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The EAT & Be Lean TEAM
Please help us improve our service by submitting your suggestions below in the “Reply” box. Please be constructive and considerate of others who may be reading these suggestions.
Thank you,
The EAT & Be Lean TEAM
I have just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and I am trying to figure out what I am supposed to be doing. I have bought your program and feel that it makes a lot of sense. Can I follow it with type 2 diabetes? What changes will I have to make. My doctor told me that I should not have carbs-not even complex carbs.
You can follow this program with type 2 diabetes. We’ve had people follow the program just as it’s written and reverse their diabetes in a couple of months. Complex carbohydrates are important to build the body. Yes, they have natural sugars in them, but your body knows what to do with them as it builds back to health. Stay away from the refined carbs for sure and artificial sweeteners.
Dana had an exercise video out a long time ago and I’ve tried so hard to get a copy of it and haven’t had any luck at all. Is there anyway I could get one?
The video’s that she did with EAT & Be Lean have been out of print for many years. Unless you find one on EBAY or Amazon.com I don’t know where you would be able to acquire one anymore. Sorry for the inconvenience.
It seems to me that all of the above questions are directed to those who direct the Eat and Be Lean program. Doesn’t anyone ever look at these? It’s frustrating to have a question that never gets answered.
It would be extremely helpful if someone connected with the Eat and Be Lean program would be assigned to answer the questions posted on this site. As an example, my question has been posted with no answer for almost two months now!
Is this a viable working site or no?
I apologize for the mix up. I have typically answered these questions in a private email within a couple of days of submission. I answered your question in a private email on July 20th, but it must have gone into your spam email or was deleted accidentally.
Unfortunately, someone has stolen the EAT & Be Lean email identity and has been sending out spam under our name for a couple of years now. There is nothing we can do about it, which is extremely frustrating to us. Many servers have blocked EAT & Be Lean emails from their clients and unless people have purposely put our email address in the address box they are removed from their Inbox.
I’ll post here from now on as I can. I do not work the EAT & Be Lean program full time anymore. The product and information is available as a service to the public without a great deal of follow-up. The information is so good that people requested that we make it available online for them…so we did!
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Chris
Hi, who is running this program now? i used to do it when it was run by Chris and Dana, but I heard Chris started another program and Dana passed away.
Thanks, sherry
I (Chris) am still running this program, though it is mainly a public service for people who want to access the wonderful information that is offered in the EAT & Be Lean book and CD’s.
Dana started another program and she has passed away. I miss her!
I would like to join a Registered Support Group. Are there any around the Salt Lake area?
We have not had anyone start a support group in Salt Lake. If you’d like to, I’d love to help you get started. Let us know!
I can’t starve myself on these skimpy meal plans any longer. Will I gain back the weight I lost when I start the EAT & Be Lean program?
It is very likely that you will gain back some weight, but the body will always do it’s best. It’ll take some time for your body to believe that you aren’t going to starve it anymore. During that time, you will be converting your fat storing enzymes to fat burning enzymes and a whole host of other changes.
Be faithful with the program and remember that you must first be healthy and the weight loss is the side effect.
There are so much confusing information about exercise, types, length, etc. Some experts say interval training, (wind sprints, stair sprints, for example) combined with intense weight training burns fat faster. Others say, deep breathing exercises, combined with stretching, isometric, isotonic exercises are all that’s needed (ever hear of Oxycise?) What do you recommend, length, type, aerobic and weight training? Thank you.
I answered this in July in a private email that must have gone into spam or disolved in psyberspace (who knows). It appears that you all would be better served if I answered them here. So let me try again.
There are a huge variety of opinions on the subject of exercise. Our research, remains the same as always. Exercise aerobically (moderately) for 30 to 60 minutes, 3-6 days a week. 60 minutes if you want to double the fat burning and 6 days if you want faster results. There are a lot of aerobic exercises to choose from. The manual provides several. Just remember that you need to work within your own training zone with your heart rate.
Also, it is true that weight training will enhance weight loss. “Intense” is not necessary though. In the most current edition of the EAT & Be Lean manual, there is a section on weight training. Just remember, the body does just fine on a reasonable program; without the injuries that come from overuse.
How does insulin overproduction relate to fat storage?
Insulin is a hormone that is essential for getting sugar into the cell so it can be burned for energy. EXCESS insulin can actually cause increased fat storage with no extra eating required. The cells of obese people can develop a resistance to insulin and so their body produces more to overcome the resistance. Diabetes is often the end result as well as obesity.
In the presence of excess insulin, a disproportionate share of the sugar in the bloodstream is converted to fat and deposited in the fat stores. Excess insulin also seems to inhibit or slow the breakdown of fats for the energy needs of the body. This combo leads to more reliance on sugar as the major fuel source, a more rapid use of the ingested sugars, the preference for and increased frequency of craving and eating larger volumes of sugary (refined carbohydrate) food. It also leads to an increase in fat stores and the protection of those fat stores. Energy levels decrease and the body becomes more and more resistent to fat loss. The fat setpoint is stressed and slowly raises to new, higher levels.