Dear Healthcare Professional,

The question we, as healthcare professionals must answer, is "how can we help people to eat more healthfully, so that they learn and grow from the experience and then can maintain their new habits?"  It's got to be simple but meaningful in order for change to happen.  Whether that individual is overweight and/or has some disease such as heart disease or diabetes, we are in a position to be teachers and mentors in the change process.  The majority of the members of the National Weight Registry state that it was food journaling that gave them their weight-loss success and their ability to maintain that loss.

Benefits to You in Revenue

There are two ways to make a profit by using Drawing The Line On Calories, Carbs and Fat with your clients and patients: the Referral Discount Program where you make money by referring your patients to this site for purchase of Drawing the Line and the Inventory Discount Program where you purchase Drawing the Line and make greater profit .  Click here for more information on our discount programs.

Think of the possibilities: 

• Sell directly to your clients and patients.

• Use for research purposes.

• Incorporate into a workplace wellness program.

• Use for weight-loss contests.

• Sell at health fairs.  

Got other ideas.  Drop us an email.  We'd love to hear from you.  Click here.

There is probably no one amongst us who wouldn't agree that "calories count."  Even the FDA in March of 2004 started a campaign to make Americans aware of the fact that it's a matter of "calories in-calories out".  And the American Heart Association in their book, No-Fad Diet, elaborated on the same concept.  Yet it's more than just calories.  Some people need to be on a low-carb diet while others a low-fat diet.  Drawing The Line On Calories, Carbs and Fat can do all that and also control for calories in an entertaining way.

Benefits to You In Counseling

A WISE WAY TO USE YOUR TIME:

Drawing The Line allows you to use your time wisely. Office visit time is at a premium so you need something you can give to your clients they can use at home.  But, in turn, you need to be able to review what they have done in order to make suggestions for improvement.  The Daily Connection can serve as that tool.  (If you haven't already done so, I'd recommend you visit Take a Tour for a more detailed view of Drawing The Line after you finish reading this page.)

MAKE IT FUN AND THEY WILL COME:

As a dietitian, I know how frustrating it can be with weight-loss clients who, week after week, tell you how little they're eating but haven't lost a pound.  While research has shown that a food diary can be an effective tool, most people find them tedious.  You won't find that to be the case with Drawing The Line because it has an element of fun to it that makes it easy for people to stick with it for long periods of time.

it's customizABLE: 

Because of it's flexibility, Drawing The Line gives you a tool that you can customize to each client. There's no question that one size does not fit all.  This approach allows for up to 2400 calories to be monitored, as low as 35% and up to 50% of calories from carbs to be tracked, and as low as 10% and up to 35% of calories from fat to be tracked.  If someone has diabetes, have them track calories and carbohydrates.  If someone has heart disease, have them track calories and fat.  If your clients are overweight, together you can decide whether they should monitor for carbs or fat (but always monitoring for calories). 

MONITORING GLUCOSE:

A person with diabetes must be concerned with carbohydrate intake.  While the Exchange System is a great approach for meal planning, it falls short of being effective today because so many people eat packaged foods.  Until the government requires food manufacturers to include Exchange values on a package, diabetics must keep track of grams of carbs, especially if they are on insulin.  Drawing The Line makes it easy without a lot of overhead.  In addition, the Daily Connection provides a place for glucose monitoring so all the information you need as the counselor is there to see on one piece of paper.

THE ADVANTAGE OF TWO FOOD LISTS:

One very exciting feature of Drawing The Line is the two food lists.  We don't like hearing from our clients how they kept exceeding their daily calorie and nutrient allowances because they didn't realize how it all added up.  So this system has taken care of that.  The first food list is organized alphabetically, which allows users to look up what food they're considering eating.  The second food list is organized from "least to most" for all three nutrients (calories, carbs, and fat).  That way, for example, if someone is on a low-carb diet and he knows that he can only have a certain amount of carbs for a particular meal, he can look at the "least to most" list and see what options fit into his requirements.  This list allows users to be more proactive, actually making choices based on their meal or daily allowance rather than "relying on credit" and stealing from the next day's allowances.

making exercise an integral part:

I'm sure we all agree that exercise must become a part of a person's lifestyle habits.  Drawing the Line of the approach by allowing users to track the calories they burn while exercising on the Daily Connection. It inspires them to exercise more realizing how many calories are getting burned up with exercise.  If you take a look at the sample Daily Connection, you'll see that the user "draws the line" on exercise calories (bottom right-hand corner)  just as is done for food.