Yes. Unimate is considered a tea, since it’s made from tea plants, and Balance is considered food because it contains compounds such as fiber. Since tea/food do not conflict with medication, supplements, or other food, this means the products are safe to use alongside medication (there are no contraindications). Simply continue taking your medication as prescribed.  

This is not a “weight-loss program” in the traditional sense — there’s no calorie cutting, no food rules, and no metabolic stress. It’s a metabolic healing program. When insulin becomes chronically elevated, your mitochondria lose the ability to properly control fat burning. They commonly lose the ability to burn fat, causing weight gain. Or sometimes people lose weight or stay the same weight, depending on the mitochondria dysfunction. Either way, as your insulin sensitivity improves, inflammation calms, digestion regulates, and mitochondrial function is restored, your cells finally regain their ability to manage body fat properly. So if you have excess body fat, it gets burned off. If the mitochondria were burning too much, that corrects. Or if you are a healthy size, mitochondria are supported to keep maintaining optimal function and you stay the same size. A healthy metabolism doesn’t waste or over-burn; it self-regulates.

Everyone heals at their own pace because each body has a different history with insulin elevation, stress, sleep, hormones, inflammation, and organ or vessel damage. The body has ~40 trillion cells, all affected by insulin resistance. The changes you see on the outside come from microscopic healing happening inside your cells, tissues, and organs. Healing starts at the cellular level — improving insulin sensitivity, inflammation, mitochondrial function, and hormone balance — and those changes take time to show up externally. Many people notice early shifts in cravings, mental clarity, and energy in the first month; these “small” changes signal major shifts at the hormonal and cellular level. Deeper results often take several months depending on how long the body has been insulin-resistant. This doesn’t mean the program isn’t working — it means your cells are repairing layer by layer. This condition took years to develop; we’re reversing it in months.

Yes. The products are made of plants and are therefore classified as food and safe for long-term use. I have many customers who use this program for long-term maintenance (myself and my family included).

No. The system restores satiety hormones, regulates cravings, and stabilizes blood sugar, which naturally shifts your food choices over time. You’re encouraged to eat in a way that feels realistic, balanced, and sustainable for you. As your metabolism improves and cravings go away, you may find you want to make healthier food choices, which would be a great lifestyle change. It’s similar to how many people choose to start working out when the program fixes their chronic fatigue issues. If you chose to do extra things to support your body in healing, that’s great, but it’s not required. The products work on their own, but the more we do to create a healthy environment for the body, the faster it’s able to heal. If you are in a rush to see results as fast as possible, then integrating healthy food choices or intermittent fasting can be useful.  

No, fasting is not required, but is a powerful tool in combination with the products for faster results. It’s similar to if you chose to workout or make healthy food choices. If you choose to do extra things to support your body in healing, that’s great. The products work on their own, but the more we do to create a healthy environment for the body, the faster it’s able to heal. Many people naturally adopt gentle fasting windows later into the program because their appetite regulates and cravings calm down (they naturally stop thinking about food and have greater control over meals and not snacking), but it’s not something you need to do in order to see results. If you are in a rush to see results, then integrating daily intermittent fasting can be useful to help your body move further along a bit quicker.