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With this method, the body is fed through a nasogastric tube with only proteins, without sugars or fats. In this way, the body develops the formation of substances called ketone bodies, whose presence cancels the feeling of hunger. The ketone bodies formed are the result of the process of transformation of fat storage necessary to carry out normal physical activities and the attainment of sugars by proteins in the liver, for cognitive activity and intellectual processes in the brain. Thus, excess fat is completely removed, and muscles are strengthened.

NEC treatment is completely painless. Our probe is thin (1.5 mm), very soft and designed to be used during the method without causing discomfort or discomfort.

No type of sedation or anesthesia is required to place the tube. The patient is asked to sit with the head tilted slightly forward, while drinking small sips of water with a straw, the probe is placed. The placement of the tube is done in a few seconds and is not painful at all. After placement, the probe is passed behind the ear and there it is held with a transparent tape, at the level of the cheekbone.

Thanks to the continuous administration of food high in protein and vitamins, the feeling of hunger disappears due to the formation of ketone bodies, which are responsible for the inhibition of appetite and allow the body to use stored fat as a source of energy.

NEC treatment is adapted to the different needs of each patient. The first period of treatment lasts for 10 days and facilitates the daily loss of 1% of body weight.

The NEC treatment is without a doubt the fastest, safest and most effective method for weight loss, whether it is for body shaping for people who want to lose a little weight and cellulite or for overweight patients.

The patient who decides to start the NEC treatment must provide a series of blood tests to be analyzed by Dr. Cruz and decide if he can perform the treatment.

During NEC treatment, you can continue your normal life, easily doing your daily tasks like driving, going to work, and exercising.

When the enteral feeding days are over, a nutritional plan prescribed by Dr. Cruz is continued, the objective of which is to maintain the results obtained or continue to lose weight according to the needs of the patient.

If the patient has to lose more weight, after a maintenance period, considered in a certain way as "education in healthy food", he can repeat the treatment and carry out a second cycle, with which, in another period of 10 days, you will lose more body fat. For those who have to lose a lot of weight, other cycles will be evaluated and planned to repeat in a few months, in order to achieve a weight loss of 90 to 100 pounds in a period of 5 to 6 months.