South Louisiana is a very interesting place to visit. Countless tourists have traveled to South Louisiana to enjoy our culture- or in other words, they've come to eat and drink.

Our culture is unique in many ways, but perhaps the most unique element is that our culture embraces an approach to eating and drinking that is generally unhealthy. Now, that's not to say that in order to loose weight, we'd have to abandon that part of our culture...heck, that'd be boring. What we do want to do is to educate our clients on some of the particular aspects of our culture that have an adverse effect on health and to offer sensible solutions so that we can still have joy de vivre .

Just an example of how our culture breeds bad health: how many of us have grown up on the staple of rice and gravy - laden heavily with pork & beef? Do you know the term "grease gravy" all too well? Do you remember some uncle or aunt pressuring you for 2nd and 3rd servings of pork jambalaya that left a pool of nasty grease on your paper plate when you were done? Do I even need to mention cracklin' and boudin?

General societal changes over the last 10 years have also helped to foster an unhealthy society. Just take a look around at the amount of fast food restaurants. Our society is constantly pressuring us to "up-size" this and "biggie-size" that. And can someone explain to me why someone needs to drink a 64oz soft drink? I can remember when an 8oz coke was enough to keep me running around the block for 2 weeks straight!

The Aspen Clinic has assisted so many people over the last 20 years change their lifestyle completely. The Aspen Clinic is not a fly-by-night diet - we know our culture all too well and we're arming our clients with knowledge and education to make their own smart and healthy choices. Many of our clients had never given a second thought to the things that they were brought up eating. Part of our process is educating our clients on the nutrition that affects our culture and different alternatives to make some of our meals healthier. We're not asking you to totally deprive yourself of the great food in this area (although we will tell you there is no healthy variation on cracklin').

Make an appointment at the location nearest you and find out why The Aspen Clinic is the best weight loss option for people living in South Louisiana .