Finding A More Perfect Fit to Being Fit
It is easy to put weight on. Why can’t it be easier to take it off? The answer to that question lies in the fact that several factors influence body weight, only one being the amount and type of food eaten. Regardless of the diet plan or weight loss product chosen, most approaches to weight loss fail because they have limited focus in their design for meeting weight loss goals. Limited focus tends to discourage sustained results over a prolonged time. Individuals simply give up trying and revert to previous practices that promote excess weight gain. It is this vicious cycle that is contributing to obesity, a problem so severe that it is inching toward becoming the number one health threat in the U.S.
When addressing weight loss it is useful to reflect upon the role of food in sustaining body functioning. Sufficient nutrients are needed to maintain and build body tissues while also providing energy for the body to do work. Unused food and food by-products are expelled through elimination or stored in the body as fat, being held in reserve for use at a later time. In an ideal world one would choose to eat only foods that are beneficial for perfect body health in the exact proportion to the anticipated energy usage needed each day. However, the insidious reality of today’s lifestyle remains: if more calories are consumed over the course of a day than are used up by the body in daily activities, excess weight results. This relationship of calories consumed versus calories used is known as the energy equation.
Traditionally, weight loss approaches have focused on manipulating the energy equation by reducing the number and/or type of calories consumed. Simplified to their most basic level, two popular diet plans illustrate this point. In the case of the super low-fat diet approach, daily calorie consumption is reduced by limiting fat intake, fats being targeted as high in calorie count and contributing to less than beneficial health concerns. The high-protein, low-carb diet approach seeks to limit carbohydrate consumption as a means of reducing calories and counteracting the effects of unused carbohydrates converting into body fats.
In recent years, the potential for increasing the body’s need for greater energy utilization has been a focus for manipulating the energy equation. The rate at which the body uses energy while at rest is known as the resting metabolic rate. It follows that raising one’s metabolic rate leads to the body using more energy faster, thus better equalizing or offsetting the number of food calories consumed. Exercise is, by far, the best way to increase the body’s metabolic rate and studies show that the beneficial results of increasing metabolic rate remain for a short period of time immediately after the exercise has stopped. The overall benefits of exercising for optimal health, especially in the area of cardiovascular strengthening and lean muscle building, cannot be overemphasized, however, one must exercise vigorously and often in order to rely on exercise for elevating one’s metabolic rate as a weight loss regimen.
Alternatively, various nutritional supplement products that seek to raise metabolic rates through the use of stimulants have become available to consumers. These stimulants tend to reduce one’s appetite and artificially increase nervous and muscular activity of the body, even at rest. Ephedra is an herbal stimulant that has been widely used in weight loss products. However, the potentially harmful effects of ephedra are becoming increasingly more evident. With mounting pressure from government agencies and the public, companies promoting weight loss products are scrambling to replace ephedra in their products.
Unicity International, a widely respected nutritional supplement distributor, has recently introduced a groundbreaking, ephedra-free weight management program called Lean Control™. Rather than offering a “quick fix” approach whereby weight is usually gained back in excess, this new system is designed to provide rapid, yet sustainable results. Lean Control focuses on five factors targeted to counteract weight gain:
- cleansing the body of toxins that impede absorption of nutrients and reduce hydration of cellular tissues, thus allowing for the flushing of excess carbohydrates and fats from the body;
- suppressing appetite and reducing absorption of carbohydrates and fats, thus offsetting calorie availability to the body;
- elevating thermogenesis, the body’s need to burn calories;
- raising metabolism, the body’s ability to burn calories; and
- providing the body with nutrition that enhances protein breakdown and contributes to the building of lean muscle development.
Through this holistic approach Lean Control helps in promoting long-term weight loss.
The Lean Control system’s unique formulation utilizes novel herbs and other nutrients that have been extensively studied. Additionally, third party clinical data show no negative side effects from the ingredients. The safety and powerful efficacy of this system have been affirmed through medical review of the primary research conducted by Unicity. What is equally exciting and noteworthy is hearing individuals who are using the new Lean Control system rave about how it is packaged to easily fit with today’s lifestyle demands. When searching for a safe, effective, holistic, and easy-to-use weight management program, Lean Control meets those standards.
For those who are interested in finding out more about the Lean Control™ system, additional information is available from Unicity.