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WALKING THE WALK Brown’s weight had soared to nearly 340 pounds. He was talking the talk but wasn’t walking the walk. “For a period of time I stopped being concerned about myself, and I had a lot of excuses,” he said. “I had to get honest with myself. And the minute I did that, everything began to change.” Dissatisfied with the efficacy of supplements on the market, he teamed up with biochemists and nutritionists who helped him create a line of all-natural, effective products. Brown began doing research on the adiponectin hormone secreted from adipose tissue and found in a pregnant woman’s placenta. “I became intrigued and wondered why I couldn’t use that along with natural nutrients,” Brown said. Flirting with his 40s, Brown says he was beginning to adopt the adage that as one ages, they should work smarter, not harder. In 2009, he approached a manufacturer on the East Coast. “Before they would even entertain the offer of working together, my wife and I had to put up our entire savings,” he said incredulously. But Brown had an instant fan in the manufacturer’s wife, who had lost nearly 90 pounds using his as-yet unnamed products. Three years ago, Brown used himself and 3,700 study participants as guinea pigs. The results were staggering. Brown dropped 153 pounds in nine months. Last year, he said, a group of gym members who agreed to use his product lost a collective 11,000 pounds.
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