Q and A

The answers to your most asked questions

How is the Ideal Protein Weight Loss Method different from other protein diets on the market?

The Ideal Protein weight loss method treats weight issues at its source. By the time
you reach your weight loss goal, you will have transformed your body’s ability to
metabolize sugar by reeducating your pancreas to produce only the right amount of
insulin needed, no more.

The Ideal Diet aims at reducing carbohydrates and fats, not protein. In so doing, it
preserves muscle tissue and protects vital organs to secure their proper function. In
other words, you will lose fat, not muscle.

The Ideal Protein weight loss method features up to a whopping 20 grams of protein
per portion, twice as much as most of the competition.

The Ideal Protein Weight loss method features a high biological protein, complete
with eight (8) essential amino acids, that recreates 100% of the biological value of a
complete protein for maximum assimilation and absorption.

The Ideal Protein Weight loss method is less toxic than other protein diets because it
features less saturated fats, no trans fats, no aspartame, no Monosodium Glutamate
(MSG) and no Genetically-Modified Organisms (GMOs).

Is the Ideal Protein Weight Loss method safe?

Our protocol is safe for everyone, except those with a dysfunctional liver or kidneys. Diabetics Type I should only do the Alternative diet and women who are pregnant or breast feeding should only use the Ideal Protein’s protein foods to supplement their diet.

Is the Ideal Protein Weight Loss method safe?

Why is exercise NOT recommended during the Ideal Protein Weight Loss Method?

Dieters on the protocol are on a very low caloric diet, yet their body is actually “getting more calories” then they were prior to starting our protocol. Why? Because they are burning (using their fat stores) fat. They are getting about 900 Kcals per day from the foods they are eating (on Phase 1) but if they lose 4 lbs per week (on average) 4 x 3500 Kcal/lb of fat means 14,000 Kcal/week, divide by 7 equals 2000 Kcals per day. They are actually consuming 900 Kcal + 2000 Kcals = 2900Kcals per day. Understand their bodies must make the necessary enzymes to fully burn the ketonic bodies that are produced from fat metabolism (beta oxidation). It takes about two weeks for this to happen. During the first 3 weeks, your body is getting the necessary "enzymatic machinery" in place so it can use 100% of the ketonic bodies (for cellular fuel) your body is producing from burning the fat. In the first couple of weeks, it cannot use all of them and you breath them out (acetone breath), "pee them out" (ketostix turn purple when you dip them in your urine) or you excrete excess ketones in your feces.

If your blood sugar gets too low during this time period, the proteins we supply and the muscle you have can undergo gluconeogenesis and glucose can be produced.

If you increase the glucose demand (i.e. exercise vigorously during these first 3 weeks) you will increase gluconeogensis markedly. This CAN result in muscle loss, SOMETHING WE WANT TO AVOID!!!! If you MUST exercise during the first 3 weeks, please do it lightly, (1/3 to 1/2 your normal intensity) or not at all. Here's the beauty of the program: During this period...you literally are "peeing out calories" without having to exercise!!! You will lose the same amount of weight, but will not risk losing muscle. This is not about calories in - calories out, it's about hormones and metabolism. They were fighting a hormone (Insulin) before and you can't exercise your way out of that, the hormone always wins. After the first 3 weeks, you may exercise, but please keep in mind:

Do not get overly tired
Supplements are a must! (serious cardiac problems can result; arrhythmia, tachycardia, etc)
Keep well hydrated, if exercising you Must increase your water

Why is fruit not allowed on the Ideal Protein Weight Loss Method?

While fruits do not make you gain weight, they can slow down and even prevent you from losing weight. That’s because once metabolized by the body, fruits transform into sugar - or glucose — and the glucose reserve is precisely that which you want to deplete in order to get your body to begin to burn calories from your excess fat supply.

Fruits are denied on the protocol only until the weight loss goal is achieved. Fruits are later introduced in the stabilization period of the protocol, once your pancreas’ proper metabolizing of sugars has been restored.

You should know that the body stores no more than three (3) days’ worth of carbohydrates in your body. The goal of the protocol is to empty the body’s reserves of carbohydrates so that it can begin to burn its reserve of excess fat, all the while remaining alert and vigorous through muscle-building and organ-protecting protein foods, such as Ideal protein foods, eggs, lean meats, poultry, fish and seafood.

Is the Ideal Protein Weight Loss Method safe for Diabetics, Type I and Type II, as well as for hypoglycemic (low blood sugar)?

Diabetics have so much to gain from our protocol because regulating glycemia is at the very heart of our method. While we cannot reverse Type I Diabetes , we can help those afflicted to lose weight. However, our Ideal protein weight loss method can help reverse Type II Diabetes or, at the very least, diminish the condition’s vulnerabilities. People who suffer from hypoglycemia can also follow our weight loss method or our alternative plan.

Still, diabetics need be particularly vigilant on our protocol. In the first few weeks, people suffering from hypoglycemia should not exercise as much as usual in order to facilitate the reeducation of their pancreas and give their body a chance to readjust to its new eating habits. As well, they should stock up on the Ideal protein Peach Mango drink, in case they find themselves in the midst of a low blood sugar crisis, which is predictable in their case. When it happens, they should sit down, breathe deeply and reach for an Ideal protein Peach Mango drink. It will calm them instantly. They must be confident in the knowledge that their body, more specifically their pancreas, will, in time, soon, readjust itself to function as it was originally intended by nature.

Are there any products that someone who is lactose intolerant should avoid?

People who are lactose intolerant do not produce the enzyme lactase are therefore cannot digest the sugar lactose (a disaccharide composed of a molecule of galactose and glucose). If they ingest lactose they typically can get cramps or gas. This is NOT an allergy, so they wouldn't have a life threatening anaphylactic reaction. Our products that contain whey isolates (most of the drinks) only contain about 0.05% lactose and this small amount usually does not cause any problems with these folks. I would have them avoid the products that contain whole milk protein (the cappuccino, the chocolate drink, the omelet, the crispy cereal, puddings, etc). The other option is to let them try a “small amount” of some of these foods and to see if they in fact do experience any discomfort. They can take one of the many products for lactose intolerant people that contain lactase (i.e “Dairy-Eze” or “Lactaid”). But most of these folks just opt to avoid the foods containing the whole milk protein.