels of B12 by simply changing their diet, while others will need a doctor’s help.

What’s Best For YOU?

All of these drugs can interfere with your body’s ability to break down vitamin B12 from food.
For some people, taking a vitamin supplement or eating more animal products (or both) can help boost their B12 levels back to where they should be. But other people may have a severe deficiency or may have an underlying health condition that causes their B12 to drop.

Doctors can treat a B12 deficiency in several ways. If your symptoms are mild or moderate, you may start with an oral B12 supplement, which you take once a day; a vitamin B12 nasal spray used weekly; or vitamin B12 injections, which you need less frequently. Check out our products >

What’s Next?

First, give us at New Leaf Wellness a call to assess your symptoms and determine next steps. If you would benefit from some lab work to check your vitamin deficiencies, we can help you with next steps! Call today to get started to living your best life!

Adrenal Fatigue

If you are overwhelmed by chronic stress, the adrenals can get burnt out from constantly producing cortisol. The result is adrenal fatigue. Initially, the body’s biochemistry tends to react to stress in an orderly fashion. In fact, stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system, which is part of the autonomic nervous system, activates the secretion of hormones from endocrine glands and constricts both the blood vessels and the involuntary muscles of the body. So, when the endocrine glands are stimulated, then heart rate, glucose metabolism and oxygen consumption increase. These responses can culminate into what’s known as the “fight-or-flight” response.

Some Symptoms of Adrenal Fatigue Might Be:

Difficulty getting up in the morning
High levels of fatigue each day
Inability to handle stress
Cravings for salty foods
Higher energy levels in the evenings
Overuse of stimulants like caffeine
A weak immune system
Anxiety
Dark circles under the eyes
Depression
Extreme tiredness an hour after exercise
Insomnia
Loss of muscle tone
Low blood pressure
Low blood sugar
Low sex drive
Lower back pain
Poor circulation
Weight gain

Benefits of Treatment:

Not having difficulty getting up in the morning.
Not having high levels of fatigue each day.
Not struggling with inability to handle stress.
Not having cravings for salty foods.
Having higher energy levels in the evenings.
Not having to overuse stimulants like caffeine.
Not having a weak immune system and more

What’s Next?

First know, you’re not alone. Over 80% of Americans struggle with hormonal imbalances, but it doesn’t have to control you. So, we have a few common questions we ask in the initial consultation in the office, but to help more people, we made a “quiz” to take online so, you can see results immediately, if this may help you. Click one of our quizzes below.

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Follow Up Treatment:

Lab tests and meeting with the Provider should be done every 3 months. It is also recommend to eliminate hard-to-digest foods and toxins from your diet and to have a Food Sensitivity Test completed. Adrenal Fatigue can take up to 2 years to completely heal so follow all of the Providers recommendations.

Patient Care at New Leaf Wellness

Who We Are

The patient care at New Leaf Wellness is like no other. You will be greeted with a warm smile and know that you are going to be treated with great care. Once you get through the doors of wellness you feel the compassion New Leaf staff has for its patients. Patient care and making the patient feel worthy, heard, and respected is what New Leaf strives for!

“He made a tremendous difference in my life. I wish I would have started the program years ago. Have recommended it to many others.”

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“I started New Leaf in November of 2014. I weighed 285 pounds. New Leaf treatments gave me the energy to start working out again and over 18 months I lost 95 pounds through exercise and healthy eating, NOT DIETING, I’m too old for that. During my 18 months I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, I was told I would miss several weeks of work and take months to recover. I missed 10 days of work and returned to the gym 2 weeks after my treatments which I attribute to my hormone therapy at New Leaf.”

-Van P. New Leaf Wellness Patient, see more >

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7 Little-Known Benefits of Vitamin C for Your Skin, Hair and Health

Let’s paint a scenario. You wake up to the sound of your alarm reminding you that another day has reared its head, and unfortunately, yours is all foggy. Your nose is stuffed, you feel a fever coming on and nothing can motivate you to get out of bed—not even your favorite barista at the neighborhood coffee shop. You’re getting sick and your first thought (thanks to the nagging of your loving mother) is to load up on vitamin C to kick those germs to the curb, ASAP! This is a great go-to, but we’re sharing 7 little known benefits of vitamin C for skin, hair and health!

Along with improving and strengthening your immune system, vitamin C possesses some impressive benefits for many of the skin conditions you might be struggling with. “Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin that is an antioxidant that helps form and maintain connective tissue. An antioxidant helps capture free radical damage caused by oxidative stress or sun damage to the skin. It is also essential for collagen production.

So how exactly can this essential ingredient found in many skin care and hair care products help you?

1. Correct Dark Spots and Hyperpigmentation

Depending on the condition of your skin, how much time you spend in the sun and your ethnic background, you might have more dark spots than some of your peers. Though this is normal and part of the aging process, vitamin C can help to reverse the appearance of dark spots.

2. Block Free Radicals

Though basking in the sunlight feels great in the moment, any time you expose your skin to dangerous rays, you put yourself at risk for damage. In addition to wearing sunscreen, no matter how cloudy or bright it is, you should also use vitamin C.

3. Minimize Dryness and Wrinkles

Winter or not, you might find yourself struggling with dry skin patches or perpetually thirsty cells. No matter how much lotion or moisturizer you lather on, you still feel flaky, itchy or struggle with redness. That’s because you’re not focusing on a star ingredient that could make a difference, Vitamin C may be an important part of a moisturizer or serum, since it helps cells mature and differentiate normally.

4. Boost Collagen Production

While Botox and fillers are an extreme way to treat skin that loses its elasticity over time, another way to approach your routine is to consider the nutrients that naturally help your skin stay young. Vitamin C is essential to the development of new collagen in your skin. Therefore, without it, the skin will get thinner and less supple with age. In order to keep it available at all stages of collagen formation, it should be used topically as well as taken orally.

5. Repair Damaged Hair

You might not realize it, but our hair is impacted by our environment almost as much as our skin. Because the effects don’t instantly show up in a noticeable way, we forget about protecting it in a more deliberate way. Our hair is damaged by UV and pollution, as well as many other things we do to it, and vitamin C can help repair some of this damage the same way it helps skin repair.

6. Prevent Gum and Bone Disease

That glass of OJ (or packet of Emergen-C) that you take at the first sign of sickness might help give your immune system a boost, but it can also do more than just keep you from encountering coughing fits. Vitamin C helps to prevent gum disease and probably helps to keep bones healthy in a roundabout way through its assistance with collagen formation.

7. Fight Off Fatigue

In addition to all of the incredible benefits mentioned above, another perk of vitamin C is what it does for your mind and your overall mood. Being nutritionally balanced (that includes getting enough vitamin C) has been shown to improve overall cellular function and general health. This can lead to better quality of life in general. Several studies have also suggested that vitamin C improves mood but the mechanics of this is still unknown.

Schedule an Online Visit!

Introducing telemedicine visits, you can now schedule online visits with our physician! It reminds us of the old commercial….

I don’t know how many of you are old enough to remember the old Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups commercials from the 80’s, but they are classics. In the most famous, two young men are walking down the street in opposite directions, one is enjoying a chocolate bar, the other eating peanut butter out of a jar. Then, they bump into each other and one says, “Hey, you got peanut butter on my chocolate!” The other says, “No, you got chocolate in my peanut butter.” Simultaneously, they both shrug, have a bite, and are delighted with the results. At the end, the narrator helpfully adds, “Chocolate and peanut butter, two great tastes that go great together.”

What’s Doxy.me?

Thus, we would like to introduce the chocolate and peanut butter of New Leaf Wellness – Doxy.me. Together, we are able to have scheduling and clinical efficiency. Unlike the story played out in the Reese’s commercial, bringing them together was no accident.

How It Works

First, Doxy.me is designed for healthcare, and it is the platform of choice for New Leaf Wellness Providers for Telemedicine. So, Doxy.me securely transmits data, and patient privacy is a top priority. In fact, Doxy.me utilizes state-of-the-art security and encryption protocols, making Doxy.me compliant with HIPAA and HITECH requirements. At New Leaf Wellness, Telemedicine complements, it does not replace, traditional care. So, Doxy.me provides a simple and convenient way for Providers to meet with patients remotely, improving the health care experience.

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How To Get Started

First, go to www.doxy.me/NewLeaf There is no need to create an account.

Please note, if you are checking in for the first time, please click on the video link below. Let us know if you need anything else at 888-728-7555.

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Next, enter your first and last name to be placed in the waiting room. Then, you will stay in the waiting room until it’s time to start the call. Please enter the waiting room 5 minutes prior to call.

Helpful Tips:

Allow Doxy.me to access your camera and microphone.
Please access your telemedicine visit via a computer with a webcam/microphone or personal cell device. Please call your office if you have any questions or need help with troubleshooting.

Have questions? Speak with a New Leaf representative. Call us at at 888-728-7555.

Epionce Anti-Aging Lip Renewal

Epionce Anti-Aging Lip Renewal is a twice daily moisturizer developed specifically for the unique lip area. Because this area of the body can be challenging to keep looking soft and smooth, particularly in the winter months, Anti-Aging Lip Renewal improves hydration, as well as to help diminish visible signs of aging. Thus, keep these tips in mind for incorporating this product into your daily regimen. Our clients are enjoying the benefits!

Hydration is Key!

Actually, the proper amount of hydration is key to healthy-looking skin all over the body, and our lips are no exception. In fact, the outer layer of skin on the lip is very thin and as a result, moisture evaporates from our lips much faster than ordinary skin which causes them to dry out easily. Luckily, Anti-Aging Lip Renewal’s formula retains moisture, so your lips will be less prone to chapping and irritation. Like your Renewal Facial product, Anti-Aging Lip Renewal does more than just moisturize but also provides the key oils that the skin needs such as barrier-boosting cholesterol, ceramide and fatty acids.

How It Works

As its name suggests, Anti-Aging Lip Renewal helps visibly improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles around the mouth. Also, soft-focus technology diffuses light so visible fine lines and wrinkles will appear less noticeable. So, Epionce botanicals hydrate skin, while diminishing the visible appearance of fine lines and wrinkles on your lips.

Anti-Aging

Lastly like your favorite Renewal Facial product, Anti-Aging Lip Renewal has optimal benefit when applied only twice per day. Actually, traditional waxy lip balms applied multiple times per day only sit on the skin’s surface to hold in water and make lips “feel better” without addressing other causes of chapped lips. In fact, ingredients in Anti-Aging Lip Renewal works similarly to Renewal Facial products and its formula is a lotion base encouraging healthier skin, long-lasting hydration and less visible irritation when used only twice daily. Epionce is safe to use along with your Renewal Facial product morning and night to reveal smoother, softer lips.

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Why New Leaf?

Who We Are

Our commitment is to heal, comfort and support everyone we serve. Therefore, we want to be your specialty healthcare partner through life. At New Leaf, we offer services for men and women in natural hormone therapy, migraine treatments, advanced weight loss programs, food sensitivity testing, sermorelin therapy, professional aesthetic services, IV nutritional therapy and supporting wellness programs.

“New Leaf Wellness has helped me gain more control of my health. Weight loss has been easier and effective. My blood pressure has come down and stayed down in a healthy range. The food sensitivity testing has been a game changer for me. Knowledge is power! My symptoms (not just the fat) have much to do with what I was eating. The simple blood test helped me decide what I was willing to deal with in regards to stiff joints, feeling achy, etc. If I want to feel great, I eat “clean” for me- only food in which I do not have a sensitivity. Thank you!”

– Janet L. New Leaf Wellness Patient, see more testimonials >

Personalized Medicine

Yet another advantage of New Leaf is our complimentary consultations. So, we offer this to EVERY patient, New and Existing. As a leader in the health and wellness industry, it is important to us to educate our patients our on therapies and how they can improve an individual’s symptoms.

“The people are great!! Recommend to all!”

– Cecilia M. New Leaf Wellness Patient, see more testimonials >

It’s Not Just Symptoms

It is our goal to foster a relationship for your wellness journey and get your questions and concerns addressed BEFORE you start any one of our health and wellness programs. Also, our staff understands your needs as a lot of us have been on the same health and wellness journeys ourselves and can relate first hand when it comes to various symptoms.

I would highly recommend New Leaf Wellness to any middle age male. Through their hormone replacement therapy they have given much of my youthful vigor back. My muscle tone has returned as well as my sex drive and better mental focus. New Leaf Wellness has returned me to good health without the vicious circle that traditional medicine brings to those that choose that route. I am grateful to New Leaf Wellness.”

– John D. New Leaf Wellness Patient, see more testimonials >

As your journey continues with us, we are here every step of the way and are always available to educate patients on our new therapies. We look forward to meeting with you! Contact us today to get started.

“Made me feel a lot better!!! Love feeling alive!!! It’s just an awesome place to come, the people are very nice and make you feel at home and very comfortable!!”

– LaDonna W. New Leaf Wellness Patient, see more testimonials >

So, check out our Hormone Health Quizzes for MEN and WOMEN. Click the links below to take your quiz and receive immediate results!

Hormone Health Quiz for WOMEN

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Is Your Food Making You Sick?

Are you suffering from a stubborn health problem that will not go away no matter what you try? Have you left the doctor’s office feeling like are not any closer to relief? Or perhaps the medications and treatments you are taking are not actually getting at the root cause of your illness but addressing the symptoms you are experiencing? Bottomline, is your food making you sick?

What You Need To Know

If you feel this way, or know someone that does, consider some important facts:

Medical research has shown that sensitivities to food and food-chemicals can be involved in a wide array of painful symptoms and chronic health problems.
Sensitivities are a type of inflammatory reactions that is entirely different than food allergy and most doctors are unaware they are different.
If foods and additives in your diet are contributing to your illness, whatever medications you take will ultimately fail because they only mask the symptoms. They don’t treat the underlying cause of the symptoms – hidden inflammation caused by sensitivity reactions to foods and food-chemicals.
And as is too often the case, many medications have side effects that can lead to other health problems.

If food sensitivities are causing your illness, and you do not properly address them, you could easily end up suffering for many years, spending thousands of dollars for treatments that will never work the way you want. You are not alone. Unfortunately, this is the experience of millions of Americans who have mis-diagnosed or neglected food sensitivities.

Questions To Ask Yourself

Are you not feeling the full effects of Natural Hormone Therapy?
Do you have low energy and fatigue?
Do you have joint pain and achiness (including headaches)?
Are you seeing an increase in weight gain?
Are you suffering from impaired memory or brain fog?

The above are all signs of INFLAMMATION.

“Now, let me tell you about the New Leaf Food Sensitivity Test. I lost weight on the New Leaf Weight Loss programs, but some of the pounds had inched back on and I couldn’t figure out why. That’s when I took the Food Sensitivity Test and found out there were 35 foods I shouldn’t be eating. I’ve lost 15 pounds since making the change…1 pound per week!”

– Bonnie Lucas, WHO Radio Host & New Leaf Wellness Patient, see more

We may be ingesting foods that cause low to severe levels of inflammation. Actually, food sensitivities lead to imbalances in the gut, these sensitivities may or may not manifest a symptom right away (some reactions can be delayed up to 7 days after consumption, making it very hard to pinpoint what the sensitivity is to). Therefore, food is medicine and you can start to heal your endocrine system through nutrition. You first have to identify and remove any barriers that are preventing your body from healing and creating balance.

A good place to start is with a food sensitivity test to see what foods are causing inflammation in your body.

Follow Up Treatment:

Follow the Dr’s recommendation on the elimination diet. Test yearly for the latest information on what is causing inflammation in your body. Be sure you are getting your follow up tests completed and you will not have chronic health problems due to inflammation caused by sensitivities of food.