Nutrition: our current guide
What this page said
Lighten Up was described as a comprehensive lifestyle program based on mind body medicine, delivered over 20 outpatient sessions and designed to correct and maximise metabolism through behaviours and attitudes that let the body move toward a healthy weight. The page contrasted it with dieting, which it said can further harm metabolism.
Participants learned relaxation-response techniques including deep breathing, imagery and yoga, skills to reduce stress and reverse negative thinking, and healthy lifestyle habits, in a supportive group. Its goals included understanding the link between weight gain and metabolism and learning to eat to live rather than live to eat. Claims about metabolism are the institute's own.
Key points from the original
- 20 outpatient sessions in a group.
- Positioned against restrictive dieting.
- Combined relaxation, thinking skills, yoga and nutrition.