Since all of my health issues have come to surface, I have been trying to drastically change my lifestyle and diet. As a busy working mom I have also been trying to focus on overall health and wellness in my busy stressful life. So when I found out about ProLon®, a 5-day low calorie, plant-based meal program that provides the same benefits of a water-only fast, but with food, I had to try it. It is the first and only meal plan that has been shown to mimic fasting, and it really works!
There is even some evidence that this process surpasses water only fasts and intermittent fasting for overall improved health and wellness. Some of the benefits you may experience of a fasting mimicking diet are having better performance, energy, clarity, and focus. It’s also the quickest way to lose stubborn belly fat.
The ProLon Diet goes well beyond weight loss when it comes to beneficial health effects. By putting the body in a fasting state for 5 days, the benefits you can expect are:
• Reduction of hard to lose (visceral) belly fat without sacrificing lean body mass.
• Increase in cellular clean-up of damaged cells.
• Maintain healthy levels of metabolic markers including cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood glucose.
• Promotion of cellular regeneration by activating an increase in circulating stem cells.
• The ability to EAT REAL FOOD throughout the 5-day fast.
The program has been scientifically developed and clinically tested at the University of Southern California Longevity Institute and School of Medicine. It’s an evidence based program with over 2 decades in research and development. ProLonFMD has even been seen on CNN, The Washington Post, Forbes, Time, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Newsweek, CBS, Fox News, and more!
The ProLon program consists of plant-based soups, bars, drinks, snacks, teas, and supplement formula tablets and provides 1150 calories on Day 1 and about 800 calories on Days 2-5. On Day 6 they recommend you do a transition diet of liquids and small light meals before resuming your regular diet on Day 7. Since you are eating food, you are still receiving adequate nourishment and nutrients as well as minimizing hunger and the burdens of fasting. As a busy working mom, this program seemed manageable to try while still being on the go! ProLon makes it so easy.
I love that it is delivered straight to my door and I don’t have to research what to eat or even have to go buy a bunch of things from a list, they do it all for me. When I was doing the program, it actually helped me get out the door earlier in the morning because it took the guess work out of what I had to pack for food for the day. I just packed my daily consumption box in my work bag for the day and off I went! I also didn’t have to do much prep or cooking while I was doing the program. I just had to make sure I had access to water and a microwave for some of the items like the tea and soup, except the soup I made for dinner, which I heated in a saucepan on the stove. The rest of the items could just be eaten anywhere on the go in my office, in the car, or everywhere else I went for the day!
When you order, you will receive free shipping and before you start the program, you will receive a 15 minute free nutrition coaching call to walk you through the process and answer any of your questions. When your box arrives, it is clearly marked. It comes with 5 different boxes, one for each day. They provide you with a suggested menu for each day, but it doesn’t matter what order you eat the food in, as long as you stick to only eating the food they designated for that particular day.
And since I am gluten free, I was happy to see that all of the ingredients had no gluten – even the crackers! And I know you are wondering how the food actually tasted – especially since the soup is a powder you mix with water and the bars are nut-based and the crackers are made of kale. Well, you will be surprised! Remember you are on a fast of sorts and there is some element of sacrifice when you are cleansing your body. But in all honesty, the food tasted really good! I’m not kidding! The tomato soup was savory, thick, and creamy, the olives gave me my salty fix, the hibiscus tea was delightful, and the bars were even a little sweet! I thoroughly enjoyed all of the food and didn’t feel like I was sacrificing at all. And I never really felt hungry or craved any other food. The only time I felt somewhat hungry was around 3:30pm on Day 1 but it I think it was more mental than physical and went away once I made my soup for dinner. I didn’t go to bed hungry or wake up hungry the next day. And I maintained a good amount of energy, and if not, had more energy throughout the day while I was doing the program! It’s only for five days and goes by quickly.
ProLon recommends doing the program once a month for three consecutive months for maximum benefits, but you can decide what suites your health goals best. Discuss this with the health coach to better understand.
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This post is sponsored by ProLon, but all photos and opinions are my own.
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