Weight Loss

If you have entered this page without reading the rest of the site first, The Road Back has been helping people taper off psychoactive medication for the past decade. Over 40,000 people have used the program to become drug free. 

The weight gain associated with taking an antidepressant has been difficult to overcome for most everyone. A reduction in calories and exercise would not help and the weight would just keep piling on, month after month. The Road Back has finally uncovered the exact cause of antidepressant weight gain and how to reverse the weight gain caused by the antidepressant. You may be taking Cymbalta, Effexor, Lexapro, Paxil, Prozac, Zoloft or any other antidepressant and the solution for the weight gain will be the same. 

Antidepressants cause a gene in the body called JNK to become over active. The JNK gene is the bottom line cause for weight gain and obesity whether an antidepressant is taken or not. Harvard scientist first discovered the JNK gene and the relationship it has on weight gain in 2002. Since then, drug companies have been scrambling to create a new weight loss drug and one drug has made it to Phase II clinical trials. Reducing the over activation of this gene is the answer for weight loss and has answered key questions for research scientists.

A clinical study conducted by Shalvta Mental Health Center, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, confirmed antidepressants over stimulate the JNK gene in a study titled, Antidepressants induce cellular insulin resistance by activation of IRS-1 kinases. This study details how the activation of the JNK gene will also lead to insulin resistance and an interesting piece of data from the study shows how a patient may test as a false negative or even a false positive for insulin resistance.

You do not need to wait for a drug to come out to begin losing weight. There are things you can do now with a few select supplements taken in the correct amount and diet changes that will help reverse this process. When doing this, do not be surprised if you feel more energy and bright during the day as well. The over activation of the JNK gene has now been traced to depression and a host of other unwanted conditions. Do not be surprised if you read about the JNK gene in the future and it is described as the cause for most of Mankind’s ills. 

The environment, stress and normal processed food intake is probably why mental illness is higher today than ever. Heavy metals, processed foods, stress and other common factors this day and age will cause the JNK gene to become over active. Maybe you have read about the use of hormone treatment being done in abundance, Alzheimer’s, autism and Parkinson’s disease on the rise. These are all associated with having the JNK gene  be over activated. It now makes sense why these conditions also carry with it a high load of toxins in the brain. When the JNK gene is over activated the cells allow the toxins to enter and spread. 

Our recommendation for weight loss is simple and basic. You need to take a few supplements that have been proven in clinical studies to reduce the activation of the JNK gene, and begin eating a little differently if needed. 

The supplements we recommend are called JNK and they can be purchased from the manufacturer TRB Health by clicking here. 

There are some foods, spices and teas you can also take to help reduce the JNK activity. We have included those at the bottom of this page. Clinical studies have shown diet will take several months to reverse the process and until you reverse the process weight loss will not start. That is why we also recommend specific JNK supplements.

Do not be surprised if weight loss starts within the first few days of taking the supplements. The response back we are getting from people is usually the second day of the supplements weight loss begins. If you are taking an antidepressant and gaining weight at this moment, when you start the JNK the first thing you will see is the weight gain stopping and then weight loss begins.

"I have been using the JNK supplement for 3 weeks now and I have lost 16 pounds. I had been stuck at my old weight for 3 years and nothing I did would help. The weight loss is finally happening and an added plus I did not expect, my mood has improved dramatically!!!!" M.M.

If you are still taking an antidepressant, do not make a wholesale diet change, you need to do it gradually. 

Like most good diets, you should eat plenty of vegetables, fruit and only have lean meat. You should feel the change in your desire for some foods quickly change once you start taking the JNK supplements. Sweet cravings and high carbohydrate cravings should go away in a few days.

Make sure you never go hungry and feel starved. When the body feels starved, it will activate the JNK gene further and weight loss stops until you begin eating again. This is the reason a starvation diet will not work and weight gain rebound is common with that type of a diet.

Exercise actually helps reduce the over activation of the JNK gene as well. If you can take a 30-minute walk at least 3 times a week, you will be amazed how that will help with weight loss now, even if exercise would not help before. 

Again, here is the link to TRB Health for the JNK supplements you need to take. The supplements come in daily packets. One packet in the morning or before noon is all that is needed. The packet bottle has a 30-day supply.

Enjoy weight loss for what may be the first time in years! And let us know your success or if you have any questions.

Click here to read Newsletter from June 22, 2010, which details more on the JNK gene.