Greetings!
I hope everyone is enjoying the change in weather. Spring is a great time to start fresh and focus on new goals. However many of us are being challenged in different ways. To maintain health and well being, managing stress is key.
This e-letter is devoted to learning about how to look good and feel great. We have information about upcoming seminars, what happens if we are stressed for prolonged periods and solutions to help you optimize your health and skin. As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions or to set up your appointment. I look forward to hearing from all of you!
Kelly Miskin
Internal Marketing Coordinator
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Global Teleclass - Training Without Traveling
I have been invited to conduct a training class at a speaking platform like no other and wanted to invite you to listen. You can participate in as many classes as you wish from the comfort of your home and convenience of your telephone or computer.
At this platform you will be trained, motivated and inspired by some of the most respected speakers in the Health, Personal Development and Sales & Marketing Industries.. Learn about new ways to improve health as well as your life and career!
For the month of April, scheduled speakers include:
Health & Wellness: Dr Seema Patel: April 23 at 9pm speaking on how to Slow Down Aging with Bio-identical Hormones.
Other speakers are Jeffrey St. Laurent on improving physical fitness, J.C. Spencer on glycemic index, Andreas Mortiz on natural health cures, and Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby on how to avoid cancer
Personal Development Department: Morgana Rae, Pamela Harper, Angela Treat Lyon, Chaney
Weiner, Debbi Chambers, Jerry Myers, and Victoria Moran
Sales & Marketing Department: Marsha Bressack, David Riklan, Leslie Truex, Mitch Axelrod,
Eric Lofholm, Dave Dee & Alexis Martin Neely, Debbie Allen, Rupal Turner, and Adriane Berg
Remember, these classes are being offered at no cost to you and you can listen from the comfort of your home and convenience of your telephone or computer. Click below to review the various speakers and to register so you can learn just sitting at home!
Seema M. Patel, MD, MPH
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Regain the Shape of your Youthful Face
 As we age, the structure of our face slowly begins to change. When we are younger, our facial structure is more of an inverted triangle, with the fullest part of our face in our cheeks with a natural tight jawline. This occurs because there is adequate collagen and elastin production to maintain the skin as well as the deep subcutaneous fat around the "apples" of the cheeks.
After the age of 30, along with stress, sun damage, and smoking, we begin to produce less collagen and elastin. This causes the skin to thin and develop fine lines and wrinkles. Also, gravity begins to slowly pull the fat down toward the lower cheeks and jawline. As time goes on, the inverted triangle turns more into a square or a rectangle. (Go ahead and check to see if you are an inverted triangle or a square/rectangle). As we approach our 60's the jowls become the largest part of our face. The end result is that we have an upright triangle rather than the inverted triangle we started with as a young person.
At The Institute, we have a variety of treatments to help you get back that inverted triangle! We have various combinations of lasers to help treat all 3 layers of the skin to help give it back it's youthful look as well as injectable treatments, such as Radiesse, that can provide fullness in the cheeks. It can alo help fill in naso-labial lines (the smile lines around your mouth) as well as smooth out the jaw line. Keep that inverted triangle going and call us for your consultation today!
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Adrenal Fatigue
The adrenal glands are mainly responsible for regulating the body's stress response. One of the main tasks of the adrenal glands is to rush all your body's resources into "fight ot flight" mode by increasing production of adrenaline and other hormones. This is the acute stress response that enables you to finish your work on time, finish a long workout or fight a cold.
However, when the stress continues for a prolonged period of time, the adrenal gland fatigues and is unable to produce enough of the critical hormone, cortisol, that helps you deal with stress. In essence, you have burned out the adrenal glands for a short period of time leading to symptoms of fatigue, poor sleep, lack of energy and maybe even depression.
The treatment is aimed at restoring the adrenal gland with hormones and nourishing vitamins for a short period of time so that it starts working again. The more important part of the solution is: How do we prevent this from occuring in the first place? The answer: manage your stress better by exercising regularly, following a low glycemic diet, taking the proper supplements, using Holy Basil (an aryuvedic plant that helps decrease the negative effects of cortisol) and practicing meditation.
We will be offering a meditation class this month to help you learn how to manage your stress and have partnered with Motivation FItness to help those who would like a structured personal training program. Be pro-active with your health and learn the tools to live better today!
Please email us if you would like to join our meditation class.
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The Truth About Cooking Spray
Have you ever wondered why olive oil cooking spray has 0 calories and 0 fat? How can that be when it has olive oil, soy lecithin, water, and a propellant?
Well, the secret is there is a law that protects trans fats from being recorded in certain situations. If the food contains less than 1/2 gram of a given macronutrient per serving, the manufacturers are able to round down the value to the next lowest integer.
For cooking spray, a standard serving is a 1/3 second spray. This will be less than 0.5 gram of olive oil so the claim of 0 calories can be, by law, substantiated. However, as with most serving sizes, the serving size does not correlate with the amount consumed as most people will spray for one to two seconds if not more! So you are consuming trans fats!!
So what to do? It depends on what you want the dish to taste like as well as the texture. Olive oil is a great source of oleic acid and taste great. A cooking spray can be used and will give a lighter texture, but know that it will have calories and is not fat free. Use of organic olive oil spray is the healthiest choice.
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April Skincare Promotions
Injectable Specials
The Botox and Juvederm Party is back!
April April 23rd (Ardmore) and Friday April 24th (Center City)
Botox: $10 per unit (Regular Price: $12 per unit)
Juvederm: $500 per syringe (Regular Price: $650 per syringe)
Radiesse: The newest injectable therapy is available at this discounted rate all month!
1.5 cc syringe: $650 (Regular Price: $750)-this is double the amount of Juvederm!
0.3 cc syringe: $200 (Regular Price: $250)
Buy One, Get One 50% off
- Buy Pixel of the Face, Get Accent of the Face 50% off (Facial Sculpting laser for sagging fat): Total: $750 (Regular Price: $1050)
- Buy Pixel of the Face, Get Microderm of the Face 50% off: Total: $600 (Regular Price: $850)
- The Accent Laser: Get your summer body with our Cellulite and Body Sculpting laser. Buy one area and get another area for 50% off (5x7 areas)
- Fotofacials: Treat rosacea, sun damage and active acne (if done with the acne fighting medication ALA)
- Peels/Microderms-Get glowy skin with these great exfoliating treatments!
Laser Hair Removal: 40% off all packages
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