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Is go lower suitable if I’m pregnant or breast feeding?
Unfortunately not, as your baby will require a higher intake of carbohydrate for its development in order to spare protein for the baby's growth. However, the diet will be perfect for you once you’re no longer breast feeding.
For further information, please call to talk to one of our consultants.
Is go lower suitable if I’m diabetic?
Absolutely. Our programme is ideal for both type-1 and type-2 diabetics. In fact, whether you’re insulin dependant or not, go lower helps you to manage your diabetes more easily and can help reduce the amount of medication you need (though please consult with your doctor about this).
We have had amazing success with many of our diabetic clients.
To discuss diabetes and the go lower programme in more detail, please call one of our team.
How will go lower affect my cholesterol level?
It will have a positive impact. Eating a diet high in fibre is key to reducing the cholesterol in your system. Just one of our nut bars delivers more than half your daily requirement of fibre. Add in all the green vegetables and fruit recommended by our programme, and you’ve got a diet rich in both pre- and pro-biotic fibre.
For more on fibre and cholesterol go to www.eatwell.gov.uk/healthissues/healthyheart/cholesterol/
What makes go lower so effective?
Rather than asking you to starve yourself thin, go lower proposes you eat three healthy and filling meals each day.
Our 100% real foods are:
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Protein-rich – protein is shown to make you feel full up and is crammed with essential nutrients to boost your health and strength. It stimulates your body to create and expel energy, helping you burn more calories even when you’re not exercising.
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Low in sugar – so for energy, your body has to burn fat, a process called ‘ketosis’.
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Low GI and low GL – so your blood sugar levels remain constant, avoiding the fat gain caused by insulin release; excellent for managing diabetes.
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High in fibre, vitamins and minerals.
How does a ketogenic diet work?
Through prompting the body to burn its excess fat as energy, a ketogenic diet offers you quicker weight loss than standard low-calorie, low-fat or low-GI diets.
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Very low calorie (around 520 per day) and therefore not a long-term option
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Low starch/low sugar and completely sustainable - go lower!
Ketosis is the body’s own natural process by which it burns fat for energy. A diet that triggers ketosis, like go lower, offers you the fastest weight loss option.
Not to be confused with the perfectly natural and harmless ketosis, ketoacidosis is a condition which affects diabetics when a lack of insulin leads to a build up of glucose in the blood.
What is GI or glycaemic index?
A measure of how quickly certain foods are converted by the body into glucose, which in turn provides you with energy. If there’s too much glucose in your blood stream, a hormone called insulin turns the excess into fat to be used as energy later.
Many diets therefore recommend you eat low GI foods. However, concentrating solely on a food’s GI is a little too simplistic, as it doesn’t take nutrition into account. For example, a Topic bar converts into glucose slowly, but is still a less-than-healthy option.
For this reason, go lower foods are low GI, but also carefully researched to ensure they contain the complete balance of nutrients for optimum health and well-being.
Glycaemic load is an indication of how much of a certain food is converted by the body into glucose and how quickly. This is significant because glucose provides you with energy. If at any given time there’s too much glucose in your blood stream, a hormone called insulin turns the excess into fat to be used as energy later.
Low GL foods convert into glucose more partially and slowly, so they trigger lower levels of fat-producing insulin. Low GL foods also tend to be high in nutritious fibre and essential vitamins and minerals.
It’s important to remember that some sugar-rich foods have a low or medium glycaemic index (or GI), which measures only the speed of glucose conversion, but a high GL. Other foods have a high glycaemic index but a low GL.
All our meals, snacks and treats are both low GL and low GI. If a food provides you with only sugar – quickly or slowly – you won’t find it in the go lower programme.
What clinical studies are there?
Click here to download a selection of clinical studies detailing the benefits of high-protein, low-carb diets.
Sure, working out is good for you. But, at go lower, we know when you’re overweight it’s hard to feel good about doing it. So our programme’s been developed so you can achieve real weight loss without any special exercise. Once you’ve achieved your slimming target, you’ll find it that much easier and enjoyable to exercise as part a healthy, balanced lifestyle.
For more on go lower and recommended exercise, contact one of our consultants today.
go lower food
Not at all – you can kick-start your weight loss straightaway from just £7.23 per day. Given our outstanding results (some 90% of our dieters achieve substantial weight loss) we think you’ll agree go lower is outstanding value for money.
Furthermore, our meals are exceptionally high quality. We use premium protein, whereas most rival diets use low-cost bulking agents such as pasta and potatoes. Our meals are virtually free of sugar which is cheap but fattening.
When we think of our weekly food bill we probably think of our last supermarket shop. On average, we each spend £40 a week on groceries. But when you add in lunches at work, snacks, coffees and takeaways, you’re looking at nearer £80 per week.
With go lower, there’s no need to do a normal weekly shop or buy all the other add-ons and takeouts, as we provide you with nearly everything you’ll eat. Just budget a further £10 a week for fruit and vegetables and that’s it.
What makes go lower foods special?
Much more than just low-calorie and low fat, go lower foods:
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Make your body burn fat – We’ve worked with the very best nutritionists and biochemists to develop ketogenic meals, snacks and treats that trim the inches while you eat.
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Nourish and sustain – Our meals are high in healthy protein and fibre to keep you feeling fuller, longer. They’re 100% free of artificial ingredients and genetically modified organisms, with salt levels to match your recommended daily intake.
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Taste delicious – Thanks to our ingenious chefs, traditional pressure-cooking methods and mouth-watering recipes, dieting is now more pleasurable than ever.
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Come ready prepared – Each convenient, individual portion is ready for you to heat, dress with your favourite garnish and serve in minutes.
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Give you peace of mind – Wherever possible, we use local produce and farm-assured ingredients.
Just as importantly, go lower introduces you to a new way of eating that will change your approach to food for life. With the inch loss you achieve, and our advice and support, you may never have to diet again.
How are go lower foods cooked?
Lunches and main meals are pressure cooked in individual sealed pouches. All the natural nutrients and flavour are preserved, and the food can be stored in the cupboard for up to 12 months.
How long do go lower foods keep?
Our foods are pressure cooked in individual sealed pouches. So they’re free of bacteria, and retain all their natural nutrients and flavours for up to 12 months. In addition, they are:
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Convenient to store – no need to refrigerate, simply keep in an ordinary food cupboard.
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Waste-free – just open the pouches you need as you need them, saving food and reducing your impact on the environment.
What should I eat with my go lower meals?
With each main evening meal we strongly recommend you eat a portion of green vegetables or salad, from the list provided when you join the go lower programme.
At go lower we don't think in terms of points, calories or grams. We believe that all measuring and counting hasn't helped us to understand food the way we should do. So at go lower we want you to think like a Hunter Gatherer and feel the weight of the food in our hand. However, for those of you that find this a step too far, we will also give you the metric measurements to help you along.
Are there recipes I can cook myself?
When you join the go lower Programme we provide you with the recipes. We have developed recipes for the vegetables to accompany main meals and also recipes to help you develop your own cooking skills.
Once you’ve finished the programme, we recommend you keep using these recipes to sustain the slimmer you.
You can eat out! We offer a handy eating out guide as part of your delivery to give you suggestions of things to avoid during your diet. Don't worry, you will still be able to eat most of the same dishes that your friends and family are eating.
How does go lower compare with meal-replacement diets?
Overall, there is no comparison. Our go lower programme is:
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More targeted – meal-replacement diets don’t discriminate between the loss of fat and muscle. So to sustain itself, your body will burn both. But with go lower, your muscles receive a constant supply of protein, so you only shed body fat.
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More nutritious – our foods are 100% real and healthy; we do not use packet shakes or synthetic powders.
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More convenient – easy home delivery and individual, no-waste portions.
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More personal – none of the hassle of diet classes and public weigh-ins.
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More sustainable – no post-diet weight gain, as is so often the case with other diet methods.
Instead of a regime based on artificial food and self-denial, go lower offers you a 100% natural, balanced and you-centred alternative.
Can I buy the go lower diet in my supermarket?
More than simply pure natural food delivered to your door, go lower is a journey that will change your life. As well as a weight loss regime, we provide motivational support and expertise to ensure you maintain your gains for as long as you want.
Even once you’ve completed your programme, you can still purchase go lower products through our exclusive, members-only online shop and continue to benefit from the support of other members via our forum.
go lower delivery
We use a courier service to deliver to your chosen home or work address. Across most of mainland UK, we deliver next day, provided the order is placed before 12 noon Monday to Thursday (see details below).
If you’re likely to be out when we deliver, please provide instructions as to where you’d like your order left.
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Orders placed by 12 noon (Monday to Thursday) ship the same day for next-day delivery.
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Orders placed after 12 noon (Monday to Wednesday) ship the following day, arriving two days after ordering.
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Orders placed between 12 noon on Thursday and 12 noon on Friday ship on Friday for arrival on Monday.
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Orders placed after 12 noon on a Friday or on the weekend ship on the following Monday with delivery on Tuesday.
Please note: we do not ship or deliver on bank holidays.
go lower general
The Caveman Diet shares the same founding principles as go lower. Both focus on the nutrients human beings have evolved to eat over 1000s of years. These are protein (from meat and chicken), good fats (from nuts and seeds) and specific carbohydrates (from leafy vegetables and low GI fruit).
In fact, diets rich in sugar and starch are quite recent creations, and our bodies are not well suited to eating foods such as pasta, rice and glucose syrup.
Dr John Briffa, leading advocate of the Caveman Diet, is also a firm supporter of go lower as we comply with the same nutritional philosophy.
Throughout your go lower journey, a personal consultant will guide you every step of the way. Read more on our Support page.
What is the go lower Independence Plan?
It’s a combination of advice and products to help ensure you maintain your weight loss once you’ve completed the programme. Tailored by our nutrition team to meet your exact circumstances, the recipes and expert tips enable you to return to eating normally, without piling on the pounds.
What weight loss or inch loss can I expect?
Ring one of our consultants on our free phone number and we’ll help set your expectations. It’s the call that could change your life.
What is the difference between go lower and the Atkins diet?
While sharing some similarities with the Atkins diet, go lower is more sophisticated and person-centred. In particular, go lower is:
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Healthier and better balanced – as well as protein, go lower incorporates mineral-rich and vitamin-rich fruit and vegetables.
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Simpler to follow – we deliver directly to you and there’s no complex weighing or counting of carbs to get between you and the food.
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More sustainable – go lower uses no artificial sweeteners, which can actually increase your desire for sweet foods . We also avoid all artificial ingredients, even those that help you shed pounds in the short term. go lower is about rapid, sustainable weight loss, not quick results that reverse just as quickly.
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More supportive – if you plateau, we provide the motivation to drive you on; if you doubt your long-term success, we supply the nutritional expertise and menus to ensure you achieve it. No Atkins book can address your personal and eating issues, which could be key to your success.
