Local 24’s Amy Speropoulos:
Do you need to take off that extra 10, 20,30 pounds? Our next guest can help. Even if you need to lose more than that, he can help you live a better life and be healthier year round. Joining us this morning, Dr. Keith Amodeo with Collierville Weight Loss. Welcome.
Dr. Keith Amodeo: Thank you so much.
Amy: And you are our expert. You've written a book about this and you know we talked so many times about how you got into this, but I do think that your story is so touching. Dr. Amodeo. Tell us about it.
Dr. Keith Amodeo: Right So one of my very first patients, when I got out of school was a diabetic type 2 fairly young, 45 years old. She was on the common medications that diabetic patients take your metformin, glyburide, Invokana, those type medications, right. What happened in, as she went in for surgery, do a lot of patients that have diabetes type two will know about this. It's called diabetic neuropathy. She ended up with them amputating her foot then her knee. And then at the hip. After the first surgery, she passed away about the age of 45. So that and all she had to do is make some lifestyle changes and so in my head, I thought in this area that we live in, the mid south is one of the most common areas for diabetes type 2 if we make some changes, we can get off these medications. A lot of patients don't realize because other doctors don't tell them that these medications have serious, serious side effects. Metformin of the most common ones taken will cause what we call nonalcoholic fatty liver disease s liver up can shut down. Oh my God, I've seen people young in their twenties taking metformin.
You are kidding me. So it's not just about a quick pill, it's not just, it's more about really knowing what you're on and knowing what, if you're going through diabetes or if you're going through something like that. Quality of life, right.
Dr.Keith Amodeo: If you have diabetes and are certain medications we have to manage you differently. Yeah. You got to make sure we're coming off these things slowly and doing a craft diabetic type two food manager plans cause it can be dangerous if not managed right. So that's where I come in and manage the patients one on one with these diabetes type two. Absolutely. Obviously, we do other health conditions, but you know, this is one I'm most passionate about and this is one we always talk about it.
Amy: It's absolutely. And two, I would be remiss if we didn't talk about the great success that you've had with your patients. You've even got a wall of fame, which is fabulous because you have such a great bedside manner or by the way too, you really work with people on developing a nutrition plan.
Dr. Keith Amodeo: Absolutely. Like I said, just with that condition is diabetes type two it can't be the same. A nutrition plan is somebody that has 10 pounds to lose and everybody's different. And another one I see a lot and a lot of females know about is this hypothyroidism or decreased thyroid function. We'll do manage them a little bit front. And another one I see in girls now, very young girls is what we call PCOS, that's Polycystic ovarian syndrome. Oh my God, it's, and I don't know why it keeps showing up, but younger and younger females are starting to have this and they have to be managed a little bit differently as well. Wow.
Amy: You write about this in your book. I've read it cover to cover and it really is fabulous and it's got a lot of great information and tips, the unique secrets to safe, effective weight loss.
The Reason I Am Passionate About Helping People Achieve Weight Loss Success
Dr. Keith Amodeo: So basically it goes into my story a little bit. Well, I got on weight loss and this kind of common things, why people can't lose weight. What even goes into the marketing that some of these companies do that sugar-free this or low fat that, you know, it goes into the marketing aspects and then it goes into what we kind of do in our office and then it kind of goes into success stories as well. Absolutely. Is there a quick pill? Never. Never Well, if there was one.... ha ha ha.
I want to find it. Yeah. And I want you to mention this because I think we'd be remiss if you didn't include, don't let the scale dictate your feelings, don't live and die by the scale.
Dr. Keith Amodeo: Correct. I always tell patients to scale is just a unit of measurement. It's not that tangible thing. What's tangible is my clothes are fitting better, my energy levels up, my medications are going down, I'm sleeping better, I'm sleeping better, my relationship with my kids and husbands better. That's what I see a lot of times when we start losing this weight and feeling better. So that's the quality of life issue. It's just not a scale. A lot of times don't focus on it. You're actually going to drive yourself crazy, which I see.
Amy: I know me. I'm raising my hand right now because it makes or breaks my day and I'm guilty of it and I don't want to be like that. But you know, sometimes, sometimes we may just need to throw the scale out.
Dr. Keith Amodeo: Oh, I have some patients that don't want to weigh. They've never weigh from the time they came in and tell him till the time I leave. But they tell me they feel better. Their clothes fit better, energy levels up. I sleep at night. They could care less with the scale is, and I see that more and more. People used to put so much emphasis on a number. He wants 75 and then gets focused on this number and they couldn't get there. They wouldn't get there and they'd be frustrated, upset and it would get a really emotional attachment to the scale and they couldn't focus on the other things. Right.
Amy: Yeah, absolutely. He can help you focus on the other things that are happening and he can help you live your best life. Collierville weight loss. Dr. Keith Amodeo. He's fabulous. Give him a call at the number on your screen or go by their website, www.ColliervilleWeightLoss.com. It's great. And it's another reason we love the 901. Collierville Weight Loss.
The Reason I Am Passionate About Helping People Achieve Weight Loss Success
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