Straight Shooter Health does not follow the traditional methods for weight loss. Those programs concentrate on rapid weight loss and give little heed to nutritional health. They also do not fully develop personalized weight maintenance plans that allow you to maintain your weight without their assistance. Exercise is absolutely necessary to maximize your physiological health, but has no place in a weight loss program. Virtually every diet and weight loss plan incorporates exercise into their program. This causes a lot of unnecessary stress. This is fully explained on the EXERCISE page in the drop down menu INFO/COACHING OPTIONS in the menu bar. Large rapid changes in diet coupled with inappropriate exercise is very stressful. This stress is what ultimately results in you abandoning the program and returning to your old habits which caused your problems in the first place. This program has been developed after decades of studying health, nutrition, diet plans, coaching plans, supplements, weight loss, exercise, and other related topics. During this time and with much effort, Dr. Meline was able to debunk the lies and fallacies that have been perpetuated for many decades within the diet and weight loss communities including the medical and pharmaceutical professions. This information was then use to develop a completely new approach to health and weight loss management . We concentrate on determining the root cause of your weight problem and then teach you how to maximize your health. Weight loss comes as a natural consequence of being healthy. During the course, we expose the lies and fallacies that have been perpetuated for many decades which are the cause for most failures in weight loss and health improvement. We teach you the truth about health, nutrition, and weight loss while helping you develop your own personalized health and weight loss plan. You will learn to eat healthy foods that you like so that you can maintain this plan for a life time.