Today I have some interesting research to share with you, and a big announcement.
We know that carrying around excess weight is problematic on every level. That’s not to say that every person living with obesity is unhealthy. But the excess weight a person carries is a very strong predictor of general ill-health, from cancer to mobility issues to psychological challenges.
Healthcare providers know that. So when the weight loss drug revolution happened, with drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic changing the landscape, it was a huge relief for them, because now they had something actionable they could tell their patients.
But there’s some interesting new research coming out. First, people aren’t staying on the drugs. After two years, 85 percent of people are no longer taking them. And after discontinuing the drug, two-thirds of the lost weight is regained within just the first year.
Could it be because of side effects? I don’t think so. A study that just came out used four years of data on more than 17,000 people. Only 16.6 percent of people using the drug had to get off because of adverse side effects.
There must be other reasons to stop taking the drug. Let’s look at how much people are losing. The drugs typically produce a 15 percent weight loss after a year or two.
So you start taking the drug, and the weight loss phase lasts for roughly one year and three months. At that point, you stall out. You plateau. Imagine you’re on the drug, and paying $500 a month for it. You’re happy with the weight loss, but then it stops. You’re still paying $500 every single month, but now you’re not losing. At all. How do you feel? Not so great about that, right?
After a while, you’ll likely see some weight regain, while you’re still paying $500 every month.
On average, between two and four years, people REGAIN one-third of the weight they had lost. This phenomenon is due to downregulation of the GLP-1 receptors, very similar to the dopamine downregulation that causes addiction. Can you see why people go off the drugs at two years?
So what does this mean for healthcare providers? Well, Bright Line Eating just finished its own study. Our data shows that weight regain does not happen for people doing the Bright Line Eating program, even after six years. People are maintaining their weight loss.
Now we have data that shows that long term, Bright Line Eating works better than weight loss drugs. Which brings me to my announcement: We’ve put together a process for medical professionals to partner with us. Now they can give their patients a way to lose weight without drugs or surgery.
Here’s how it works: click the button below to go to the website, download our flyer, and take it to your next medical appointment. This could be with anyone: your doctor, your nurse, your acupuncturist, your chiropractor, your nutritionist, your health coach, your personal trainer, or any health professional.
The flyer explains what Bright Line Eating is and gives them a link to their own BLE website where they can opt-in and become a partner with us in offering Bright Line Eating to their patients.
This is the biggest win-win-win I can imagine. You and I win, because we’ve experienced the magic of Bright Line Eating. And now we get the satisfaction of helping more people. Healthcare providers win because they finally have something to offer that works, long term. And the people who receive the information win because they have the opportunity to be free of the albatross of weight loss obsession.
So click the button and download the flyer. You’ve been asking for this for a long time, and now we have the data to back it up. There’s never before been a study showing weight loss that works that well, for that long, without drugs or surgery—just by becoming a person who knows how to live Bright.
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