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Welcome to the VIVA Wellness Blog where you will find information and articles full of healthy living resources, client success stories, and other interesting topics to help you create the best version of yourself.
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When people come to VIVA Wellness for medical weight loss they’re generally thinking about a small list of options they’ve heard about, with Phentermine somewhere near the top. For great reason—phentermine has been used since the 1950s, with a long track record of safety and extensively used for weight loss. However, with an ever-growing list […]
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New NPs to Help with Your New Year Goals As we start 2023 with big goals, we brought on serious help to kick off the year. Jodi Dreier and Denise Kuhaupt are both experienced Nurse Practitioners who will join the VIVA Wellness team to support our clients in their weight loss journies. You’ll learn more […]
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With the recent talk of both Kim and Khloe Kardashian potentially using semaglutide to attain their new more-thin-than-curvy bodies, and then Mindy Kaling’s rumored experience with Ozempic, body image and body sovereignty conversations, as well as demand for these drugs by the masses, are increasing. The original poster-women for beautiful and curvy have inspired talk—is […]
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Working with hundreds of weight loss clients over the course of their practice, our weight loss Nurse Practitioners (NPs), have noticed a few things that we want to share with current clients or those considering starting or already on a weight loss or body change journey. Weight loss is so much more than calories in […]
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Also known by brand names Wegovy or Ozempic, semaglutide is a glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) that is buzzing in the weight loss industry, and for good reason—it works really well! By targeting three common struggles associated with shedding pounds—mental cravings, blood sugar, hunger/satiety—semaglutide is able to free the body up to actually release weight. There are […]
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Each year it feels like more and more useful information, advanced products, and powerful services make their way into our awareness, routines, and offerings. The team at VIVA Wellness wanted to take a moment to share a few of the products and concepts that have made some of the biggest impacts both within their own […]
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The Weight Loss community has been raving over the results of the drug Semaglutide, and now that we’ve been able to use it ourselves and carefully understand how it works with our patients, we’re ready to offer it more widely! In order to be so impactful, especially for those who have previously felt stumped by […]
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If you’re one of my patients, or you know me from that time, you know my story, but I realize there are many that don’t. I’d love to share, as so many of you have told me that you see parts of your story in mine. This was me at 19 years old. Approximately 250 […]
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Courtney is a wonderful VIVA Wellness client who has been with us since April of 2022 and has experienced changes across her life! As you’ll hear below, she started with HCG medical weight loss, after building up to a moment of total frustration, feeling depressed, unhealthy, and devastated. She then moved to doing colonics and […]
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We Asked One of Our Nurse Practitioners. Taking an integrative approach to wellness is core to how we approach health and weight loss at VIVA Wellness. So absolutely yes we are known for our medical weight loss plans, but we also focus on empowering you with our nutritional counseling and other wellness services that support […]
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