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Clinical Dietician and Consultant, GlaxoSmithKline
Lena Beal was an athletic and active girl. She danced and played
softball; that is, when she wasn’t swimming or playing flag football.
The busy Beal regarded an active lifestyle as vitally necessary as
breathing, and she carried her health-concious regimen into adulthood.
“Lucky for me [that] lifestyle went right along with my profession. It
was a natural marriage,” explains the clinical dietician and consultant
for GlaxoSmithKline. Today she’s using her fitness interests to help
battle obesity by publicly promoting the only FDA approved weight loss
pill, Alli.
“I always say that doctors can medicate patients all they want and do
all the surgeries they want, but if you’re not putting the proper
nourishment into your body, you’re not going to see good results over
the long term,” says Beal. “[The program] Discover Alli is about the
long term.”
A lasting commitment to weight loss is challenging, to say the least,
however, the load can be lightened through the implementation of Alli’s
healthy living guide.
“You can’t really control how much you’re being served when you’re in a
restaurant. Part of what Discover Alli does is show you what a mega
portion looks like and tell[s] you why that’s unhealthy,” explains
Beal. “Then, they show you what a healthy portion looks like. I help
bring that information to life.”
The health expert strongly encourages people to correct unhealthy
eating habits immediately. “We’re carrying that message of healthy
living into the community,” says Beal. “We have to do something about
obesity. That’s something that’s been rehashed and commercialized [too
long].” – adam jones
For more information, visit www.myalli.com.
