Weight Loss Science: Why MedWell 1-2-3 Works

We can't change our genes. This is why statements like “eat less and exercise more” often fail to produce long-term weight loss. The food we eat has a direct effect on many of the hormones which control the balance of hunger and satiety. In addition, a “fat trap” in genetically predisposed people can be activated by the typical American diet so that many of incoming dietary calories become trapped in fat cells rather than being converted into energy. Understanding the science of why we gain weight allows you to change your body’s hormonal responses to food.

If you want to lose weight and keep it off, you have to increase the key hormones that increase satiety while reducing the levels of hormones that cause hunger and fat accumulation. MedWell 1-2-3 products have been developed using patented food technology that controls hunger, increases satiety, and stabilizes insulin levels.

To achieve appetite control, you have to increase the secretion of a hormone known as PYY (Peptide YY). This hormone is released by the intestinal tract after a meal and travels to your brain to signal fullness, like a switch to turn your appetite off. When adequate levels of PYY fail to reach the brain after a meal, you will feel constantly hungry. Increased PYY secretion is one of the main reasons that gastric bypass surgery has been shown to be the most effective way for obese patients to lose weight and keep it off. MedWell 1-2-3 meals are designed to increase PYY secretion after a meal, which is why you can eat only 1,000 calories of MedWell products without feeling hungry. When your appetite is under control, then cutting calories is easy.

In addition to improved satiety, you also need to reduce the levels of insulin that activate the fat trap in genetically predisposed individuals. To do so you must maintain a relatively constant dietary intake of one gram of fat for every two grams of protein and three grams of carbohydrates. The MedWell products provide that balance, but any additional calories that you may add to a meal should try to maintain that same 1-2-3 balance the best you can. MedWell products produce satiety, and maintaining the 1-2-3 balance with additional calories allows the greater release of stored fat for greater energy production.

The power of the MedWell 1-2-3 program is that it allows you to control the hormones involved with appetite control as well as relax your “fat trap” using the foods you like to eat with the least amount of effort. Our numerous recipes and simple guidelines make healthier eating easy to incorporate into your busy life. This is the MedWell promise, healthy eating based in science.

What's 1-2-3 Weight Loss?

One of the goals of MedWell products is to control insulin (the hormone that makes you fat and keeps you fat) by keeping it in a zone that is not high, but not too low. This can be achieved by consuming a 1-2-3 balance of fat, protein, and carbohydrate at every meal. This means for every one gram of fat consumed, you should consume two grams of protein, and three grams of carbohydrate. Easier said than done in the real world. This is why MedWell products have this 1-2-3 composition needed to control insulin and relax your fat trap.

What is the Fat Trap?

People who are overweight have a genetic pre-disposition to easily gain weight. Their genes are activated by increased levels of the hormone insulin. Once insulin levels begin to rise in these individuals, incoming dietary calories start to become trapped in their fat cells, and can't be released to make the chemical energy needed to survive and move around. The only way to relax this fat trap is to reduce insulin. The MedWell 1-2-3 program is designed to do this by (1) maintaining the necessary 1-2-3 balance for proper insulin levels, and (2) to suppress appetite so that total calorie consumption is reduced. You can't change your genes, but you can change their expression by the food you eat.