Author: Nicole Nuesse

Brand NUE Supplement Bundles

Jul 22, 2026

I am coming to you with some exciting news! We are rolling out a new feature to help our clients with maintenance and save them money. This feature is our new product bundles. In this blog I would like to describe the four product bundles that we now offer and for whom they might be appropriate.

First let me explain a little about why it is important to use nutrition supplements when trying to lose weight and then when trying to maintain a weight loss. What I tell our weight loss clients is that successful weight loss requires several different factors working together. Let’s use an example of a table. A table has four legs under it to be stable. Let’s say the four legs represent 4 components of a successful weight loss journey. We will call leg one learning how to prepare food. Leg two will be staying hydrated. The third leg is continued support and accountability. The fourth leg will be nutrition supplements. Now with all four in place you have a stable and solid foundation to build on. If you chop one leg off the table it gets wobbly. I feel, therefore, that there is no reason to not implement everything that we know is scientifically effective at helping people lose weight. Supplements are a big part of keeping that stable foundation.

Let’s now go through the four bundles and talk about who each is for. All these bundles can be found in our shop at BrandNUEweightloss.com. The first bundle is the Brand NUE Multivitamin along with the Brand NUE Green Coffee Bean extract capsules. This bundle will be good for someone trying to lose weight or someone who is trying to maintain their weight. We have observed that using green coffee bean extract helps clients lose about 20% faster if they are trying to lose weight and it makes it 20% harder to regain weight if they are in maintenance.

Our second bundle includes the first two products mentioned along with the Brand NUE Stress Support product. Stress can cause several health problems including high blood pressure, sleep difficulty, headaches, etc. One of the major things it can cause, however, is weight gain. This is especially true when it comes to weight gain around the midsection (belly fat). For individuals who have high stress lives or are particularly susceptible to stress we recommend this bundle.

These two bundles will be appropriate for 95% of people concerned with their weight. We do, however, have two other bundles for specific situations. Bundle 3 will include the Brand NUE Stress Support and Brand NUE Green Coffee Bean Extract capsules. This will be for someone trying to lose or maintain their weight, and has a high level of stress, but wants to continue taking their own multivitamin.

Our final bundle includes our stress support and our multivitamin. In this on green coffee bean extract is left out. This will be our least effective bundle when it comes to weight loss. This bundle is for the person who is extremely sensitive to caffeine. Now, the active ingredient in the green coffee bean product is not caffeine. It is chlorogenic acid. Chlorogenic acid is what helps to speed up fat loss. There is, however, about a half a cup of coffee worth of caffeine in one green coffee bean capsule. So for those who cannot have caffeine at all this bundle will be appropriate for them.

Please check out BrandNUEweightloss.com for more information on these and other products.

Does a Poor Diet Cause Depression?

Jul 16, 2026

Today’s blog is going to focus on the relationship between food and mood. More specifically, does a diet filled with junk food cause depression? First off, it would be easy for me to make a snap judgement and say, “of course it does.” My life, after all, revolves around helping people make healthy changes to their diet to lose weight naturally. Instead of just assuming a poor diet causes any number of health conditions I prefer to look at the data and interpret it.

My simple answer to the question of “does a poor diet cause weight loss?” is NO. As shocking as this revelation may be I believe, based on what I have read, that there is another factor that causes both a poor diet and depression. So let’s look at the research.

One popular study on the link between diet and mood found that: “A dietary pattern characterized by a high intake of fruit, vegetables, whole grain, fish, olive oil, low-fat dairy and antioxidants and low intakes of animal foods was associated with a decreased risk of depression. A dietary pattern characterized by a high consumption of red and/or processed meat, refined grains, sweets, high-fat dairy products, butter, potatoes and high-fat gravy, and low intakes of fruits and vegetables is associated with an increased risk of depression.” This sounds like a slam-dunk right. One’s diet obviously effects mood and can lead to depression.

We can’t stop here, however. What if the people in the study were depressed and then turned to easy junk foods for comfort? Luckily, researchers wondered about this as well and in another large analysis they looked at baseline diet and then calculated the risk of participants later developing depression. They found that, “A healthy diet (the Mediterranean diet as an example) was associated with a significantly lower risk of developing depressive symptoms.”

So that should put a bow on it. Diet directly affects mood. But wait, earlier I said that I don’t think this is the case. So why am I quoting all this research stating that food does affect mood? The reason is that I still don’t think that the research has dived deep enough to really uncover the source of the depression.

Correlation does not mean causation. Just because two factors happen together does not mean that one causes another. So what could cause both a poor diet and depression? The research is clear on this. Income-inequality, more specifically, having an extremely low income compared to the general society can contribute directly to a depressive state. People with a lower income are also much more likely to choose cheap, fatty, and unhealthy food.

In conclusion, I believe that maintaining a healthy diet can be beneficial in countless ways. It may even make you feel a little better emotionally. I don’t however believe that diets directly cause depression. Depression and poor diet can be seen to be more easily caused by having low income.

Zevia Zero Calorie Energy Drink

Mar 19, 2026

In today’s review we look at Zevia zero-calorie energy drinks. We want to determine; are these drinks healthy and are they keto and low carb friendly? Another important question to answer is, do they taste good? There are plenty of “healthy” products out there that just don’t taste that good and are therefore useless.

So first let’s determine if Zevia energy is healthy and low carb. The nutrition label gives us a couple of different clues. First, this is a product that contains zero calories, fat, and carbohydrates. Second, the ingredient list contains no artificial sweeteners (such as aspartame or sucralose) that we would want to avoid. Based on these two observations I can confidently say that Zevia Energy Drinks are healthy and keto friendly.

It is for this reason that we will recommend Zevia Energy drinks as an alternative to Red Bull or Monster.

Intermittent Fasting & Insulin Stabilization

Feb 05, 2026

Can intermittent fasting help control your insulin levels? This is a question we hear often at our) weight loss clinics. The simple answer is, yes! Intermittent fasting can help control your blood sugars and therefore your insulin response.

Here’s how it works… Whenever you eat anything your body responds by releasing insulin so that you can properly utilize the energy from the food. This is especially true when you eat carbohydrates but there is a minimal response whenever you eat anything. Here is where fasting comes in. If you limit your eating to a small period in each day you can limit this physiological response. Insulin is a hormone that prevents you from losing body fat when it is elevated in the bloodstream. Fasting, therefore, may play a key role in not only controlling insulin levels but also maximizing fat loss. This core concept is one of the principals we lean on when developing weight loss plans.

What to Expect When You Start a Weight Loss Journey

Dec 25, 2025

In this week’s blog post I would like to discuss the expectations that anyone should have if they are beginning the process of losing weight. Unfortunately, many people go into a weight loss program with unrealistic expectations and then are set up for disappointment. In our clinics we have discussions with potential clients about what realistic expectations should look like.

Let me state first that when you start a plan with the intent of losing weight you should expect to lose weight. You should expect weight loss regularly and predictably. A lot of clients we see in our weight loss center seem to feel that it is not right to want to see the scale go down and that they should focus solely on their health. While improving health through weight loss is ideal, one should never feel shame or judged because they also want to see pounds drop off. Seeing weight loss can keep you motivated and can let you know that what you are doing is working.

If you have selected a plan that you know works with your physiology and your lifestyle then predictable weight loss should be the norm (not the exception). With most of our clients we advise them that they should expect a daily weight loss. That doesn’t mean that they should lose multiple pounds every day and that they should panic if this isn’t occurring. The facts are that the body can metabolize fat at a certain rate every day so daily weight loss should be expected if you are doing things correctly. If pressed to give and average, I would say that clients lose about .5 pounds of fat every day while on one of our programs. Each client is different obviously and weight, body fat percentage, etc. will increase or decrease this number. The point is that it is reasonable to expect to see daily weight loss. If you are on a program where you are losing 1 pound per week or then go a week without losing but then lose 2 pounds the next week…well, then in my opinion, you are on the wrong program. You are most likely doing (or not doing) something that is stalling your progress. If we see this situation happening in either of our weight loss centers, we immediately act and make alterations to a client’s program.

The trap that is quite easy for clients to fall into, however, is a “freaking out” if a day goes by when they do not lose weight. Again, we are looking for body fat loss and sometimes this can be countered by water weight gain. Stay calm in these instances because they will happen from time to time. We need to look for patterns. If a client were to go multiple days without a loss this would look very unusual to us and we would need to take some action or make some adjustment.

Eventually a true weight loss plateau will happen. You can find out more about them here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmAMIn2Z_Pg&t=349s

If you are on the right weight loss plan for you then there is no reason that you should not see regular weight loss.

Difficult or Complicated?

Dec 04, 2025

In this blog post I would like to discuss the difference between the concepts of weight loss being “difficult” compared to being “complicated.” In our offices we often hear from clients that weight loss is “difficult.” While I will agree that losing weight does require certain sacrifices and can be slightly uncomfortable, I do not believe, if done right, that it is difficult. These two words often get conflated when talking about losing weight and getting healthy.

First, is it fair for me to even say that weight loss is not difficult? After all, everyone is different and has his or her own challenges. In my opinion a weight loss program is only “difficult” if you have selected the wrong program. A prerequisite in our weight loss offices is that the program must conveniently fit the individual. This means that whatever changes that need to be made to get the client to lose weight need to fit into their life/lifestyle. Yes, changes need to be made, but these changes cannot be overwhelming, or the inevitability will be that it becomes “difficult” and the client will quit. So no, I do not think that a well thought out plan that fits the person will be “difficult.”

I do, however, know that losing weight can be complicated. And when I speak of weight loss, I am specifically talking about losing body fat. I think that it is well understood that when someone tries to lose weight that they are ultimately trying to lose fat but sometimes, and with some programs, this isn’t what happens. Fat is tricky to lose. Gaining and retaining body fat is the body’s natural defense mechanism against starvation. This goes back 1000’s of years. There was a time when we could actually run out of food and if we did, we would rely on this stored body fat to sustain us until food was plentiful again. This situation obviously does not present itself anymore. Our primitive body does not know this, however. It wants to retain body fat almost at all costs. Losing body fat still means starvation to our metabolism. Intentional metabolism of body fat, therefore, must follow certain steps in order to be successful. This is where weight loss can get complicated. In our weight loss offices we use an analogy of baking a cake. I know this might seem like an ironic example but hear me out. If you are baking a cake, you need certain ingredients (four, sugar, eggs, etc.). If you follow the recipe, you get a predictable result, a cake. If you leave just one ingredient out however, you end up with a completely altered finished product (certainly not a cake). A fat metabolism program needs to be followed in a comparable way. We need to follow a predictable “recipe” to get our body to give us a predictable result (fat loss).

When followed carefully and correctly a fat loss plan can lead to amazing results. When followed correctly losing weight, and body fat, is also not difficult.