Shape Up For Summer!

CBN SHAPE UP FOR SUMMER CHALLENGE
This spring, CBN in partnership with Dr. Perlmutter, is launching a transformational health and wellness challenge unlike any other. Viewers are invited to take part in a FREE 8-week Shape Up for Summer Challenge to achieve their personal weight loss goal. The Challenge starts on April 5th and ends May 31st. The Challenge will focus on ‘food I.Q.’ by using Dr. Perlmutter’s Grain Brain Whole Life book philosophy – a scientific approach that helps with mental clarity, memory, improves overall well-being, embraces healthy eating and weight loss. To join the challenge, viewers need to log in to www.CBN.com/ShapeUpForSummer to provide their contact information.

To participant in the Challenge viewers should:

• Consult with their doctor to determine if this is the right plan for them and to clear any medical/dietary needs prior to beginning the plan.
• Implement a regular exercise plan (exercise videos included in the program)
• Reduce carbs like breads, cereals, and pastas (recipes and cooking videos included)
• Increase good fats (salmon, avocado, coconut, coconut oil, quinoa, fresh greens, etc.) to reduce inflammation and improve gut health. (recipes and cooking videos included)
• Avoid diet/artificial sweeteners, which can cause weight gain.

The first 100 people to sign-up for the Challenge at www.CBN.com/ShapeUpForSummer
will receive Dr. Perlmutter’s latest book, The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan. Participation = logging-in and entering your weight lost/gained that week. One Fitbit Blaze health tracker wearable device will be given away each week for 8 weeks. One winner will be chosen at random from registrants who enter their weekly progress on www.CBN.com/ShapeUpForSummer. Weight loss does not affect your chance of winning a prize.  No purchase necessary.

Dr. Perlmutter says, “This is a group effort…we want you to enter your weight loss every week.” The total weight loss for the group will be posted online each week.                                      
For participating in the Challenge you will receive access to:       

• 90 recipes from Dr. Perlmutter
• Exercise videos by Dr. Perlmutter
• Video blogs by Dr. Perlmutter
• Instant streaming access to Dr. Perlmutter’s Brain Change DVD
• Q&A with Dr. Perlmutter
• Community support via www.CBN.com/ShapeUpForSummer with other participants with other challengers
• Fitbit video blogs featuring fitness expert, Martha VanCamp with tips on getting the most of out a Fitbit Blaze
• Weekly encouraging Facebook posts and recipes, social community engagement and support.
• Weekly emails promoting the upcoming video blog and a reminder to log their weightprogress, weekly

THE GRAIN BRAIN WHOLE LIFE PLAN (GBWLP)
For centuries, doctors didn’t know how to treat, much less prevent, neurological ailments, from chronic headaches and anxiety to multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease. But today we finally have science-based solutions that are easy, simple and require no prescriptions. Dr. Perlmutter’s GBWLP is a three-step protocol: The first step is to edit your diet and pill popping by:

• Evict gluten (even if you don’t think you have a problem with it). Gluten, the “sticky” protein found in wheat, barley, and rye, is among the most inflammatory ingredients of the modern era.
• Go low-carb, higher fat and fiber.
• Abandon sugar (real, processed, and artificial). Sugar is in almost every packaged food.
• Avoid GMO foods.
• Watch out for too much protein. No more than around 50 grams for women and 60 grams for men per day.
• Embrace the incredible egg. Eggs—yolks included—are an unrivaled food. They are versatile and cost-effective nutritional gold mines.

The second step is to add support strategies. For example, keep a daily journal to record an ongoing record of feelings and emotions especially those around food. “You are recalibrating one day, one meal, one thought at a time and will see the results positively accumulate over time,” shares Dr. Perlmutter.

Finally, the third step, plan accordingly. While food choices are absolutely critical, don’t forget the importance of restful sleep, regular exercise, and other practices that help balance life. “Your body, a gift from God, is an incredible piece of machinery,” shares Dr. Perlmutter. “Just because you devour too many calories and shun exercise one day, doesn’t mean you’ll gain ten pounds overnight.” The GBWLP is designed to help achieve and maintain neurological and overall health for a lifetime.