WHY DO DIETS FAIL, AND HOW CAN YOU SUCCEED?

• Do you want to quit the yo-yo dieting and achieve true weight loss?
• Do you believe you deserve a healthier, happier lifestyle and a body that you feel comfortable in?
• Frustrated, Confused, Disappointed -  Sound Familiar?

These emotions are felt by millions of us each year when our diets ultimately fail.  Time and again, we give up when we don’t achieve the promised results.  Or, we lose a few pounds, and because we’re proud of ourselves, and feel that we “deserve” to treat ourselves to foods we like, we gain the weight back, and then some!

We promise ourselves we’ll start again on Monday, ….because we can never start diets on a weekend.  However, by that next Friday the temptations and hunger are too great, and we succumb, only to start again Monday.  And, since we’ve blown it anyway, we might as well forget about the diet, and let the weekend go.  Of course, we can’t ever diet while we’re on “vacation,” on a trip visiting friends, during holidays, or on birthdays.  We make New Year’s resolutions to start a diet, but that usually doesn’t last more than a month because everyone knows it’s against protocol to have carrots, celery sticks, and drink water at a Super Bowl party.  And, once we’ve blown our New Year’s resolution, then we might as well wait until the beginning of summer, for the “get into the bikini resolution.” However, it just seems easier just to cover it all up and avoid the beach and pool altogether. And, year after year the weight piles on!  

Have you asked yourself:  “Why can’t I lose weight?  What am I doing wrong?”  The problem is not you (most of the time, anyway); it’s our diet programs!

 

THERE ARE THREE REASONS WHY DIETS FAIL:

Problem #1  The Quick Fix
Dieters often drastically restrict their calories and food intake, essentially starving themselves because they are so determined to lose weight “once and for all.”  However, once they lose weight they return to their old eating habits once they reach their goals because they think they’ve solved “the problem,” and often become heavier, and more discouraged than before they dieted in the first place.

Solution:  Permanent lifestyle changes are needed to achieve sustained weight loss and management.  This does not mean a permanent diet.  This simply means awareness, “resetting your body” to enjoy healthy foods, losing the cravings for high-glycemic carbohydrates, and modest regular exercise.

Problem #2  Fad Diets = Unbalanced Nutrition
Too often, diets focus on specific types of foods or nutrients, e.g., all protein or fat, and disregard the importance of everything else, leading to unbalanced nutrition.  This is very unhealthy for the body, and is not a permanent solution to the problem.  It will get you into that wedding dress, or tuxedo for your high school reunion, but don’t you want to look and feel your best all the time?

Solution:  For optimal nutrition, our bodies need a balanced variety of nutrients, including the right types (low-glycemic) of carbohydrates, proteins, and the good fats, the essential fatty acids.

Problem #3  The High-Glycemic Carbohydrate Trap
Eating high-glycemic carbohydrates (foods that spike your blood sugar and insulin) can sabotage even the best of diet plans because the resulting sugar and insulin spikes and subsequent drop in blood sugar (rebound hypoglycemia) leads to a more rapid return to feelings of anxiety, irritability, and worst of all, hunger!  Since you are hungry, you will again crave starchy, high-glycemic foods for another quick fix, repeating the patterns, each go around accumulating more and more fat.  This is the quickest way to obesity there is, and the number one reason for the obesity epidemic in the United States, especially among our children.  We are slowly killing our children with soda pop, snack foods, crackers, white bread and buns, French fries, ice cream and shakes.  Thirty-three to 50% of our children will develop obesity and type 2 diabetes, and most of those will eventually develop heart disease …unless we stop it now!  You have to be the example, AND you have to parent your children.

Solution:  A better approach focuses on low-glycemic carbohydrates, which releases sugar into your blood stream slowly, thus helping to moderate blood sugar levels, leaving you feeling full and satisfied longer.  Since you are not “starving” you are able to make better food choices.  Steady blood sugar levels help prevent the development of insulin resistance, obesity, and type 2 diabetes, which then helps reduce the incidence of high blood pressure and heart disease.   This is NOT just about looking good in a bikini, it is about lifelong health and extended life, and the quality of life of your children!

 

WHY YOU CAN SUCCEED!

Thousands of people just like you have avoided these pitfalls of dieting and discovered a healthier, happier lifestyle with our weight management system that includes correctly balanced meal replacement drinks and bars along with education to assist you in making correct food choices as you transition through the various phases of the program.  With this program, you too can achieve real and lasting results.  Of course, exercise and proper nutritional supplementation (not stimulants or laxatives) should be a part of any weight management program to promote overall health.

It is suggested that you take the products to your physician and secure his/her advice if you intend to change your diet or begin an exercise program, are pregnant, are taking medications, or are under the care of a physician.

Our meal replacement drinks and nutrition bars were developed by a team of world-class nutritional scientists to create a comprehensive nutritional program that provides a healthy, effective alternative to countless unscientific fad diets.  Our weight management program is designed to be a part of a lifestyle change. It is nutritionally balanced and is based on low glycemic foods.  This innovative, science-based program will help you take the first major step toward weight loss success in just a few weeks, and you will continue to see results thereafter as you continue with the program and your new lifestyle.

With this Weight Management Program, together with exercise and our Nutritional Supplement Program, you can win the battle against obesity, insulin resistance, reduce your risk for high blood pressure and heart disease, while looking and feeling better than you ever imagined.

First, you need to understand the difference between micronutrients and macronutrients.  Micronutrients are simply vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, essential fatty acids, and other phytochemicals (plant-based nutrients).  Macronutrients are the basic food groups of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates.  Obviously, macronutrients are made up of micronutrients, and it is the right combination of micronutrients that makes all the difference in the world for healthy weight management.

 

THE RIGHT MACRONUTRIENTS

It is vitally important that your diet includes the right types of each class of macronutrients.

• The right carbohydrates are either complex carbohydrates or fiber, with a low-glycemic index.  Complex carbohydrates and fiber generally supply additional healthy trace elements and phytonutrients, as well as energy.
• A healthy diet includes a variety of protein sources including proteins, which contain all of the essential amino acids.
• Beneficial fats are high in essential fatty acids and low in saturated fatty acids.  No more than 10% of your total daily calories should be derived from saturated fat.

 

THE IMPORTANCE OF A LOW-FAT, HIGH-FIBER DIET

Soluble fiber, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease.  Low-fat diets rich in fiber-containing grain products, fruits, and vegetables may also reduce the risk of some types of cancer, a disease associated with many factors.  Unfortunately, the normal diet in today’s society includes only one-half to two-thirds of the fiber necessary for optimal health, satisfy hunger, reduce insulin resistance, assist in weight loss, and help reduce the incidence of cancer and heart disease.  The positive impact of a high-fiber diet is increased when there is a concurrent reduction in the amount of saturated fat consumed.

 

GLYCEMIC INDEX: WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU

The glycemic index is a way of measuring the rate at which carbohydrates (sugar, fiber, etc.) are broken down and enter the bloodstream as simple sugars.  Those foods that result in a rapid rise in blood sugar have a high-glycemic index.  HIGH-GLYCEMIC FOODS provide quick energy, but it is usually short lived and hunger soon returns, often causing a “rebound hypoglycemia.”  Eating high-glycemic foods, particularly on an empty stomach will cause the greatest sugar and insulin spikes, and the greatest accumulation of fat, and if over-consumed will result in weight gain, obesity, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease.  Examples of high-glycemic carbohydrates that will help you get and stay fat are:

White bread White Rice Croissants Muffins Biscuits French fries Ice Cream Dried Fruit

Bagels Buns, Rolls Potatoes Chocolate Cereals, (except bran) Granola Instant Oatmeal Ice Cream

Pasta Alcohol Crackers Cookies Waffles Pancakes Cake Jam

Sweet Corn Donuts Pretzels Candy Soda Pop Fruit Juices Milk Syrup

• The simplest way to recognize high-glycemic foods is by the amount of fiber they contain relative to the amount of sugar.  High-glycemic foods will have virtually little to no dietary fiber and be loaded with sugar or simple carbohydrates (starchy foods).

• Eat less of these high-glycemic foods as possible; and NEVER on an empty stomach, or it will cause an exaggerated spike in your blood sugar and insulin, which causes damage to your blood vessels and insulin receptors (via oxidation), and you will accumulate more fat than had you eaten such foods after having a low-glycemic meal first.

• If you eat high-glycemic foods on an empty stomach when you are the most hungry (which has become a habit for most of us), then you will spike your blood sugar, which will cause your insulin to spike, and your body will “think” there is excess sugar and will go into storage mode.  Your body will start storing sugar as fat.  Your blood sugar will crash, you get hungry again, and you then repeat the cycle, each time accumulating more fat and oxidizing more insulin receptors, taking another step towards obesity and type 2 diabetes.  DO NOT EAT HIGH- GLYCEMIC FOODS ON AN EMPTY STOMACH WHEN YOU ARE HUNGRY!

Carbohydrates that are broken down slowly and cause only a moderate increase in blood sugar have a low-glycemic index.  LOW-GLYCEMIC FOODS provide the greatest satiety and sustained energy, which means if your diet consists mostly of these foods you will not feel as hungry, you will eat less, and lose weight steadily and easier than if you ate high-glycemic foods. Examples of low- glycemic carbohydrates, carbohydrates that will satisfy your hunger and help you lose and maintain a healthy weight are:

Whole Grains Wheat Bread   Whole Grain Pasta Barley Old Fashion - Oatmeal (not instant) Bran and Rye Bread Celery

Cantaloupe Kiwi, Honeydew Watermelon, Nuts Our Meal Replacement Drinks and Nutrition Bars Chick Peas

Soybeans Lima Beans Sprouts Cabbage Broccoli Eggplant Pickles

Onion Tomato Squash Zucchini Apples Lettuce Beans

The simplest way to identify low-glycemic foods (carbohydrates) is to know that it contains relatively high amounts of fiber per serving, especially compared to sugar.  Sugar should be from fruit (such as apple, bananas, watermelon, etc., which is fructose, not sucrose, which is table sugar used in candy.)

Whenever you have gone more than 4 to 5 hours without eating, make sure that the first thing you eat (other than drinking pure water) is a low-glycemic food or meal.  This will prime slowly raise your blood sugar and “prime” your insulin to rise slowly.  You will not have wide blood sugar swings, and sugar will be delivered to your muscles to be burned off.  This is how you will lose weight as you lose the cravings.

Meat and protein have a glycemic index of near zero, which is why these do not raise your blood sugar or spike your insulin.  They will allow fat loss, but not a healthy fat loss, nor a long-lasting, sustainable healthy diet.

Some foods fall in-between, and are considered to have a “moderate” glycemic index.  Examples of such foods are:

Prunes Raisins Bananas Cranberries Berries

Avocados Grits Baked Beans Refried Beans Popcorn

Peas Sweet Potatoes Carrots Grapes Oranges

Brown Rice Grapefruit Juice Papaya Juice Cheese Plums

You can identify moderate-glycemic foods because they are neither high or low- glycemic.  It is all relative, and there is no hard and fast “rule” to what is moderate glycemic. As a general guideline, eat a moderate amount of moderate-glycemic foods, but mostly concentrate on the low-glycemic foods, and avoid the high- glycemic foods as much as possible.

Virtually all junk and snack foods, and many MEAL REPLACEMENT and DIET PRODUCTS (except the one we recommend) on the market today are unfortunately, high-glycemic!

THE COMPONENTS OF OUR PROGRAM:

Meal Replacement Drinks

Our meal replacement drinks are certified to have an amazing low- glycemic index of 23, on a scale of 0 to 100 (100 being equal to that of drinking straight glucose).  This is the reason that these drinks will satisfy your hunger and help you lose weight.  They taste great and they actually work!

These great-tasting, low-glycemic meal replacement drinks come in powdered form, which should be shaken or blended with water (ice if you prefer a “smoothie”).  Each meal replacement drink provides quality protein, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, and many micronutrients.  Each serving contains 8 grams of fiber, which can help maintain a healthy heart, satisfy hunger, and help you lose unwanted pounds.

The meal replacement drinks come in various flavors, all great tasting.  Each serving provides 15 grams of soy, whey, and other two other main vegetarian proteins.  (The French Vanilla is the only flavor that contains soy protein only.)  Soy may help maintain cardiovascular health, blood pressure, and cholesterol.  Soy is a complete protein, containing all of the essential amino acids in optimal ratios and in highly digestible form.  These meal replacement drinks contain numerous soy phytonutrients, which support the immune system.  They also have guaranteed levels of soy isoflavones, which have antioxidant effects that may help maintain bone health, heart health, and moderate natural hormone cycles, and have NOT been shown to increase the risk of breast cancer.  In fact, they are associated with possibly helping to reduce the risk, along with a healthy diet, exercise, and taking other important nutritional supplements, phytochemicals, and essential fatty acids.

Whey protein, which is also easily digestible, is an excellent source of amino acids essential for building a healthy body.  This protein is found in all the meal replacement drinks except the French Vanilla.

 

LOW GLYCEMIC FORMULA DRINKS:

 

• Contains 8 grams of dietary fiber per serving, which can help maintain a healthy cardiovascular system and stop the carbohydrate cravings.
• Dutch Chocolate and Wild Strawberry provides 15 grams protein mostly from soy and whey, and smaller amounts from rice and peas, all in an appropriate balance.
• French Vanilla provides 15 grams of soy protein.
• All have a Glycemic Index of 23.  This is achieved by blending natural sugars obtained from fruit (not sucrose) and dietary fiber.
• Low glycemic foods help reduce fat accumulation in the body, while exercise burns it off.
• Low glycemic foods reduce carbohydrate cravings and deliver sustained energy.
• Great tasting

 

OTHER COMPONENTS OF WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM

In addition to the great-tasting meal replacement drinks, we have additional canisters of soy powder and fiber that can be added to the meal replacement drinks if you choose to increase the already balanced formula to suit your particular needs.  The fiber drink can be used on its own, as it comes in two flavors, and can be very useful to fight hunger or constipation.

How about between meals, when you want to snack?

Those with hectic lifestyles know how difficult it can be to maintain good eating habits on the run.  Others just want to have a healthy snack now and then.  Well, we have you covered either way.  We have three different flavored low glycemic nutrition bars that provide healthy carbohydrates, proteins, and fats so you can maintain the energy you need to get through the day or make it to your next meal.  

Athletes love to use these drinks and bars as well, along with the nutritional supplements, as part of a powerful performance and recovery program.

 

THERE ARE THREE PHASES TO THE WEIGHT LOSS AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM:

Phase I:  The 5 Day High-Fiber "RESET"
Phase II: Two-a-Day Meal Replacement Until Optimal Weight is Achieved
Phase III: Maintenance for Life 

 

Watch the following Introduction to our Weight Loss Program: