Did you know that according to the CDC, obesity prevalence in the U.S. increased from 30.5% to 41.9% from 2017-2020? In that same time, the prevalence of severe obesity jumped from just over 4% to over 9%. It only takes a quick glance at these numbers to understand that we have an obesity issue in the United States. That's true for people of all ages, many of whom have tried fad diets and every weight loss regimen under the sun, only to get mediocre results. For older men and women, obesity can be concerning, too, especially when their bodies are going through hormonal changes associated with female and male menopause.
Being overweight has many negative effects on the body. From an aesthetic standpoint, many people hate being overweight because clothes don't fit well, being mobile and active is often hard, and people just seem to stare. From a health and wellness standpoint, however, the consequences of obesity are much worse. Some overweight people must face life-changing problems such as:
For people who have been struggling with their weight for years, it can seem like no help is available. Fortunately, nothing could be further from the truth, with innovative weight loss solutions like peptide therapy for weight loss in Burnsville, MN.
LX Medical's weight loss program has helped numerous patients achieve their weight loss goals, live a healthy life, and enjoy total well-being for years. At LX Medical, we believe that weight loss shouldn't be centered around a one-size-fits-all mentality. Our doctors and practitioners create custom weight loss programs that are tailored to your unique body, rather than creating plans based off of someone matching your age or weight. With our team's support, you can achieve real results and start living life without the extra pounds.
That's important in the modern world, where maintaining good health and fitness has become more important than ever. Research has shown that viruses and diseases are more likely to affect people who are overweight and unhealthy. Unfortunately, there are many "miracle" supplements and unhealthy diet plans that mislead people into thinking that weight loss is not beneficial. Furthermore, weight loss "experts" often offer unstructured and unsupervised programs that do more harm than good.
At LX Medical, we prioritize the well-being of our patients when it comes to weight loss. Our approach is patient-centric, focusing on personalized treatments. Our doctors first evaluate your lifestyle habits, and we work with you to replace negative patterns with positive, personalized lifestyle changes. This is crucial for achieving optimal wellness and weight loss. Benefits of losing weight include:
However, losing weight is only the beginning. To keep weight off permanently, adopting a healthy, active lifestyle is essential. At LX Medical, we help you achieve this by implementing manageable, positive lifestyle changes that jumpstart your weight loss journey. By making healthy behaviors a part of your daily routine, you can achieve your weight loss goals and become the best version of yourself.
One of the most successful treatments we offer to help patients shed pounds safely is peptide therapy for weight loss in Burnsville, MN. In fact, peptides for weight loss, such as semaglutide (also known as Ozempic and Wegovy, MOTS-C,) and AOD-9604, have been proven to be effective and have helped countless men and women live life at a healthy weight.
Consisting of amino acids, peptides help regulate the biological processes and functions in your body. As the building blocks of protein, they are crucial for your overall health. Unfortunately, however, many men and women suffer from peptide deficiency. Peptide therapy gives your body the peptides it needs, improving your ability to:
Peptide therapy is often used alongside other treatment plans from LX Medical, such as our custom weight loss plans. That's where peptides like semaglutide and AOD-9604 come into play.
Peptide therapy is often used to boost hormones and support our total well-being. Different types of peptides can target different areas of our health. For example, some collagen peptide supplements can help make our skin, hair, and gut healthier. Other peptides, like semaglutide and AOD-9604, can help facilitate healthy weight loss.
Peptide therapy works in a different way than vitamin supplements. When we take a multivitamin for our hair, skin, and nails, our body must absorb the nutrients. But sometimes, our body can't absorb all the nutrients, so they just leave our body through our urine. Peptides, on the other hand, are part of the proteins in our bodies, making them easier to benefit from and absorb.
But what about peptide therapy for weight loss? The truth is there are various peptides that have different effects, including some that facilitate weight loss. However, weight loss is a nuanced process that involves multiple factors such as diet, exercise, age, genetics, and lifestyle. While peptides can assist you in achieving your weight loss goals, they are most effective when combined with improvements like a healthier diet, more frequent exercise, and better life choices. If you've tried various weight loss plans and diets, but haven't had any success, peptides like semaglutide and ADO-9604 may be the extra boost you need to experience true weight loss.
A recent study in the Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism found that people who used peptides in conjunction with a weight loss plan experienced incredible results. More specifically, patients reported a 14% reduction in body fat on average. Two of the most popular peptides for weight loss also happen to be FDA-approved and, when appropriate, part of your weight loss journey with LX Medical.
Those peptides are semaglutide and AOD-9604 and are touted for their therapeutic benefits and long-term safety profile. If you're looking for a little extra help to lose weight and keep it off for good, peptide therapy for weight loss could be for you.
Looking to shed some pounds and keep them off for good? Diet and exercise are crucial, but for busy adults and parents, sticking to a routine is easier said than done. If you need extra help losing weight, consider semaglutide. This injection, approved by the FDA for diabetes and obesity, can stimulate GLP-1 receptors in the brain to aid in quicker weight loss and long-term health.
Semaglutide works in several ways. First, it acts as glucagon in your body, which helps tell your brain that you're full and don't need to eat anymore. Secondly, it slows down the time it takes for food to transit out of your stomach. This process reduces unnecessary eating and snacking throughout the day. Perhaps more importantly, it reduces glucose spikes after you eat, which causes a litany of issues like inflammation.
Semaglutide also helps your pancreas secrete insulin while making you insulin sensitive. This regulates glucose levels in your body and how your body metabolizes that glucose. Additionally, by reducing inflammation in your body, you benefit from powerful anti-aging and longevity properties.
When combined with a healthy diet and regular exercise, semaglutide can provide:
Unlike other weight loss clinics, at LX Medical, you can enjoy the benefits of semaglutide from the comfort of your office or home. Injections are administered once a week. Once you've met your weight loss goals, you can reduce your intake to a minimum dose for additional positive effects like ongoing weight management. You can also quit taking semaglutide entirely. If you opt to stop, our medical weight loss team can chat with you about other types of peptide therapy for weight loss in Burnsville, MN.
This peptide, which is often used in conjunction with semaglutide regimens, stimulates the breakdown of fat while inhibiting lipogenesis and supporting your tendons and cartilage. It has grown in popularity because of its ability to boost your metabolism, which helps burn fat. What's great about AOD-9604 is that it stimulates the pituitary gland but does not affect tissue growth or blood sugar. Perhaps most impressive is that this peptide can burn fat without you feeling the need to overeat as a result.
In fact, AOD-9604 activates your body's fat-burning processes using its own unique mechanism without needing an HGH receptor. It also releases obese fat cells and reduces new fat cell accumulation. One of the most notable benefits of AOD-9604 is its ability to regulate blood sugar and manage insulin levels, which can lead to reduced inflammation and weight loss. Additionally, AOD-9604 can aid in building muscle, similar to growth hormones. Its benefits extend beyond fat loss, as it contains regenerative properties that may be beneficial for individuals with various conditions, such as:
With the ability to reduce fat that is stored in your abdominal region, this weight-loss peptide is very popular for older people with stubborn belly fat. It is also often used by people who have tried other diets and weight loss plans but had little or no success.
At LX Medical, our doctors offer a range of peptide therapies for your health and well-being. Peptides like semaglutide and AOD-9604 are often used as part of a comprehensive peptide therapy plan, crafted by LX Medical specialists for your body. If you're interested in losing weight, gut health peptides like BPC-157, Thymulosin Alpha, Thymulosin Beta, and GHK-Cu can be incredibly beneficial along your weight loss journey.
This naturally occurring peptide, sometimes called the "Body Protection Compound," is secreted in your gut and helps repair its lining. It works by helping your body be in a constant state of restoration and repair, providing powerful anti-inflammatory effects. This process helps with issues like:
When it comes to losing weight, BPC-157 is often included in peptide therapy for weight loss in Burnsville, MN, because it can help reduce pain and inflammation resulting from new or increased exercise efforts. As noted previously, exercise and diet are key in long-term weight loss, and BPC-157 can make those efforts easier.
This peptide is injected once a day, with courses ranging from 30 to 60 days. After you finish the injection course, consider BPC-157 oral supplements to maintain its benefits.
Thymosin Alpha-1 is a powerful immune system modulator that helps you resist infections, illnesses, and disease. By naturally stimulating T cells to locate and eliminate viruses, bacteria, and even tumor cells, this peptide prompts your body to respond to these invasive organisms, making your immune system naturally stronger and more effective.
Numerous clinical studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of Thymosin Alpha-1 in regulating immunity and inflammation related to rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and other conditions. Recent clinical studies have also shown promising results in using this peptide to fight lung, colon, breast, and other types of cancer. By reducing inflammation in your body and enhancing your immune system, you can optimize your body as you lose weight with the help of LX Medical.
Patients inject this peptide every day for two weeks and then continue three times a week for 2.5 months.
Thymosin Beta-4 is a peptide consisting of 43 amino acids that is known to promote healing in the body and has anti-inflammatory properties. It occurs naturally in higher concentrations at injury sites and is a water-soluble protein that can regulate cell migration to a site. It is also very good at repairing tissue damage. The substance is not only beneficial for wound healing and skin repair but can also aid in the repair of the brain, spinal cord, and heart. Medical professionals consider Thymosin Beta-4 to be a safe and potent substance in both its natural and synthetic forms.
Like its Alpha counterpart, this peptide can be beneficial for individuals undergoing weight loss, and can help reduce the inflammation and pain associated with exercising and more.
Patients inject this peptide every day for two weeks and then continue three times a week for 2.5 months.
Research suggests that GHK-CU functions as a feedback signal when tissue damage occurs. This peptide is effective in shielding damaged tissue, reducing inflammation, and replacing scarred tissue with healthy tissue. Although further research is necessary to determine its effectiveness on a larger scale, GHK-CU has already been proven to play a role in wound healing and inflammation reduction. Like other peptides for weight loss in Burnsville, MN, GHK-Cu supports your gut health and weight loss efforts by lowering inflammation in your body, which often happens from changes to your diet or exercise regimens.
Patients should take this peptide for 20-30 days, especially when used for wound healing or as part of a more robust peptide therapy package.
At LX Medical, we're proud to make better care possible.
We are a physician-led team of doctors, nurses, and health experts, advised by a panel of top healthcare leaders who are revolutionizing the power of house calls. In fact, all of our peptides for weight loss in Burnsville, MN, can be applied in your home or office without having to wait in long lines or uncomfortable waiting rooms.
We offer exceptionally robust and personalized weight loss plans for patients who can't seem to lose extra weight. To do so, we use innovative weight loss medications such as semaglutide and AOD-9604. To supplement our patient's success, we bring with us advanced diagnostic technology, IV fluids, and medications, with access to outpatient imaging and lab centers. Unlike some weight loss centers, we only staff highly-trained medical professionals and advanced practice providers with experience and compassion.
Are you sick and tired of the way that you look and feel every day? Is your health getting out of control? Are you ready to break out of your cage and lose weight the right way? If you're ready to begin your journey to weight loss success, our team is here to guide you along the way. Contact LX Medical today to get started.
Some residents contend a plan to build eight courts at Alimagnet Park will worsen runoff into the fragile lake below. The city says mitigation efforts will mark the project.The Minnesota Star TribuneAndrea Grazzini and Betsy Sturm approached the thicket of trees, their boots squelching over melting snow. Through the woods and down a steep and eroding slope, the surface of Alimagnet Lake shone an obsidian hue.The wishbone-shaped body of water straddles the border of Burnsville and Apple Valley. It’s the focal point ...
Some residents contend a plan to build eight courts at Alimagnet Park will worsen runoff into the fragile lake below. The city says mitigation efforts will mark the project.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
Andrea Grazzini and Betsy Sturm approached the thicket of trees, their boots squelching over melting snow. Through the woods and down a steep and eroding slope, the surface of Alimagnet Lake shone an obsidian hue.
The wishbone-shaped body of water straddles the border of Burnsville and Apple Valley. It’s the focal point of their Burnsville neighborhood, where bumper stickers on parked cars proclaim residents’ commitment to protecting the environment. That’s why Grazzini and Sturm fiercely oppose a city plan to pave over part of Alimagnet Park with eight pickleball courts — a design they say will displace animals and propel runoff into the fragile lake below.
“We want it to be preserved for our children’s future,” Sturm said on a foggy morning at the park.
Their concerns have mounted since October, when officials resumed plans to build a $990,000 complex with 18 parking spaces at the park in southeast Burnsville.
Pickleball players rejoiced when the city authorized the project in October 2022. But work on a comprehensive parks plan brought it to a temporary halt. In the two years since, public and private pickleball courts have cropped up across south and north suburbs. Yet only one facility — six dedicated and two painted courts at Red Oak Park — serves Burnsville residents, even as the sport has skyrocketed in popularity from a retiree pastime to an all-ages pursuit, pickleball player Kraig Kutz said.
“The sport continues to grow, but the availability of courts seems to be just lagging behind the increase in demand,” said Kutz, who teaches pickleball in Burnsville. “It’s one of those things where, if you build it, people come and play,” he added, noting that while several combined pickleball-tennis courts dot the city, some seasoned players dislike those facilities.
Grazzini, who’s leading a group called Alimagnet Eco Advocates that opposes the project’s location, said she doesn’t want to “demonize” pickleball. The activity has divided neighborhoods nationwide, with opponents most often complaining about noise. And while Grazzini and Sturm noted the pop of balls could carry across the roughly 100-acre lake, they said their concerns revolve around natural resources.
The city, they argue, has fallen short of its promises to repair the lake’s compromised waters. That makes the nearby park a poor choice for a project they contend will mar the aquatic environment, uproot plants and harm animals. Grazzini summed up their stance like this:
“Can we restore the lake first before we add more problems to it?”
The neighbors say the lake’s issues are in plain sight: Greasy algae rippling across its surface. Clumps of invasive pondweed lodging in boat motors. Persistent flooding submerging docks.
Environmental issues landed Alimagnet Lake on the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s impaired waters list in 2002. That pushed Burnsville officials, often in partnership with Apple Valley and the Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Organization, to pursue a slate of restoration projects.
They stocked the body of water with thousands of catfish and bass. They installed iron-enhanced sand filters in stormwater ponds to reduce the flow of phosphorus into the lake. They initiated alum treatments to slash the phosphorus that’s accumulated following decades of runoff.
But problems remain. The Metropolitan Council in 2022 gave the lake a ‘D’ grade in water quality. Preceding the bad mark was a survey showing largemouth bass have recently remained sparse. And Alimagnet Lake’s average daily phosphorus loads have exceeded the maximum amount approved by the Environmental Protection Agency in recent years.
Those figures illustrate why additional impervious surfaces don’t belong at Alimagnet Park, opponents of the pickleball project say. Burnsville City Council Member Dan Gustafson called their argument that the city hasn’t done enough to restore the lake a “point well made.”
“I need to find out a little bit more about what we have done out there,” he said. “We take it very seriously here in the city of Burnsville, our water quality.”
A large slope leading to Alimagnet Lake at the edge of the proposed site of a cluster of pickle ball courts at Alimagnet Park. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
A city spokesperson said Parks and Recreation Director Garrett Beck wasn’t available for an interview this week. But in an email Grazzini shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune, Beck explained the city’s rationale for placing the courts at Alimagnet Park.
The area, he wrote, is a well-used green space in a portion of Burnsville absent dedicated pickleball courts. It boasts lighting that illuminates a baseball diamond elsewhere in the park, and the cluster of pickleball courts would stand 500 feet from the nearest home, Beck added.
As for the environmental concerns, Beck said staff members are working with a consultant to develop design options that minimize impervious surfaces. City spokesperson Paul Omodt pointed to other potential mitigation measures, including installing fencing to reduce runoff. And at an October meeting, Mayor Elizabeth Kautz asked Beck about plans for a holding pond — a receptacle that isolates and treats contaminated water before it flows into the lake.
Beck wrote in the email that the city is committed to lifting the water source off the impaired waters list, pointing to the sand filter and alum treatments. “But it does take time,” he wrote. Omodt said an October reading showed the lake was “close” to meeting state standards for phosphorus levels, with future alum treatments likely to improve water quality.
Yet Grazzini and Sturm contend these efforts won’t adequately protect the lake from the pickleball project. Their goal: persuade officials to relocate the courts. One idea is to retrofit a hockey rink with courts in the summer, which would also eliminate the need for new lighting. But Beck said in the email that Burnsville lacks rinks that could accommodate large groups of players, adding that the freezing and thawing of ice can crack playing surfaces and increase maintenance costs.
Kutz, the pickleball player, said Alimagnet Park’s proposed design of eight clustered courts makes it an excellent site for tournaments. “That’s one of the endearing things about it: getting to play with other people,” he said.
City Council Member Cara Schulz said she’s not tethered to a specific location, so long as the city follows through on its promise to build more courts. The Alimagnet location, she added, has the benefit of being a “fairly developed park,” though she questioned if adding more parking was necessary.
More details about the project’s design will emerge before City Council votes on it in April. That gives its opponents four more months to fight back against the current location, while its supporters wait with anticipation for more space to play.
The proposed site of a cluster of pickle ball courts at Alimagnet Park in Burnsville. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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The age of malls seems to be ending. It's sad because I have such fond memories of going to the mall with friends. However, many malls have closed over the years and many others are becoming what's being called 'ghost malls'.One Minnesota mall that's being called a ghost mall isn't even closed but it's so quiet and there are so many empty storefronts that it has earned the name.ALSO READ: ...
The age of malls seems to be ending. It's sad because I have such fond memories of going to the mall with friends. However, many malls have closed over the years and many others are becoming what's being called 'ghost malls'.
One Minnesota mall that's being called a ghost mall isn't even closed but it's so quiet and there are so many empty storefronts that it has earned the name.
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This particular ghost mall is pretty sad for me because this is the mall I grew up going to with friends a lot. I grew up in the Twin Cities, and if we weren't going to the Mall of America, we were going to the Burnsville Center.
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This mall was once the largest mall in the entire Midwest! Obviously, that title belongs to the Mall of America now, but they opened in 1992. The Burnsville Center opened in 1977, and at the time it was a big deal.
It became a shopping destination with over 100 stores under one roof. While it's still one of the biggest malls in Minnesota at 1,100,000 square feet, it's nowhere near the size of MOA at 5,600,000 square feet.
Whenever my friends and I would go to the Burnsville Center it was always insanely busy. It was the hot place to be! But I went back a few years ago and it was so dead. Hardly anyone was there and it felt like half of the storefronts weren't open.
A filming company called Northern Films has a channel on YouTube dedicated to preserving the memory of these malls that we used to love. They call the series 'Dead Malls'.
One of the malls that they featured is our beloved Burnsville Center.
The video features a very quiet and empty mall. Lots of empty spaces where stores used to be and not many people.
This is the place where my friends and I would shop at Hollister and beg our parents to get us UGG boots. It's sad to see the mall I have so many memories of disappear but maybe the age of malls is going away. What do you think?
There are also tons of specific stores that are gone now that we miss.
Stacker takes a look at 50 major retail chains that no longer exist and the reasons for their demise.
Gallery Credit: Madison Troyer