Prepare to Live Your Best NutresaLife™

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NutresaLife™ products work with your body to help dull your hunger pangs and carb cravings. By listening to (and working with) your natural digestive processes, you will be empowered to naturally eat less and make better choices. That said, eating is a complex behavior—we eat not only because of stomach hunger (empty stomach, low blood sugar, other body signals) but also when we are thirsty, emotionally stressed, or encounter sensory clues and triggers (sights, smells and the like). 

While NutresaLife™ products can’t address all these causes, they can help with stomach hunger aspects and provide a sweet snack alternative designed to satisfy and strengthen against hunger cravings. Here are a few suggestions to make the program work for you, along with some lifestyle suggestions that can lead to faster, more sustainable weight control.

Your body is like a high-performance, hybrid engine; it can burn either sugar or fat for energy. The main regulator is insulin. When insulin levels are high, the body stores fat. When insulin is low, the body burns stored fat.

Carbohydrates (like sugars and starches) break down into glucose that the body then uses as fuel or stores in preparation for times of hunger. (A holdover from times when food was scarcer and times between meals longer.) Insulin’s job is to lower blood glucose, a vital role, because if glucose remains too high for too long, the body will die. Insulin does this by opening pathways for glucose to enter cells, such as muscle cells and fat cells, thereby removing free-roaming glucose from the blood. Muscle cells “burn” this energy, while fat cells store it. Dietary fats have no effect on insulin, while protein balances the effect of the insulin response by stimulating a hormone that works to counteract insulin.

The more starches and sugars contained in a meal, the higher the insulin level rises and the longer it remains elevated. After a typical meal, it takes from 2 to 3 hours for insulin to return to a level low enough where the body burns fat for energy.  

After your meal, if you eat a carbohydrate-rich snack before insulin has time to return to fasting levels, insulin remains elevated, and fat burning cannot happen. Our NutresaLife™ snack, while satisfying hunger, doesn’t cause insulin to rise; thereby promoting a reduced insulin level so the body can continue to burn fat. The digestible fiber in the NutresaLife™ snack helps to increase the feeling of fullness—meaning that “hunger signals” from the stomach are delayed and quieted.

• Use the NutresaLife ™ snack to lengthen the time between meals, such as delaying breakfast in the morning or replacing post-dinner snacking. (Incidentally, this is also known as "intermittent fasting"—an eating pattern that involves cycling between periods of consuming and not consuming food and non-water beverages. Remember, the longer insulin remains low, the longer your body will burn fat as a fuel.
• Don’t eat a high-carb meal late at night. This will keep your insulin levels elevated while you sleep, putting your body in fat-storing mode rather than burning fat for energy.  

Sometimes we “eat” when our body is really telling us that it is thirsty. Often, this is the time when we turn to sugar-laden drinks such as sodas and fruit juices. For best results on the NutresaLife™ program, when you feel hungry, drink a non-caloric beverage like water, unsweetened tea, black coffee, or diet soft drink. Wait a bit, and if you remain hungry, have a NutresaLife™ snack. The snack includes glucomannan, a wonder-fiber that expands on contact with water in your stomach. Not only will you jumpstart your body’s production of naturally occurring GLP-1 hunger-busting hormones, your stomach will feel full thanks to the expanded fiber.

Consume the NutresaLife™ drink 30–40 minutes before a meal. This allows time for the active ingredients to cause a rise in your body’s naturally produced GLP-1. Elevated GLP-1 levels will calm carbohydrate cravings and slow gastric emptying, thereby satisfying hunger without requiring you to eat as much. 

Be sure to eat protein. It is easier to make sure you get enough if you don’t combine meat and starches in dishes like casseroles. As you lose weight, you want to lose fat, not muscle. Dietary protein helps maintain your muscle mass while reducing body fat.

If you can, eat protein first. This ensures you get the protein you need, and when you no longer feel hungry, leave carbohydrates on your plate. Also, by eating carbs last, you will have a slower rise in your blood sugar, and insulin levels will be lower.

Mindfully eat until you feel full, then stop. The GLP-1 action will help you calm cravings, but it’s your decision whether to continue eating after you are no longer hungry. Slowing down and savoring your foods not only helps make eating more enjoyable, it gives your body time to register signals of “fullness”.

Don’t feel guilty if you leave food on your plate. Starving children in third world countries do not benefit if you get fat. It will be difficult to know how much you should put on your plate for a while—take smaller portions, share large meals and take more only if you are still hungry.

Be wary of eating the following “naked carbs” because they lead to rapid blood sugar spikes followed by equally rapid drops that stimulate hunger hormones:

• Candy, cookies, sugary cereals
• Refined grains (white bread, white pasta, white rice)
• Potato chips, pretzels, crackers made from refined flour
• Cakes, donuts and pastries with minimal protein

Don’t feel guilty if you eat a “naked carb” food, but carefully monitor your portion sizes. Eat mindfully and you’ll likely find that most of the enjoyment comes with the first bite or two. Savor these, and don’t eat the rest. Throw the bag or box away so it will not continue to tempt you. If you still crave something else, eat a NutresaLife™ snack to help balance lingering cravings.

Living the NutresaLife™ doesn’t require strenuous exercise, whatever gets you moving and active is great. 

• The best exercise is one that you enjoy and will do consistently. 
• Working out with others is a great way to keep moving while also getting the positive health benefits of community.
• Weight and resistance training is great for every type of body. Larger muscle mass helps boost your metabolic rate and your fat burning capability. Resistance exercises build muscle better than aerobic exercises, while also helping to guard against the natural bone and muscle loss that comes with aging. Multiple studies correlate maintaining muscle mass to longevity and healthy aging.
• If you exercise by walking, boost the effectiveness by walking within 30 minutes after eating a meal.