Effects of the Ready 4 Rapid Results H.E.A.L.T.H.Y. H.A.B.I.T.S. 13-week program, either alone or in combination with Braintap Brainwave Entrainment (BWE), on Weight Loss; Quality of Sleep, Mood, Anxiety, and Stress.
Kim White1, Cidral-Filho, F.J.2; Porter, P.1
1. Postgraduate Program in Integrative Medicine. Quantum University. Honolulu, HI, USA.
2. Laboratory of Experimental Neurosciences (LaNEX), University of Southern Santa Catarina, SC, Brazil.
Objective
To evaluate the effects of the Ready 4 Rapid Results H.E.A.L.T.H.Y. H.A.B.I.T.S. 13-week program, either alone or in combination with Braintap Brainwave Entrainment (BWE), on Weight Loss; Quality of Sleep, Mood, Anxiety & Stress.
Background
The Ready 4 Rapid Results H.E.A.L.T.H.Y. H.A.B.I.T.S. 13-week program includes guidance for eating, moving, and thinking differently to reduce body weight and lead a healthier lifestyle. This guidance is based upon over 20 years of practice, research, and implementation of a healthy system.
Methods
Participants were screened and asked to sign this Consent Form. Participants then took the baseline evaluations: weight measurements as well as questionnaires (Pittsburgh Quality of Sleep Index – PQSI, Perceived Stress Scale – PSS, Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 – GAD7, Profile of Mood States – POMS), and were randomly assigned to the intervention groups (GROUP HH or HH+BWE) with a computer-based random number generator (www.randomizer.org). Group HH participants underwent the Ready4Rapid program for 13 weeks, Group HH+BWE did so I combination with daily BWE sessions with the Braintap APP. All participants were re-evaluated after 3 and 6 weeks, i.e., midway and at the end of the intervention. Participants participated in the Ready 4 Rapid Results program by watching weekly videos, completing exercises and paperwork. They had weekly 1-hour meetings and a 15-minute Coaching Call or Zoom. BWE Group underwent daily 20-minute Brainwave Entrainment sessions.
Results
17 participants were initially enrolled, but only 9 completed the program and all 3 evaluations, 4 in HH group and 5 in HH+BWE group. Both groups presented weight reduction (from 3.4 To 5.6 pounds at the end of the experiment) with no statistically significant differences between groups (Figure 1). Although Quality of Sleep was not affected, both groups presented positively better scores in the POMS, PSS and GAD-7 questionnaires in comparison to baseline, although statistically significant results were only present in the POMS and the GAD-7 questionnaire and only for the HH+BWE group (Figure 2). Lastly, both interventions positively influenced Mood, with statistically significant results in comparison to baseline in the Tension and POMS negatives subscales, as well as on the overall score in the BWE group (Figure 3).
Conclusion
The Ready 4 Rapid Results H.E.A.L.T.H.Y. H.A.B.I.T.S. 13-week program did not influence quality of sleep, but positively affected Weight Loss, Mood, Anxiety, Stress. As
statistically significant results in comparison to the baseline evaluations were only obtained in the HH+BWE group, data suggests that Braintap Brainwave Entrainment potentiated the effects of the interventions. Taken together, these data suggest that Braintap Brainwave Entrainment is an effective adjuvant therapy for weight loss and mood management programs.
Figures
Figure 1 – Effects of the Ready 4 Rapid Results H.E.A.L.T.H.Y. H.A.B.I.T.S. 13-week program, either alone (HH) or in combination with Braintap Brainwave Entrainment (HH+BWE), on Weight Reduction. NS = Not statistically significant (Unpaired T-Test with a 95% confidence interval – Graphpad Prism software, USA).
Figure 2 – Effects of the Ready 4 Rapid Results H.E.A.L.T.H.Y. H.A.B.I.T.S. 13-week program, either alone (HH) or in combination with Braintap Brainwave Entrainment (HH+BWE), on Quality of Sleep (PQSI), Mood (POMS), Anxiety (GAS-7) & Stress (PSS). NS = Not statistically significant, **p<0.01 (Two-way ANOVA repeated measures followed by Bonferroni Post-hoc Test – Graphpad Prism software, USA).
Figure 3 – Effects of the Ready 4 Rapid Results H.E.A.L.T.H.Y. H.A.B.I.T.S. 13-week program, either alone (HH) or in combination with Braintap Brainwave Entrainment (HH+BWE), on Mood (POMS subscales). NS = Not statistically significant, *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001 (Two-way ANOVA repeated measures followed by Bonferroni Post-hoc Test – Graphpad Prism software, USA).
Study #10 – Study conducted with Julia Arndt (the Peak Performance Method creator). Conducted Online in 2020.
