Wellness U Lifestyle 101 is a life Transforming Wellness  Retreat Offered by Dr. Dalal Akoury of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center

The Key to Healthier, Sexier and Younger Life is in Your Hands.

The prescription for a more enjoyable, life full of vitality, health begins with a visit to the AWAREmed Health & Wellness Resource Center.

AWAREmed Health & Wellness Resource Center in Myrtle Beach, SC has launched its Wellness U: Lifestyle 101 Transforming Retreat, a program that helps reverse and decrease the effects of aging and several common chronic diseases that are plaguing our Wellness and Quality of life, costing us a massive financial burden.

While modern treatments are important components of good health, proactive evaluation and prevention are the specialties of AWAREmed Health & Wellness Resource Center and your key to living life to the fullest. Dr. Akoury and the staff of AWAREmed are trained to search for underlying causes of health concerns – and for potential problems – and can help you understand and address them in the context of your daily life  Read more

Aware of the research that shows that many chronic conditions are largely the result of lifestyle decisions, AWAREmed Health & Wellness Resource Center is in the forefront of a proactive movement that is committed to make a difference in participants lives by coaching them and helping them to make long lasting lifestyle changes that will transform their lives. Our promise is to assist in reducing the number of people living with these chronic condition through education.

About the Retreat Wellness U Lifestyle 101 is a life Transforming Wellness  Retreat Offered by Dr. Dalal Akoury of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center

This carefully crafted 4 day program includes hands-on training and guidance from a team of wellness experts. Dr. Dalal Akoury M.D., Medical Director for the Lifestyle 101 Transforming Retreat, will design a disease-specific therapies program tailored for each participant. Plus, she will advise each patient during a one-on-one session on how to achieve maximum control of their health and wellness.

Currently, Lifestyle 101 Transforming Retreat is open to participants who are either healthy or are suffering from inflammatory and metabolic disorders, like hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes and obesity, chronic pain, fibromyalgia. The components of the program include:

1. Healthy Nutrition & Cooking – A trip to the grocery store to learn how to make healthy selections and read food labels will be included in the curriculum. A Lifestyle 101 Nutrition Coach will provide ongoing insight on what to eat, when to eat it, how to prepare it and what to watch out for, including tips and tricks for eating out. Also, participants will have the opportunity to participate in cooking their own meal and experience a hands-on kitchen skills session and secrets to keeping the taste in while keeping unhealthy ingredients out.
2. Exercise – AWAREmed’s fitness team will create a group workout that will include cardio exercises, resistance training or other physical activities that can be modified for participants, given their abilities. From a state-of-the-art gym, to exercises that can be easily continued at home with hand weights, exercise balls and stretch bands, participants learn how to incorporate this program into their daily lives and reap the benefits of physical activity.
3. Stress management – Many unhealthy lifestyle decisions are the result of stress, so dealing with stress in healthy ways is a major focus of Lifestyle 101. Participants will learn stress management techniques like meditation and deep breathing. The opportunity to participate in rejuvenation yoga, led by a certified instructor who teaches simple postures and breathing exercises will be an enriching and life transforming experience.

The program also incorporates one-on-one meetings with Dr.Akoury. In a comfortable and unhurried environment, Dr. Akoury will conduct a comprehensive examination, including a review of your health history and the results of optional laboratory tests. You may receive advice on specific health concerns, learn about preventive care and get started on a track for healthy living. Dr. Akoury will help each participant to set goals and will monitor their progress. She also oversees the entire program to ensure maximum benefit and safety for participants.

Wellness U Lifestyle – Weight loss and Depression, is a life Transforming Wellness  Retreat Offered by Dr. Dalal Akoury of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center

Overall, the body is very successful at matching caloric intake to energy expenditure, and day-to-day differences in activity levels or food intake tend to balance long-term. This is simply a manifestation of the first law of thermodynamics, and as long as energy input is equal to energy expenditure, body weight will remain constant. If, however, there is even a small shift in this balance it can have large consequences if persisting over extended periods of time.

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Factors that affect energy expenditure and ultimately obesity include the neurotransmitters we routinely attribute to mood and behavior issues including serotonin, dopamine, epinephrine, and histamine, as well as other factors that relay messages about food intake and energy levels such as leptin, cholecystokinin (CCK), neuropeptide Y (NPY), ghrelin, agouti-related peptide (AgRP), and adiponectin.

These chemicals are some of the messengers that constantly relay information regarding the body?s levels of available and stored energy to the brain, and there is significant redundancy in their effects. For example, cholecystokinin, adiponectin, leptin, serotonin, and histamine all suppress appetite, whereas ghrelin, agouti related protein, and neuropeptide Y all increase appetite. It appears that the brain maintains a unique position in this system. Because the brain itself is completely dependent on circulating energy sources and stores essentially no energy itself, it must constantly monitor energy needs to ensure that all cells in the organism have adequate fuel supplies, and ensure that its own needs for fuel are met. This places the brain in a powerful position physiologically. Because the brain can sense current energy levels, energy stores, energy needs of the various organs, how energy is being acquired, and generate appetite signals to initiate energy intake if needs are unmet, the brain can essentially override signals from any other part of the body.

In most cases, if there is food available when the brain increases the appetite signals telling a person to eat, they eat. When this occurs, calorie consumption can easily exceed demand and the excess will be stored as triacylglycerol in adipose tissue. If this imbalance continues for a prolonged period, it will cause obesity.

From this observation, it becomes very clear that the brain and body must be able to monitor energy stores appropriately to prevent weight gain. Many of the factors that communicate information about appetite require neurotransmitters for proper signaling. Because neurotransmitter imbalances are common, it is not surprising that weight gain is also common. Likewise, since the causes of neurotransmitter imbalances are multifactorial with both environmental and genetic influences, it is not surprising that obesity is also multifactorial with both environmental and genetic influences. While there have been significant discoveries regarding the chemicals that are involved in regulating appetite, very little has changed regarding its treatment and most drugs still focus on neurotransmitters.

The role of neurotransmitters in appetite regulation is well established, and drugs that affect neurotransmitters can increase or decrease appetite. Weight gain for example, is a very common reason why patients discontinue some psychotropic medications. The medications lithium (Eskalith) and clozapine (Clozaril) may be the worst offenders, causing obesity in more than half of patients that use them. Some other drugs that cause significant weight gain include paroxetine (Paxil), isocarboxazid (Marplan), and escitalopram (Lexapro).

During your weight loss Wellness U Lifestyle 101 Wellness  Retreat Offered by Dr. Dalal Akoury of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center you will learn that most of the drugs that are currently used for weight loss affect the neurotransmitters serotonin, dopamine, or norepinephrine.

Weight Loss Drugs Target Neurotransmitters:

Sibutramine (Didrex)	Norepinephrine & Serotonin
Benzphetamine (Meridia)	Serotonin
Methamphetamine (Desoxyn)	Dopamine, Serotonin
Phendimetrazine (Adipost, Bontril)	Dopamine, Norepinephrine
Phentermine (Adipex-P, Phentride)	Dopamine, Norepinephrine
Dexfenfluramine (Redux)	Serotonin
Fenfluramine (Pondimin)	Serotonin

Unfortunately, many of these medications lose their effectiveness after a generally short period of time and cause only modest weight loss. While the amount of weight lost by patients taking weight loss drugs can be significant by statistical standards, a 5 to 10% reduction in overall weight, translates into only 10-20 lbs of weight loss for a 200 lb person. Any weight loss is beneficial and can reduce the health risks associated with obesity, however, this modest weight reduction may leave many overweight patients very disappointed.

A number of medical research studies have also examined the roles of neurotransmitter precursors in weight loss, food selection, and meal size. Among these, the precursors to the catecholamines (epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine), serotonin, and histamine, have been found to affectively reduce food intake and cause weight loss. Nutritional support of neurotransmitters has been used extensively to address mood related changes, but given the role that these same neurotransmitters play in appetite regulation, it is not surprising that nutritional neuroscience has also been used to affect appetite.

Specific neurotransmitter precursors that have been shown to reduce food intake include L-dopa, 5-HTP, tyrosine, phenylalanine, and histidine.

Precursors and the Neurotransmitters Influencing weight control:

L-dopa, Tyrosine, Phenylalanine	Dopamine & Catecholamines
5-HTP (5-Hydroxytryptophan)	Serotonin
Histidine	Histamine

While each of these amino acids has been reported to reduce appetite and food intake on their own, they have also been implicated in the action of hormones and peptides closely related to appetite regulation. A number of overlapping mechanisms appear to be involved in the effects of these neurotransmitter precursors. While the 5-HTP is usually considered a factor in mood-related disorders like depression, oral supplementation with this serotonin precursor decreases food intake with a preferential decrease in carbohydrate-rich food. It is believed that serotonin, formed via 5-HTP decarboxylation, stimulates receptors in the hypothalamus to cause this effect. Additionally, animal studies have found that 5-HTP also acts to increase the levels and effects of leptin, indicating that 5-HTP has multiple appetite suppressing actions. This type of overlapping regulation appears to be the rule rather than the exception for factors regulating appetite.

Histamine, the neurotransmitter generally associated with wakefulness, also affects appetite. Supplementation with histidine has also been observed to reduce food intake and body fat in animal studies, similarly, studies using histamine analogs that block the actions of histamine suppress the effects of leptin.

Tyrosine, phenylalanine, and L-dopa are precursors to the catecholamine neurotransmitters. This includes dopamine, a neurotransmitter involved in the pleasure/reward cascade, which helps to generate the feelings of pleasure associated with our day-to-day activities and accomplishments. Addictive and compulsive behaviors have been associated with disturbances in the dopamine pleasure/reward system and overeating or food addictions are associated with these imbalances as well. Additionally, dopamine and another catecholamine, norepinephrine, have direct roles in appetite regulation. Epinephrine, the last of the three catecholamines, regulates metabolism and increases the breakdown of lipids and glycogen to convert stored energy into available energy.

Current pharmacological treatment protocols fail to address the multiple pathways involved in monitoring energy levels and supplies and this may explain their limited effectiveness. New research is exploring in much more detail the hormones, peptides, and transmitters that are involved in regulating the mechanisms in energy status and energy balance. This research provides more insight and a better understanding of the suspected culprits, which overtime will provide new approaches for the optimal care to this diverse group of patients. Factors that are currently being evaluated for their role in obesity and weight gain include:

Leptin,Adiponectin, Insulin, Pro-opiomelanocortin, Pancreatic Peptide, Neuropeptide Y, Ghrelin, Glucagon-like Protein 1, Cholecystokinin

These chemicals are important components of the regulatory mechanisms that provide information about food intake and fat stores as well as important signals during the digestive process. Many of these molecules have short half-lives and some would be degraded when ingested orally. As such, many of these would not serve as effective treatments to control appetite or facilitate weight loss. Research efforts are underway to find compounds that would mimic their effect or regulate their production and/or release. Advancements in this area could help control obesity and its accompanying health risks.

There are a significant number of mechanisms in the body that monitor energy availability and energy supply. Under normal conditions, these naturally occurring orexic and anorexic molecules work to regulate appetite and balance metabolism to maintain body weight within a fairly narrow range. However, if this mechanism is impaired, even a very small imbalance, in any part of this system, can change the balance of energy supply vs. storage, and lead to serious weight gain or loss.Environmental factors, including the obesogenic nature of our lifestyle, appear to have a significant impact on one’s propensity to gain weight.

A final aspect that seems to make a significant contribution to the regulation and sensing of energy balance are the neurotransmitters. Our diet, stress levels, and lifestyles can affect the levels of serotonin, dopamine, and epinephrine. Neurotransmitter testing and the high incidence of mood-related disorders reveal that neurotransmitter imbalances are common. The high rate of obesity and mood disorders and this apparent link with neurotransmitter function helps explain the effects psychotropic drugs have on weight, as well as, the tendency to eat ?comfort foods? When we feel down or under stress.

Adding appropriate neurotransmitter testing to the evaluation of patients that have weight problems provides an additional tool that is valuable in assessing the biochemical imbalances that may underlie one’s symptoms. Urine neurotransmitter testing offered at Awaremed Medical Institute also provides a rapid, non-invasive means to evaluate which modes of treatment are most likely to be beneficial.

Through its Lifestyle 101 Dr. Akoury will empower you with all the tools you need to fully embrace wellness as you experience the benefits of healthy living first-hand. Our initial program lasts six weeks, with shared learning and support. Each person begins by meeting with Dr Akoury, where lab work and the program itself are tailored to fit individual needs and concerns. Then, groups of 16-20 people will engage in four-hour sessions twice a week, in a stress-free setting situated the beautiful and modern Resort at North Beach Plantation, complete with a kitchen and exercise facilities.What makes Lifestyle 101 stand apart is its blend of evidence-based medicine and a group wellness experience. Our medical and beauty wellness experts will guide you as you set specific, achievable goals for your personal health and well-being. You will benefit from the expert feedback they provide, helping you to progress to your own optimal level of wellness.

Dr. Dolly will help you restore your Neurotransmitters balance and ultimately restore the brain ability to control feeding behavior and achieve healthy energy balance.

Wellness U Lifestyle – Obesity & Diabetes U turn is a life Transforming Wellness  Retreat Offered by Dr. Dalal Akoury of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center

There are multiple causes of obesity. Some studies point to genetic factors that regulate one’s appetite or their metabolism and many blame poor nutrition and physical inactivity. By understanding how these factors combine to cause the dramatic weight gain and increased rates of obesity seen today, Dr. Akoury will be better able to find a treatment that will curb hunger, increase metabolism, cause permanent weight loss and be free of any potential health risks or adverse side effects.

Overall, the body is very successful at matching caloric intake to energy expenditure, and day-to-day differences in activity levels or food intake tend to balance long-term. This is simply a manifestation of the first law of thermodynamics, and as long as energy input is equal to energy expenditure, body weight will remain constant. If, however, there is even a small shift in this balance it can have large consequences if persisting over extended periods of time.

Factors that affect energy expenditure and ultimately obesity include the neurotransmitters we routinely attribute to mood and behavior issues including serotonin, dopamine, epinephrine, and histamine, as well as other factors that relay messages about food intake and energy levels such as leptin, cholecystokinin (CCK), neuropeptide Y (NPY), ghrelin, agouti-related peptide (AgRP), and adiponectin.

These chemicals are some of the messengers that constantly relay information regarding the body?s levels of available and stored energy to the brain, and there is significant redundancy in their effects. For example, cholecystokinin, adiponectin, leptin, serotonin, and histamine all suppress appetite, whereas ghrelin, agouti related protein, and neuropeptide Y all increase appetite. It appears that the brain maintains a unique position in this system. Because the brain itself is completely dependent on circulating energy sources and stores essentially no energy itself, it must constantly monitor energy needs to ensure that all cells in the organism have adequate fuel supplies, and ensure that its own needs for fuel are met. This places the brain in a powerful position physiologically. Because the brain can sense current energy levels, energy stores, energy needs of the various organs, how energy is being acquired, and generate appetite signals to initiate energy intake if needs are unmet, the brain can essentially override signals from any other part of the body.

In most cases, if there is food available when the brain increases the appetite signals telling a person to eat, they eat. When this occurs, calorie consumption can easily exceed demand and the excess will be stored as triacylglycerol in adipose tissue. If this imbalance continues for a prolonged period, it will cause obesity.

From this observation, it becomes very clear that the brain and body must be able to monitor energy stores appropriately to prevent weight gain. Many of the factors that communicate information about appetite require neurotransmitters for proper signaling. Because neurotransmitter imbalances are common, it is not surprising that weight gain is also common. Likewise, since the causes of neurotransmitter imbalances are multifactorial with both environmental and genetic influences, it is not surprising that obesity is also multifactorial with both environmental and genetic influences. While there have been significant discoveries regarding the chemicals that are involved in regulating appetite, very little has changed regarding its treatment and most drugs still focus on neurotransmitters.

The role of neurotransmitters in appetite regulation is well established, and drugs that affect neurotransmitters can increase or decrease appetite. Weight gain for example, is a very common reason why patients discontinue some psychotropic medications. The medications lithium (Eskalith) and clozapine (Clozaril) may be the worst offenders, causing obesity in more than half of patients that use them. Some other drugs that cause significant weight gain include paroxetine (Paxil), isocarboxazid (Marplan), and escitalopram (Lexapro).

Most of the drugs that are currently used for weight loss affect the neurotransmitters serotonin, dopamine, or norepinephrine.

Weight Loss Drugs and the Neurotransmitters Affected:

Sibutramine (Didrex)	Norepinephrine & Serotonin
Benzphetamine (Meridia)	Serotonin
Methamphetamine (Desoxyn)	Dopamine, Serotonin
Phendimetrazine (Adipost, Bontril)	Dopamine, Norepinephrine
Phentermine (Adipex-P, Phentride)	Dopamine, Norepinephrine
Dexfenfluramine (Redux)	Serotonin
Fenfluramine (Pondimin)	Serotonin

Unfortunately, many of these medications lose their effectiveness after a generally short period of time and cause only modest weight loss. While the amount of weight lost by patients taking weight loss drugs can be significant by statistical standards, a 5 to 10% reduction in overall weight, translates into only 10-20 lbs of weight loss for a 200 lb person. Any weight loss is beneficial and can reduce the health risks associated with obesity, however, this modest weight reduction may leave many overweight patients very disappointed. A number of medical research studies have also examined the roles of neurotransmitter precursors in weight loss, food selection, and meal size. Among these, the precursors to the catecholamines (epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine), serotonin, and histamine, have been found to affectively reduce food intake and cause weight loss. Nutritional support of neurotransmitters has been used extensively to address mood related changes, but given the role that these same neurotransmitters play in appetite regulation, it is not surprising that nutritional neuroscience has also been used to affect appetite. Specific neurotransmitter precursors that have been shown to reduce food intake include L-dopa, 5-HTP, tyrosine, phenylalanine, and histidine.

Precursors and the Neurotransmitters Affected:

L-dopa, Tyrosine, Phenylalanine	Dopamine & Catecholamines
5-HTP (5-Hydroxytryptophan)	Serotonin
Histidine	Histamine

While each of these amino acids has been reported to reduce appetite and food intake on their own, they have also been implicated in the action of hormones and peptides closely related to appetite regulation. A number of overlapping mechanisms appear to be involved in the effects of these neurotransmitter precursors. While the 5-HTP is usually considered a factor in mood-related disorders like depression, oral supplementation with this serotonin precursor decreases food intake with a preferential decrease in carbohydrate-rich food. It is believed that serotonin, formed via 5-HTP decarboxylation, stimulates receptors in the hypothalamus to cause this effect. Additionally, animal studies have found that 5-HTP also acts to increase the levels and effects of leptin, indicating that 5-HTP has multiple appetite suppressing actions. This type of overlapping regulation appears to be the rule rather than the exception for factors regulating appetite.

Histamine, the neurotransmitter generally associated with wakefulness, also affects appetite. Supplementation with histidine has also been observed to reduce food intake and body fat in animal studies, similarly, studies using histamine analogs that block the actions of histamine suppress the effects of leptin.

Tyrosine, phenylalanine, and L-dopa are precursors to the catecholamine neurotransmitters. This includes dopamine, a neurotransmitter involved in the pleasure/reward cascade, which helps to generate the feelings of pleasure associated with our day-to-day activities and accomplishments. Addictive and compulsive behaviors have been associated with disturbances in the dopamine pleasure/reward system and overeating or food addictions are associated with these imbalances as well. Additionally, dopamine and another catecholamine, norepinephrine, have direct roles in appetite regulation. Epinephrine, the last of the three catecholamines, regulates metabolism and increases the breakdown of lipids and glycogen to convert stored energy into available energy.

Current pharmacological treatment protocols fail to address the multiple pathways involved in monitoring energy levels and supplies and this may explain their limited effectiveness. New research is exploring in much more detail the hormones, peptides, and transmitters that are involved in regulating the mechanisms in energy status and energy balance. This research provides more insight and a better understanding of the suspected culprits, which overtime will provide new approaches for the optimal care to this diverse group of patients. Factors that are currently being evaluated for their role in obesity and weight gain include:

Leptin, Adiponectin, Insulin, Pro-opiomelanocortin, Pancreatic Peptide, Neuropeptide Y, Ghrelin, Glucagon-like Protein 1, Cholecystokinin

These chemicals are important components of the regulatory mechanisms that provide information about food intake and fat stores as well as important signals during the digestive process. Many of these molecules have short half-lives and some would be degraded when ingested orally. As such, many of these would not serve as effective treatments to control appetite or facilitate weight loss. Research efforts are underway to find compounds that would mimic their effect or regulate their production and/or release. Advancements in this area could help control obesity and its accompanying health risks.

There are a significant number of mechanisms in the body that monitor energy availability and energy supply. Under normal conditions, these naturally occurring orexic and anorexic molecules work to regulate appetite and balance metabolism to maintain body weight within a fairly narrow range. However, if this mechanism is impaired, even a very small imbalance, in any part of this system, can change the balance of energy supply vs. storage, and lead to serious weight gain or loss.

Environmental factors, including the obesogenic nature of our lifestyle, appear to have a significant impact on one’s propensity to gain weight.

A final aspect that seems to make a significant contribution to the regulation and sensing of energy balance are the neurotransmitters. Our diet, stress levels, and lifestyles can affect the levels of serotonin, dopamine, and epinephrine. Neurotransmitter testing and the high incidence of mood-related disorders reveal that neurotransmitter imbalances are common. The high rate of obesity and mood disorders and this apparent link with neurotransmitter function helps explain the effects psychotropic drugs have on weight, as well as, the tendency to eat ?comfort foods? When we feel down or under stress.

Adding appropriate neurotransmitter testing to the evaluation of patients that have weight problems provides an additional tool that is valuable in assessing the biochemical imbalances that may underlie one’s symptoms. Urine neurotransmitter testing offered at Awaremed Medical Institute also provides a rapid, non-invasive means to evaluate which modes of treatment are most likely to be beneficial.

Through its Lifestyle 101 Dr. Akoury will empower you with all the tools you need to fully embrace wellness as you experience the benefits of healthy living first-hand. Our initial program lasts six weeks, with shared learning and support. Each person begins by meeting with Dr Akoury, where lab work and the program itself are tailored to fit individual needs and concerns. Then, groups of 16-20 people will engage in four-hour sessions twice a week, in a stress-free setting situated the beautiful and modern Cinzia Spa, complete with a kitchen and exercise facilities. What makes Lifestyle 101 stand apart is its blend of evidence-based medicine and a group wellness experience. Our medical and beauty wellness experts will guide you as you set specific, achievable goals for your personal health and well-being. You will benefit from the expert feedback they provide, helping you to progress to your own optimal level of wellness.Dr. Dolly will help you restore your Neurotransmitters balance and ultimately restore the brain ability to control feeding behavior and achieve healthy energy balance.

 

Wellness U Lifestyle – Mood disease U turn is a life Transforming Wellness  Retreat Offered by Dr. Dalal Akoury of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center

Lifestyle 101 Mental disorders U-Turn: Treatment, Prevention, Whole Health

Mental disorders are common in the United States and internationally. An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older — about one in four adults — suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. Staggering recent statistics reveal that 57.7 million Americans suffer from a variety of mental disorders. In addition, mental disorders are the leading cause of disability in the U.S. and Canada. Many people suffer from more than one mental disorder at a given time. Nearly half (45 percent) of those with any mental disorder meet criteria for 2 or more disorders.

The good news is that experts in health, lifestyle, and medicine in the AWAREmed Lifestyle 101 program can teach you how to avoid becoming one of these statistics as you reclaim your health and vitality.

First, Lifestyle 101 will help you to understand Mental disorders, whether your interest lies in its prevention or treatment. Much is known about Mental disorders prevention, and our Four Pillars program will give you the tools to build a healthy lifestyle and prevent all types of disease.

If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with Mental disorders, it is important to understand both the diagnosis and your treatment options – and there are many. Knowledge leads to empowerment, and our health and medicine professionals will help you advocate for yourself and find the best options for you and your life.

 

Wellness U Lifestyle – Heart Disease U turn is another life Transforming Wellness  Retreat Offered by Dr. Dalal Akoury of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center

Heart Disease U turn

According to the American Heart Association and the most recent statistics, more than 36% of adults in the US have chronic heart disease, leading to an annual death rate of 300 Americans out every thousand dying from heart disease.Heart disease can be prevented. Appropriate diet, physical activity, stress reduction, and weight management are all factors that are easily controlled through lifestyle choices and habits.

Some research findings:

Lifestyle changes should emphasize personal empowerment, and be supported by doctors, family, and the community. Education should be tailored to cultural heritage, beliefs, and behavioral norms.
Smoking and high blood pressure are responsible for the largest number of deaths in the US than any other risk factor.

A number of dietary, lifestyle, and metabolic risk factors for chronic diseases also cause a substantial number of deaths in the US annually, many related to heart disease. Children as young as 9 years old have been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease, brought about by negative effects of poor diet, inadequate activity, and obesity.

Don’t let another day go by without learning how to live a life free of disease. Start here, at Wellness U, with Lifestyle 101. Call today!

Learning to Take Care of Your Body

Lifestyle 101 will empower you with all the tools you need to fully embrace wellness as you experience the benefits of healthy living first-hand. Our initial program lasts six weeks, with shared learning and support. Each person begins by meeting with Dr Akoury, where lab work and the program itself are tailored to fit individual needs and concerns. Then, groups of 16-20 people will engage in four-hour sessions twice a week, in a stress-free setting situated the beautiful and modern Cinzia Spa, complete with a kitchen and exercise facilities. What makes Lifestyle 101 stand apart is its blend of evidence-based medicine and a group wellness experience. Our medical and beauty wellness experts will guide you as you set specific, achievable goals for your personal health and well-being. You will benefit from the expert feedback they provide, helping you to progress to your own optimal level of wellness.

This is time well spent

on your health!

Lifestyle 101 addresses four key components of a healthy lifestyle: nutrition, exercise, stress management, and spirituality.

Food is Medicine

An experienced medical nutritionist will offer nutrition education specific to your individual needs, preferences, and habits.
You. will visit the grocery store on a group field trip and learn to make healthy selections up and down the aisles. In hands-on kitchen skills sessions, will guide and teach you how to make whole and healthy food delicious.

Exercise.

Our Cinzia exercise physiologists will help you to customize workouts that include walking, resistance training, and other physical activities. You will learn exercises that can easily continue at home with hand weights, exercise balls, and stretch bands.

Stress management.

You will learn stress management techniques with our experts, who will lend support as you practice until you master them. A first class certified Yoga instructor will teach you simple postures and breathing exercises to help you unwind, and a Reiki Master will guide you as you learn to release tension from your mind and spirit.

Spirituality.

In a way free of religion, our spirituality coaches will help you find your place and connection to everything around you. You will discover how important this is, and how this connection impacts your health. After you complete the initial six week program of 12 four-hour sessions, you will receive a CD containing each presentation, and be enrolled in five follow-up sessions over the following year. You will then be eligible for additional sessions in subsequent years, as well as becoming a lifetime member of the AWAREness Accountable program.

Make a solid investment in your health

We invite you to share in an experience that will have a lasting impact on your life – you deserve it! Learning how to take care of your body will be fun, and you will come away with a new vitality.

 

Wellness U Lifestyle – Executive Health Program is a Wellness  Retreat Offered by Dr. Dalal Akoury of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center for high stress executive

Executive Health Program

The Key to Healthier, Sexier and Younger life is in Your Hands.
The prescription for a more enjoyable, life full of Vitality, Health begins with a visit to the Awaremed Institute.Awaremed Medical Institute along with Cinzia the SPA at North Beach Plantations has launched a Lifestyle 101 Transforming Retreat, a new program that helps reverse and decrease the effects of aging and several common chronic diseases that are plaguing our Wellness and Quality of life, costing us a massive financial burden.

While early disease detection and modern treatments are important components of good health, proactive evaluation and prevention are the Specialties of Aware Medical Institute and your key to living life to the fullest. Dr Akoury and the staff of Awaremed are trained to search for underlying causes of health concerns – and for potential problems – and can help you understand and address them in the context of your daily life.

Aware of the research that shows that many chronic conditions are largely the result of lifestyle decisions; Awaremed Medical Institute along with Cinzia SPA are in the forefront of a proactive movement that is committed to make a difference in Participants life by coaching them and helping them to make long lasting lifestyle changes and to make better choices that would transform their life. Our promise is to reduce the number of people living with these miserable states of diseases instead of simply adding to the numbers afflicted.”

The carefully Crafted four days program includes almost 50 hours of hands-on training and guidance from a team of wellness experts, including Nutritional Counselors, Fitness Instructors, Pilate Teacher, Stress management and yoga instructors. The healing Sanctuary offered at Cinzia SPA will offer each participant a half hour of a massage and a 15 minute Satori Meditation Session during the retreat. Dalal Akoury M.D. Medical Director for the Lifestyle 101 Transforming retreat, will design a disease-specific therapies program tailored for each participant and advises them through one regular one-on-one sessions how to achieve maximum control of their health and wellness.

Each Lifestyle 101 Transforming Retreat group will have 20 to 25 participants. Currently, a Lifestyle 101 Transforming Retreat is open to participants who are either healthy or are suffering from inflammatory and metabolic disorders, like hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes and obesity, Chronic Pain, fibromyalgia. The program will expand in the in the near Future to offer more tailored Programs such as include other conditions.

 

Wellness U Lifestyle – Cancer U turn is a Wellness  Retreat Offered by Dr. Dalal Akoury of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center than can transform your life

Cancer U turn

Nearly a quarter of deaths in America every year are caused by cancer, where an estimated 1.5 million new cases of will be diagnosed in 2009. Cancers of the prostate and breast will be the most frequently diagnosed cancers in men and women, respectively, followed by lung and colorectal cancers in both genders. The good news is that experts in health, lifestyle, and medicine in the AWAREmed Lifestyle 101 program can teach you how to avoid becoming one of these statistics as you reclaim your health and vitality.

Some startling statistics:

There will be an estimated 292,540 men and 269,800 women who die of cancer in 2009 (American Cancer Society). Lung cancer is, by far, the most common fatal cancer in men (30%), followed by prostate (9%), and colon/rectal (9%). In women, lung (26%), breast (15%), and colon/rectum (9%) are the leading sites of cancer that lead to death.

You can change this!

Vitamin C was found to stop the growth of tumor cells, while not harming normal cells. When combined with retinoic acid, vitamin C prevented the spread of breast cancer cells.In cases where children were given alternative/complementary treatments as part of a cancer treatment plan, 83% reported significant benefit, particularly with side effects of conventional treatment.

Seventy three percent of long-term cancer survivors take supplements.Spirituality is an important aspect of cancer treatment and care, and many of those who choose alternative and complementary treatments combine these aspects for a more wholistic approach and enhanced quality of life.Lifestyle 101 addresses four key components of a healthy lifestyle: nutrition, exercise, stress management, and spirituality.

Food is Medicine: An experienced medical nutritionist will offer nutrition education specific to cancer regression and prevention.
You. will visit the grocery store on a group field trip and learn to make healthy selections up and down the aisles. In hands-on kitchen skills sessions, will guide and teach you how to make health-promoting whole and healthy food delicious.

Exercise:

Our Cinzia exercise physiologists will help you to customize workouts that include walking, resistance training, and other physical activities. You will learn exercises that can easily continue at home with hand weights, exercise balls, and stretch bands.

Stress management:You will learn stress management techniques with our experts, who will lend support as you practice until you master them. A first class certified Yoga instructor will teach you simple postures and breathing exercises to help you unwind, and a Reiki Master will guide you as you learn to release tension from mind and spirit.

Spirituality:

In a way free of religion, our spiritual coaches will help you find your place and connection to everything around you. You will discover how important this is, and how this connection impacts your health. After you complete the initial six week program of 12 four-hour sessions, you will be enrolled in five follow-up sessions over the following year. You will then be eligible for additional sessions in subsequent years, as well as becoming a lifetime member of the AWAREness Accountable program.

Reclaim Your Health!
We invite you to share in an experience that will have a lasting impact on your life – you deserve it! We promise that learning how to take care of your body will be fun, and that you will come away with a new sense of wellness, purpose, and calm. Ask about insurance coverage for your program.

 

Wellness U Lifestyle -offer Cancer hope in the Carolinas; it is a life Transforming Wellness  Retreat Offered by Dr. Dalal Akoury of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center

Aware Med

Cancer does not only have a deep effect on the body, but also on the mind and the spirit. We at Awaremed Medical Institute understand that you as a patient a patient have the key to conquering cancer if you stay connected and pro-active throughout your treatment. At Awaremed Medical Institute we do not only offer the best medical care, but also a wide range of supportive and complimentary services tailored to your personal needs, desires and beliefs.

A world-class of medical professionals under the leadership of Dr. Dalal Akoury are working together to provide nutritional, naturopathic and spiritual services that support you in your fight against cancer. We are blessed to be able to provide our patients and their loved ones with state of the art cancer fighting strategies including some of the most complete cancer care available today. We’re proud to be one of the best integrated treatment centers of its kind in the United States and North and South America.

We are happy to be able to offer services to several areas in the Carolinas:

At AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center, we do not only offer exceptional medical care, but also a fresh scientific approach that provide hope for those struggling with cancer. Here, every aspect of cancer care is a team effort. We are now servicing Myrtle Beach, Columbia, and Wilmington, and Charleston

We treat our patients with the same unconditional love and support that we would give own family. Our main Focus is to help keep your mind and body focused on healing.

 

Wellness U Lifestyle 101 is a life Transforming Wellness  Retreat Offered by Dr. Dalal Akoury of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center

 

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