Weightloss has multiple origins, including lifestyle issues, various metabolic, hormonal and nutritional factors. Slender Wonder Weightloss Programme offers you the complete package, addressing each problem and finding a solution.Supporting you with medical guidance and nutritional information to lose fat and not just weight, your treatment plan is customised to accommodate your specific needs and to address the physical as well as emotional burdens on the path to a leaner and healthier you. Weekly visits to weigh and measure at Slender Wonder Weightloss programme will assist you on your weightloss journey and keep you focused and motivated.
Slender Wonder is a medical weight loss programme that treats patients who struggle with overweight or obesity. Only Slender Wonder accredited doctors trained by the Slender Wonder institution can prescribe and distribute the weight loss programme. Slender Wonder has more than 200 accredited doctors countrywide. Their safe and effective weight loss programme has evolved over 40 years, with tens of thousands of patients being treated successfully in South Africa.
At YVT Aesthetic, Dr Yvette aims to treat the cause of obesity and not just the symptoms. Because of this approach, we have an excellent success rate. The weight loss programme is based not only on kilojoules, but, preferably a formula based on a low GI eating plan, Slender Wonder products (shake and supplements), and a series of injections that help to improve the body’s leptin sensitivity. Depending on the patient’s starting weight, most individuals lose up to 4 - 7 kg’s in the first month. Once you reach the maintenance phase, you will have restored your leptin sensitivity, which will help maintain your new weight. However, it is provided you continue to follow a healthy lifestyle!
Slender Wonder focuses on the cause of obesity and not only the symptoms!
Neuro-endocrinology of leptin – the Hunger Hormone Obesity can be easily defined: it results from a positive energy balance, which comes about as a consequence of an increased ratio of calorie intake to energy expenditure. A more recent definition is ‘Brain Starvation’ – and it has all to do with the hormone, leptin. Understanding how peripheral organs communicate with the brain fundamentally changed in 1994 with the discovery of the hormone leptin. Leptin acts within the hypothalamus to control food intake and energy expenditure.
During the past decade, there was an explosion of research published about the specific functions of leptin on a cellular level and the signalling cascades that mediate its effects. The evidence indicates that leptin plays a crucial role in regulating body fat by coordinating metabolism, feeding behaviour, energy balance and neuroendocrine response. Leptin is key to managing the entire endocrine system, and leptin sensitivity are crucial for normal functioning of the adrenals, thyroid, and sex hormones.
Please note: The information contained on this page is not meant to diagnose any condition or provide conclusive treatment options for a given condition. The final decision on treatments and diagnosis can only be made after a full history is obtained in person, and a physical examination is done.
