Beyond the whitest beaches and largest expanse of outback, there is now a new incredible reason why Western Australia has become an even more desirable State and that is through Dr Aparna Hegde’s new preventative focussed clinic, The Age Less Clinic & GP Practice.
Pictured: Western Australia’s new preventative focussed medical clinic in Claremont – The Age Less Clinic & General Practice – which offers a unique and holistic health approach delivered by specialist functional medical doctors.
The Doctor’s Kitchen Australia’s, medically led and life-changing 6 week weight loss program for fat loss and metabolic health, is now available to people living in WA through The Age Less Clinic & GP Practice.
Pictured: Dr Himadri at the new preventative focussed The Age Less Clinic & General Practice in Western Australia
Founded in Brisbane by preventative focussed Australian GP, Dr Phillip Wuth, The Doctor’s Kitchen is focussed on helping as many people across Australia attain their optimal long term weight, health and lifestyle goals by improving their body fat and lean muscle mass measurements.
Pictured: Dr Phillip Wuth, B.App Sci MBBS(Hons), M.Clinical Science (Lifestyle Medicine) FRACG, Founder of the Doctor’s Kitchen Australia and Brisbane based GP.
“Our Doctors take pride in taking a holistic and personalised approach to our patients, and as such we have seen many individuals achieve incredible weight loss and health transformations”, Dr Wuth said.
The Doctor’s 6 week weight loss program combines preventative focussed Doctors with a calorie controlled meal plan which is personalised based on an individual’s body composition. Unlike ordinary scales that record only body weight, the Doctor's unique program incorporates bio-impedance (body composition) scales to measure patients which provides additional data such as body fat percentage, abdominal fat rating, muscle mass and basal metabolic rate (BMR) (the number of calories your body burns at rest).
“New research has found that these are the numbers that matter and can be the key to losing weight and keeping it off.” Dr Wuth said.
The Program is designed to help reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, by targeting a common root cause – excess weight.
“Excess body fat is associated with significant risk of metabolic diseases like diabetes and GPs can now use the bio-impedance scales to better understand a patient’s overall health and recommend a calorie intake that will see them drop their fat,” Dr Wuth explained.
The Age Less Clinic & General Practice, as the name suggests, offers a comprehensive approach to health aimed at patients living more youthful longer lives. It was founded by the highly respected and deeply experienced, Dr Aparna Hegde, and comprises highly trained functional medicine specialist doctors who provide a holistic and integrated approach to help prevent disease before onset and improve wellness throughout all stages of life.
Pictured: Dr Aparna Hegde, MBBS, FRACGP, FACAsM, MPH&TM, DAvMed, ACCAM, the Principal and Functional Medicine GP at her innovative longevity focussed practice - The Age Less Clinic & General Practice in Claremont, Western Australia.
Dr Hegde holds specialist qualifications in General Practice and Aerospace Medicine and is an anti-ageing and functional medicine Doctor. For the past 30 years she has passionately focussed on treating the cause of illness as opposed to symptoms alone to ensure long lasting health and wellbeing for her patients. She completed her training with the Australasian Academy of Anti-Ageing Medicine (A5M) and holds a special interest in the management of fatigue, weight loss and hormonal disturbances such as thyroid disorders and menopause. She is also experienced in the use of bio-identical hormones and supplements to restore normal physiology.
“I was motivated to move into integrative medicine as a result of a combination of treating a number of complex patients that were not being helped by conventional medicine, and wanted to have a more holistic approach”, Dr Hegde said.
Dr Hegde utilises a functional approach to find and provide individual health solutions to help her patients be the healthiest they can be. “Improving metabolic health by addressing fasting sugar, insulin and lipid profile as well as decreasing inflammation associated with visceral fat is the key to decreasing ageing and the degenerative diseases that follow.”
“The availability of this program through The Age Less Clinic & General Practice brings exponential opportunities for us to have a positive influence on the health and lives of people in Western Australia in a very unique and preventative way through a GP from The Age Less Clinic and General Practice,” Dr Wuth said.
Pictured: Dr Himadri a preventative focussed and passionate GP excited to step on the body composition scales used as part of the Doctor's 6 week weight loss program now offered through The Age Less Clinic & General Practice.
This collaboration means that people in Western Australia will now be able to get access to this medically designed program to lose weight and gain health through their local doctor, Dr Wuth explained.
According to Dr Wuth, The Doctor’s Kitchen has helped countless people drop their body fat and importantly, 'visceral fat' (which is the fat that wraps around abdominal organs deep inside the body and can lead to type 2 diabetes), while maintaining, if not increasing their lean muscle mass.
Pictured: A patient excited to start her weight loss and health journey on the 6 week weight loss program courtesy of The Doctor's Kitchen Australia.
The 6 week program, which is carried out by participating local GPs, gives patients:
- the ability to reliably measure and monitor their body composition and vital health stats including body fat percentage, visceral fat and muscle fat rather than just overall weight,
- the tools to understand food portion sizes personalised to their body composition, through the weekly calorie controlled meals delivered by Lite n’ Easy, and
- guidance through long-term lifestyle change with fortnightly follow ups with their local GP, as well as 2 days without the meals, so that they can learn how to prepare their own meals and enjoy the benefits of better health, not just weight loss alone.
The journey begins at the initial consultation with the Doctor. At the consultation, the Doctor provides a detailed body composition report to help understand their body’s individual biometrics (weight, body fat %, body water %, muscle mass (kg), basal metabolic rate (BMR) (calories per day at rest), biological age, visceral fat rating, bone mass, body mass index) using advanced segmental body composition analysis technology.
Pictured: Results chart used to capture a patient's vital stats (including biological age) to help guide Doctors to recommend a calorie intake per day that will see them accelerate their fat loss and help transform their health.
The Doctor will then personalise your weight loss plan and recommend a calorie intake to help you achieve your goals. Fortnightly follow-up consultations with the prescribing Doctor is the key to understanding the changes to your body's composition and weight loss success - aiming to reduce your body and visceral fat, improve your metabolism and muscle mass.
As part of the Program, patients can order ready-to-eat calorie controlled meals based on their body composition at a calorie intake recommended to them by the Doctor and delivered by Lite n’ Easy each week.
Pictured: The Doctor's 6 weight loss program offers 5 days of calorie and portion controlled meals delivered fresh by Lite n’ Easy giving individuals the tools to understand healthy portion controlled food.
“The key is to eat fewer calories than you expend and monitor your vital stats like your body fat and muscle mass,” Dr Wuth said.
It is recommended that patients begin on the calorie controlled meals 5 days a week (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and prepare their own meals for 2 days of the week.
“Losing weight isn’t just about aesthetics, it’s about helping people to access the help they need to achieve improved health and wellness in a way that is sustainable.”
“We are absolutely ecstatic to be making this Program available through The Age Less Clinic & General Practice to help everyday Australians in that part of our country to improve their quality of life and reduce the likelihood of developing chronic disease.
Why is the Doctor’s 6 week weight loss program unique?
Personalised to the individual by the Doctor - The number of calories a person should be eating to lose weight and improve your health isn’t based on just their overall weight - it’s based on their individual body composition.
Doctors monitor fat loss vs overall weight loss - When a person loses weight, they often lose muscle mass, which can be counterproductive to continuing fat loss. The Program uses the latest body composition analysis to continue to monitor their muscle mass and metabolic rate – showing which type of tissue they are losing as they lose weight.
Tools to make long lasting change - The Program enables individuals to change their habits through the use of calorie and portion-controlled meals. The meals are designed to be used 5 days per week and intended to be used as a short-term tool under the professional guidance of the doctor, to enable them to start to live, eat and experience portion controlled and nutritionally complete food every day. From the very first week, individuals get to put into practice what they have been experiencing on the 2 days without the pre-prepared meals.
Catch the early warning signs of disease – No matter what a person weighs, the higher percentage of body fat they have, the more likely they are to develop obesity-related diseases, including heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. Checking in with a Doctor will allow individuals to better understand whether they are at risk as they use the latest bio-impedance technology to give them a breakdown of individual components and benchmark their health to help them be the healthiest they can be.
If you're struggling with your weight or are looking to improve your health and live in Western Australia you can now book in with Dr Aparna Hegde and Dr Himadri Ellepola here.
For more information about the Doctor's 6 week weight loss program, you can find out more here.