In Nelson, just about everyone wants to feel better in some way. Many pathways lead to a healthier lifestyle, including diet, exercise, and stress-relieving activities. But let’s be honest, it can be difficult to maintain these paths long term. Life gets busy, and sometimes, even dedication to a worthy goal isn’t enough to keep you on track. Despite our best efforts, willpower alone is often not enough.
But here’s the good news for Nelson locals: you can feel great consistently without adopting a restrictive diet and extreme exercise routine.
Unicity’s Feel Great System
Unicity’s Feel Great system is specifically designed to make a healthy lifestyle both doable and enjoyable. This system helps you bridge that gap between where you are and where you want to be.
The Feel Great Approach
Pulling from decades of scientific research, Unicity has created a straightforward equation to help you feel great:
Unimate + Balance + Time-Based Eating Pattern
Unimate
What it is: Unimate is a highly concentrated yerba mate drink that helps you focus on your goals with an improved mood and heightened mental stamina. It’s a potent source of caffeine and antioxidant chlorogenic acids, and it’s sugar-free, so no worries about a sugar crash later on.
No matter what stage you’re at in life, Unimate provides the extra oomph you need to keep up with your daily demands here in Nelson.
When to take it: Enjoy Unimate when you’re hungry in the morning, before working out, or whenever you need to combat brain fog or mental fatigue.
How to use it: Mix one packet with 17–24 oz. of water (hot or cold).
Balance
What it is: Balance is a pre-meal drink with a patented fiber matrix that includes bioactive plant compounds, polysaccharides, and micronutrients. The fiber matrix promotes healthy digestion and supports the feeling of satiety. Balance contains important vitamins, minerals, and soluble fiber to support weight management.
When to take it: Take Balance twice daily, 10–15 minutes before your two largest meals.
How to use it: Mix each packet with 8–10 oz. of water. Mix vigorously in a shaker cup and drink immediately.
Time-Based Eating Pattern
The typical modern diet is loaded with carbs, which cause blood sugar levels to rise. When the body is in a constant cycle of high blood sugar and high insulin levels, it can become insulin resistant, wreaking havoc on your body’s systems over time.
One way to keep insulin levels in check is to increase the time between meals, also known as time-based eating or intermittent fasting (IF). This gives your body the time it needs to go into a natural fat-burning state instead of relying on a steady supply of glucose.
Remember, the less your insulin spikes, the more time your body will be fueled by fat and not carbs.
Get in the habit of intermittent fasting by starting with the 4-4-12 rule. This means waiting 4 hours between your first and second meals of the day, 4 hours between your second and third meals of the day, and 12–16 hours before eating your first meal the next day. Increasing the time between your last meal of the day and the first meal of the following day to 16 hours yields great benefits. This is sometimes referred to as 16:8.
Unimate and Balance are designed to make time-based eating as easy as possible, keeping you fuller for longer so you won’t be as tempted to snack between meals.
The Result: Feel Great
Unimate and Balance combined with a time-based eating pattern make for a powerful combination to help you not just feel better, but feel great. And as an added bonus, you won’t have to rely solely on willpower to succeed.
Visit ufeelgreat.com to learn more about the Feel Great program. Get started today and feel great, Nelson!