Former DLA Partner Quits Law To Found Revolutionary Diet

Hannah Sutter gave up her legal career to focus on her revolutionary 'Cave Man diet' - she now works full - time for 'Go Lower' after reaping the fruits of her success. She talks to Law and More about how and why...

Can you run us through your legal background/history

I practiced law for 17 years. Before I started Go Lower I was a full equity partner in what is now DLA Piper Gray Rudnick. I specialised in corporate. Before DLA I was an equity partner in Mcgrigor Donald and left that firm when it merged with KPMG as I did not believe in the concept of a single firm combining law and accountancy.

You came up with the ‘Go Lower’ programme whilst working on a case – you must have, presumably, a background/sound knowledge of nutrition?

I had no knowledge of nutrition when I saw these merchant bankers lose weight.  Once I learnt how they lost so much weight so quickly I started to read about nutrition and spent all my free time researching nutrition and meeting specialists ( primarily biochemists ) both here and in the US who were well known specialists.

Being a lawyer it was easy for me to read long boring documents and quickly pull out the relevant points and issues. This is a great skill that legal training gives you. Another great skill that lawyers are trained to develop is the ability to see inconsistencies. We are trained to ask questions that probe assumptions which can lead to cross examination of a belief or view and then sometimes it leads to the discovery of inconsistencies. 

How easy was it for you to give up law and turn to nutrition full time? Would you say your passion lay more in the latter? What did your friends and family think?

What drove me to give up a career in law was the wish to make a difference in the world of diet and nutrition which is full of people and companies misleading people about methods of weight loss and human bio chemistry.  Once I got my head into the published science on human nutrition and began to understand the real impact of different foods on our bodies and that some of the assumed certainties of the “healthy balanced diet” were not even based on proper randomised clinical studies, I couldn’t stop myself. If any industry has ever needed a legal review it is the world of diet and nutrition. In fact a lot of the government statements on the healthy diet would simply not stand up to the rigours of court and proper cross examination.  I felt compelled to do something about the misleading information in the public domain.

My friends and family thought I was mad!

Your diet has been approved by leading experts in nutrition, how did you discover you were on to a winner?

Right from the start I decided to work with the best people I could find in nutrition and that is why so many big names have associated themselves with what we are doing at Go Lower.  Go Lower is about real food that really does offer fast weight loss and ensures a way of eating that will last for life.  This has to be the very best option available.

Post – Christmas excess is looming – the question we’ve all been waiting for. How does ‘Go Lower’ work and how is it different to, say, the Atkins Diet?

Designed to create dramatic results through rapid weight loss, Go Lower is unlike any other diet.  Delivered direct to the door the Go Lower diet offers tasty, real, nutritionally balanced natural food which actively triggers bodies into losing weight rapidly.  The diet is totally sustainable and an additional maintenance programme means weight loss isn’t just for January.

We are different to the atkins diet because we are not so extreme and we only use NATURAL ingredients.  Unlike Atkins we don’t compromise with cheap products or silly diets that forbid fruit or vegetables.

How quickly would the weight come off and how long would it take to see a noticeable difference in size? Does weight come off even if you’re not going regularly to the gym?

You should lose a stone in each month but this can vary dependant on the individual and their metabolism. 

The Go Lower Programme is based on the same principals as the Hunter Gatherer Diet or the Caveman Diet. The Go Lower diet is a diet based on protein (meat and chicken), good fats (nuts and seeds) and some specific carbohydrates (leafy vegetables and low GI fruit). This is the natural way to diet and is the same diet that we have been evolved to eat over thousands of years. In fact we have only had a diet rich in sugar and starch for a relatively short time in our history and whilst we may have accommodated these foods into our diet, our bodies are not evolved to process pasta, rice or glucose syrup unless we are carrying out a large amount of physical activity.

You create a ‘package’ for your clients – how easy is the Go Lower programme to follow and what extras do you include in the service?

Convenience is of great importance to dieters, which is why, with Go Lower, all the weighing and measuring has been done for them – no calorie counting required.    A daily diet of three tasty meals and delicious snacks is delivered weekly or monthly to the dieter.  Guidelines on what food to enjoy when eating out add to an already stress-free way to losing weight.

Each meal is ready to eat in minutes; there is cereal to start the day, a variety of filling home-made style soups such as Pea and Ham and Mushroom soup for lunch, and a choice of hot, tasty, meals to enjoy in the evening - from Chicken and Mushroom Fricassee to everybody’s favorite, Chicken Curry. 

Dieters with busy lifestyles or a sweet tooth needn’t worry each delivery comes complete with delicious Go Lower Nut bars for those eating on the hoof and a selection of Go Lower Chocolate Crème Bars.

Its very easy to follow and when you have achieved your weight goal, Go Lowers offers a maintenance and support package to help people sustain the inch loss.

Any advice for persons wishing to lose weight?

Go Lower is the best way to lose weight whether you have just a stone to lose or more.

At Go Lower we believe that if you are overweight you do not have an addiction, and we believe you shouldn’t have to starve yourself thin. We believe in three proper meals a day and that you have a natural and healthy approach to eating and dieting.

The Go Lower nutritionally balanced meals work because they help you lose weight fast and for life. The programme is:

• Protein rich - protein makes you feel full and is crammed with essential nutrients to help build strong healthy bodies. It stimulates your body to create and expel energy; in turn helping you burn more calories even when you seem to be doing nothing!
• Low in sugar and starch - this means your body needs to use its fat as energy - a state called Ketosis.
• Real food that tastes great.
• Rich in vitamins, minerals and fibre.
• Low GI and low GL - your blood sugar levels remain constant, avoiding the fat gain caused by insulin release. This is excellent for managing diabetes.
• Calorie controlled - you are limiting your daily intake of calories to between 1,200 to 1,500 a day, which is enough to help you lose weight but not enough to slow your metabolism down.

For those requiring additional information, help or advice trained diet advisors or on-hand to help by phone or email.  Dieters are also encouraged to share their experiences through the lively Go Lower online forums. 

For more information on Hannah's findings visit : www.golower.co.uk