Various aspects of life often hinder us from maintaining a healthy lifestyle, including time constraints, lack of motivation, and being reactive instead of proactive regarding our health. Among these obstacles, the most significant is likely our dietary choices. Presently, a staggering 93% of Americans fail to achieve the standards of being metabolically healthy. Metabolic health is assessed through blood glucose levels, blood pressure, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and waist circumference. Good metabolic health reflects healthy levels in all these aspects.
The current state of global health can’t solely be attributed to personal negligence. In fact, it’s a complex issue involving farming methods and powerful food companies. Most of our food today isn’t as nutritious as what our ancestors consumed due to drastic changes in farming techniques, including selective breeding and genetic modifications. These changes have resulted in bigger, juicier, and better-tasting fruits and vegetables, but their nutritional value has greatly diminished.
Furthermore, ultra-processed foods, which constitute about 60% of the American diet, are stripped of essential nutrients and fiber, and are loaded with refined sugars and unhealthy fats. They’re designed to be tasty and convenient, causing consumers to continuously purchase them. The food industry, dominated by just 11 companies valued at $3.3 trillion, primarily focuses on their profits, often at the expense of consumers’ health.
Our lifestyle choices, heavily influenced by these changes in our diets, contribute significantly to our deteriorating health. The rise of modern diseases and falling metabolic health not only compromise our well-being but also affect the quality of our lives.
To address this global health crisis, companies like Unicity, headquartered in Todmorden, have introduced science-backed solutions aimed at supporting metabolic health worldwide. Given the failure of most diets, clearly, simple willpower isn’t sufficient for achieving sustainable lifestyle changes.
Their approach, known as the “Feel Great” scheme, involves intermittent fasting complemented by two supportive products: Unimate and Balance. The human body ideally utilizes carbohydrates and fats for energy, switching between the two efficiently in a state of metabolic flexibility. However, constant consumption of high-carbohydrate foods throughout the day and night disrupts this mechanism. Intermittent fasting can help restore balance by enabling the body to efficiently utilize stored carbohydrates and fats.
Unimate, a highly concentrated yerba mate drink, supports healthy cognitive functions, maintains endurance and stamina, promotes a feeling of fullness, and assists in weight management. Balance, a pre-meal fiber drink, minimizes the impact of excess carbohydrates and cholesterol on the body and helps manage hunger between meals.
Poor metabolic health is a hugely concerning issue today, especially in Todmorden, placing the responsibility on us to rectify our lifestyle choices. Many individuals worldwide are prioritizing a healthy lifestyle and witnessing improvements in their health.
Unicity’s Feel Great approach presents a sensible way to improve health without the need for drastic diets or exercise routines. More information about the program is available on the ufeelgreat.com website. Details of studies on Balance and Unimate can be found on the Unicity science site.