Let’s face it, we spend a lot of time looking at ourselves these days. Between video chats, social media and simple selfies, we see every angle and every flaw. It can be unnerving and certainly discouraging if things aren’t looking exactly the way you would like. The aesthetic and medical professionals at Liquivida understand that with the numerous wellness options available, knowing where to begin can be overwhelming. With the experience of Heather Wright, a certified Holistic Nutritionist and registered radiologic technologist, Liquivida has established their Metabolic Health Division to help clients see the results in the mirror that they have been searching for.
A major driver in weight gain in the U.S. is simply a lack of information. Some people can eat fast food all day long and be considered underweight, while others feel as though they are constantly hungry only to face a stubbornly steady scale. Because each body functions both similarly and differently, most people can get lost in the weeds as to why they are gaining weight. Healthy habit recommendations can vary depending on who is speaking and what they are selling, and lifestyle changes can be daunting. That’s where Liquivida’s new Metabolic Division and their licensed medical professionals can come to the rescue.
Created over 9 years ago, Liquivida’s claim to fame is their safe, sterile, compliant and preservative free IV drips which offer the best therapeutic doses of nutrients. They pride themselves in offering the highest quality IV products on the market as they recommend treatment based on the client’s bloodwork. Since its establishment, Liquivida has been a growing health and wellness center that offers aesthetics, facials, weight loss, and hormone replacement solutions.
Liquivida has since expanded its therapies to include further health and wellness services like weight management, holistic nutrition counseling, and body scanning. Founder and owner of Liquivida, Samael Amaury Tejada (Sam for short), discusses that they like to get a “bird’s-eye view” of what’s happening with a patient’s health. Coach Heather’s programming establishes holistic weight loss management plans which use Dexa body scanning, RMR analysis, VO2 max testing, and a FIT3D laser model so that clients can get multiple perspectives and data points to what their body is going through. In making these technologies accessible to their clients, Liquivida is bringing health, wellness, and weight management to the people and bringing them into the future.
Liquivida’s Weight Loss Programs and methods:
If you hear Dexa, RMR, VO2 and FIT3D and are wondering why there are so many capital letters and no explanations, you are not alone. Each of these treatments center around wellness principles such as body composition and metabolic rates. With accurate data and guidance, Liquivida clients have a clear idea of what they need to eat and the changes they need to make to achieve their weight management and muscular goals.
DXA (Dexa) Body Scanning, or Dual X-ray Absorptiometry, can give an in-depth data analysis on a client’s lean mass, total body bone density, and fat tissue composition. “This can help clients create a healthier body-image relationship by understanding how much lean muscle, fat tissue, and bone make up their total body mass and where the highest concentration of body fat lies.” The numbers on the scale never tell the whole story, and the DXA body scan allows you to know the percentages behind the pounds.
Often, we as a population can get fixated on numbers without understanding the meaning and distribution behind them. However, once the experts at Liquivida know that 22% of your body mass is from fat and 52% is lean muscle, they can help determine the most suitable wellness journey for your body’s needs. Depending on your health goals, the answer may not be calorie restriction at all, but instead a change of eating habits and routine. While the total body bone density scan cannot be used to diagnose bone related issues, knowing the different percentages of body mass is crucial to establishing a customized plan. Sam Tejada has discussed that Liquivida bases their therapy recommendations on specific client data. “We really want to see what’s going on, and from there we create customized treatment options.” With a customized plan and some diligence, Liquivida will help you feel proud and confident every time you see yourself on a web or phone camera.
RMR analysis, or a measurement of your Resting Metabolic Rate, helps health care professionals determine how many calories your body burns while resting, and thus, how much energy it needs to maintain its current body weight. In theory, weight loss seems simple: it’s regularly spending more calories than you consume, right? In reality, the process tends to be more complicated. Aspects such as genetics, hormone levels, age, and fitness regimens can affect the body’s resting metabolic rate, and even someone who has the same daily routine and diet as you may burn calories differently from someone else. The different circumstances make the professionals at Liquivida even more helpful as they guide you through your journey. By determining your RMR, they remove the guesswork of how much your body needs versus how much is burned, and offer advice to get you where you’ve always wanted to be, no guesswork or surprises required.
VO2 max testing, or the maximum volume of oxygen your body consumes during intense exercise is another measurement of fitness and endurance. Your muscles utilize oxygen during longer exercise sessions while the heart pumps the oxygen throughout the body; the more oxygen your body can process, the more energy it can produce. With this information, athletes can cater their training to specific heart rate zones in conjunction with their oxygen intake. While currently only offered to Liquivida membership holders and clients enrolled in their Executive Physical Wellness program at their Fort Lauderdale Wellness Center location, a VO2 max test can help athletes and fitness enthusiasts monitor their fitness levels and progress as they work within Liquivida’s technologies.
Finally, Liquivida’s Metabolic Health Division uses FIT3D technology to allow clients to “visualize [their] body with a three-dimensional, 360-degree laser camera”. We all know that regular cameras and screens never tell the full story of your body and how it’s changing, and often, we can’t get a glimpse of our body in its entirety to see all the progress we are making. The FIT3D imaging is discreet, fast, and the results are provided via email. Liquivida knows the importance of celebrating victories while always working towards the future, and the data from FIT3D shows where you are in your journey, including the sides that you can’t see. With all the cameras we face in a day, the FIT3D is the one that highlights victories so that you can set goals for where you hope to be.
The Future of Wellness
People have tried to alter their appearance for decades, often with no direction or knowledge of how the body works. Liquivida is putting an end to the guesswork and the missed results with their trained professionals and Coach Heather Wright’s experience. No longer are clients guessing how many calories they need or burn, or relying solely on the scale for vital health information. Data is powerful when it comes to health and weight loss, and Liquivida has the tools and experience to use it. They have even gained recent attention by getting featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur and Yahoo! Finance.
We see a lot of ourselves nowadays, and our reflection does not always appear how we’d like. Liquivida’s Metabolic Health Division allows clients to make changes specific to their body for the most effective results. In the future, you are going to like what you see with every selfie, tagged picture, and video call, and Liquivida can guide the way.
Visit the Metabolic Health Division page on Liquivida’s website to learn more.