{"id":2529,"date":"2025-05-22T18:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T22:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vivalean.ca\/?page_id=2529"},"modified":"2025-06-16T13:34:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:34:34","slug":"about-diets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vivalean.ca\/?page_id=2529","title":{"rendered":"About Diets"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2529\" class=\"elementor elementor-2529\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b72aa3a e-con-full e-flex elementor-repeater-item-default_padding elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b72aa3a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;ang_container_spacing_size&quot;:&quot;default_padding&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f133a39 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f133a39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Diets<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b57a389 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b57a389\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:5000}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keto &amp; Low-Carb Diets can get<br>really boring and Monotonous!<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc07639 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-repeater-item-default_padding elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fc07639\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ang_container_spacing_size&quot;:&quot;default_padding&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcbbff2 e-con-full e-flex elementor-repeater-item-default_padding sk-none elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bcbbff2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ang_container_spacing_size&quot;:&quot;default_padding&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab4d64e elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab4d64e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6><strong><span style=\"font-size: 2em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vivalean.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NEW-HHP_logo_stack4.svg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10852\" src=\"https:\/\/vivalean.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NEW-HHP_logo_stack4.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"35\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Diet &amp; Weight-Loss<\/strong><\/h6><p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>&#8220;.. America has a weight problem. According to the CDC, <strong>nearly three-fourths (73%) of us are overweight or obese &#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"color: #e40559\">more than<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #e40559\"> 160 million<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #e40559\"><strong>Americans<\/strong> are on a diet<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f7d8a2 elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"8f7d8a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1500\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1500\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> More About Obesity <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1500\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d763c6f e-con-full e-flex elementor-repeater-item-default_padding elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d763c6f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ang_container_spacing_size&quot;:&quot;default_padding&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f43e2c elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f43e2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Harvard is one of the most trusted research and educational institutions in the world.<\/p><p>We hope they won&#8217;t mind that we are simply posting their webpages as a credible educational reference on dieting and nutrition. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/topics\/diet-and-weight-loss\">https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/topics\/diet-and-weight-loss<\/a><\/p><p>Here&#8217;s some of what they&#8217;re saying, which we agree with:<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s no secret that America has a weight problem. According to the CDC, <strong>nearly three-fourths (73%) of us are overweight or obese. Yet more than 160 million Americans are on a diet at any given time, and we drop more than $70 billion each year on commercial weight-loss plans<\/strong>, supplements, and other pound-shedding measures. <strong><span style=\"color: #e40559\">That suggests that losing weight is not easy<\/span> <\/strong>\u2014 yet it is entirely possible when done right.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1501\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1501\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Disclosures <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1501\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3dacf7 e-con-full e-flex elementor-repeater-item-default_padding elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e3dacf7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ang_container_spacing_size&quot;:&quot;default_padding&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7806d18 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7806d18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Disclosure<\/b>:<br>While we would welcome any scrutiny, testing, or Metabolic Health oversight from Harvard, we are not in implying or suggesting that Harvard is in any way involved with this food project, nor have we received their oversight or endorsement. <br>\nWe believe that the evidence-based R&amp;D formulation of VIVAlean Pasta has been done in a way that is consistent with best practices for dieting and nutrition, <br> \nWe leave it to our customers to make their own evidence-based conclusions.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ca3370 e-con-full e-flex elementor-repeater-item-default_padding sk-none elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8ca3370\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ang_container_spacing_size&quot;:&quot;default_padding&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1172a6 elementor-widget__width-initial external_elementor-repeater-item-none_external elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a1172a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/vivalean.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/da76ce99-1331-474b-80b1-3423961b77321-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-10851\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vivalean.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/da76ce99-1331-474b-80b1-3423961b77321-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vivalean.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/da76ce99-1331-474b-80b1-3423961b77321-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vivalean.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/da76ce99-1331-474b-80b1-3423961b77321-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vivalean.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/da76ce99-1331-474b-80b1-3423961b77321.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a0774b elementor-widget__width-initial external_elementor-repeater-item-none_external elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0a0774b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/vivalean.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FiberUP-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-10818\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b5daba e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-repeater-item-default_padding elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2b5daba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ang_container_spacing_size&quot;:&quot;default_padding&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c0ffdb e-con-full e-flex elementor-repeater-item-default_padding sk-none elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9c0ffdb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ang_container_spacing_size&quot;:&quot;default_padding&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0be4a8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f0be4a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hunger Is Hard<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbf0ff4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cbf0ff4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The use of the word \"diet\" has become so prevalent in our culture.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f95bdb8 elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f95bdb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 2em\">diet<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong> &nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><i>General:<\/i><\/strong>&nbsp; &#8211; the usual food and drink that you consume regularly<\/p><p><em style=\"letter-spacing: -0.8px\"><strong>Specific Plan:<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.8px\">&nbsp; &#8211; A plan of eating, often for health or weight loss reasons, where the type or amount of food is restricted.<\/span><span class=\"pjBG2e\" data-cid=\"2456449b-0650-4793-9102-fe4238fc9288\" style=\"letter-spacing: -0.8px\"><span class=\"UV3uM\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9200234 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9200234\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">People diet for many reasons, <br>but hunger is equally unpleasant for anyone!\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e27a771 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e27a771\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">People on Diets Feel Hunger too!<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a288d3a e-con-full e-flex elementor-repeater-item-default_padding sk-none elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a288d3a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ang_container_spacing_size&quot;:&quot;default_padding&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17c6a2a elementor-widget__width-initial external_elementor-repeater-item-none_external elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"17c6a2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"467\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/vivalean.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-6551427-e1746720958670.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2384\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vivalean.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-6551427-e1746720958670.webp 467w, https:\/\/vivalean.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-6551427-e1746720958670-300x225.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb8e8c1 elementor-widget__width-initial external_elementor-repeater-item-none_external elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bb8e8c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/vivalean.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/beautiful-sporty-woman-kitchen-with-vegetables_1157-27979-2025-01-17-00_45_32-e1746721219265-300x288.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-5623\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vivalean.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/beautiful-sporty-woman-kitchen-with-vegetables_1157-27979-2025-01-17-00_45_32-e1746721219265-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vivalean.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/beautiful-sporty-woman-kitchen-with-vegetables_1157-27979-2025-01-17-00_45_32-e1746721219265.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e88414 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-repeater-item-default_padding elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e88414\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ang_container_spacing_size&quot;:&quot;default_padding&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6a116e e-con-full e-flex elementor-repeater-item-default_padding sk-none elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e6a116e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ang_container_spacing_size&quot;:&quot;default_padding&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84746b8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84746b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Metabolic Health <br>X Nutrition  First<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9696929 elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9696929\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6><b>People on Diets Eat Less Food and <br \/>get less Nutrition than the rest of us!<br \/><\/b><\/h6><p><strong>Metabolically Healthy, Nutrition-Dense Meals are even more critical!<\/strong><\/p><h6><em><strong>We perfected VIVA<span style=\"color: #e40559\">lean<\/span> Pasta so you can have endless comforting meal options without nutritional compromise or starvation.<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecee31a elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"ecee31a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2480\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2480\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> More About Controlling Hunger <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2480\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1292f31 e-con-full e-flex elementor-repeater-item-default_padding elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1292f31\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ang_container_spacing_size&quot;:&quot;default_padding&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a453acb elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a453acb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you&#8217;ve ever been on a diet and found yourself in a food court looking for diet-compliant, low-carb meals, you know how frustrating it is that your options are limited to a green salad with no dressing. Maybe you can add a dry piece of chicken breast?<\/p><p>Then you go back to work, still hungry, and by 4pm you find yourself wolfing down High-Carb snacks from the vending machine just to quiet the growling stomach.\u00a0<\/p><p>We believe that people on diets urgently need a wide variety of appetizing Low-Glycemic Comfort Meals that <span style=\"color: #e40559\">support Metabolic Health and <strong><em>SATIETY<\/em><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p><p>These meals should be convenient, quick, and consistently and widely available wherever and whenever people are hungry and need Targeted Nutrition for whatever dietary goals they have.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-785dde8 e-con-full e-flex elementor-repeater-item-default_padding sk-none elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover e-con e-child\" data-id=\"785dde8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ang_container_spacing_size&quot;:&quot;default_padding&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45a67af elementor-widget__width-initial external_elementor-repeater-item-none_external elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45a67af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/vivalean.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pexels-photo-6551192-300x200.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-5670\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vivalean.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pexels-photo-6551192-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/vivalean.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pexels-photo-6551192-272x182.webp 272w, https:\/\/vivalean.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pexels-photo-6551192.webp 525w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c2ac90 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-repeater-item-default_padding elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9c2ac90\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ang_container_spacing_size&quot;:&quot;default_padding&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d3dab1 e-con-full e-flex elementor-repeater-item-default_padding sk-none elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5d3dab1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ang_container_spacing_size&quot;:&quot;default_padding&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ba286b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9ba286b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The KEY to Diet Success is Consistent SATIETY!\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c46857b elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c46857b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Cravings are Hard to Manage <br \/>and Cheat-Guilt Destroys Self-Esteem!<\/b><\/p><h6><em><strong>This is exactly why we researched and tested for years to perfect VIVA<span style=\"color: #e40559\">lean<\/span> Pasta,<\/strong><\/em><\/h6><h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><strong>&#8230; so everyone can eat well!<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32fe141 elementor-repeater-item-none elementor-repeater-item-none_hover elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"32fe141\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. 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