LOSE 12 LBS THIS month!

It's 100% possible to reverse high insulin levels that fuel belly fat storage after 40. Learn about the all-you-can eat plan helping women succeed!

- Lisa Maxbauer

“Almost everyone has high insulin levels these days,” says women’s health researcher Ali Chappell, Ph.D., M.S., R.D. It’s not just a concern for people with diabetes. She says the modern “workaholic pancreas” tends to release insulin in our body like the out-of-control chocolate conveyor belt from a classic episode of I Love Lucy. Luckily, Chappell has devoted her life to finding an easy, natural way to lower insulin levels, reversing weight gain in the process. And her work is getting rave reviews from top doctors. Try her plan for yourself!

Why should we care about insulin levels? “Insulin is your fat-storage hormone,” Chappell says. It’s also a master hormone affecting almost every other hormone in your body. “People with elevated insulin have naturally lower levels of GLP-1 appetite-suppressing hormones. It should be a goal for nearly everyone to lower insulin.” It’s especially key for women in midlife. “When estrogen starts to drop in your 40s, that’s when insulin rises,” says Chappell. “Higher insulin levels mean a larger percentage of the calories you eat will be stored as fat.” Even if you don't change anything in your diet at this time, newfound pounds can pile up.

“Doctors say, ‘just eat less and exercise more,’ but your hormones are saying, ‘eat more and take a nap,’ so it’s difficult to be successful,” she explains. Her groundbreaking approach: “Focus first on lowering insulin so we can make weight loss possible.”