Metabolism + Weight Management

Weight loss is only part of the goal.

Healthy weight management is not only about losing weight. It is about losing excess fat while protecting the systems that keep you strong, well fed and functional for decades.

Muscle Energy Nutrition Metabolic health Strength Long term function

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A strong, healthy woman mid movement in a bright training studio — 01 Food and eating pattern 02 Digestion and satiety signals 03 Blood glucose and nutrient delivery 04 Muscle: where nutrients get used 05 Cells and mitochondria 06 Energy, activity and body composition

Metabolism is a system. Weight is one output of that system.

Formulated with a scientific advisory board Third party tested for purity Published research on the Core formula Vegan, non GMO, no added sugar in Core

Featured in press and specialty retail Transparent labels Evidence graded on every claim

Start where you actually are

A lower number is not automatically a better outcome.

Two people can lose the same amount of weight and end up in completely different places. What you lose, and what you protect while losing it, is the part that matters. Pick the starting point that sounds like your week.

I want to lose fat without losing muscle

Protein intake, resistance training and overall nutrition quality decide how much of the weight you lose comes from fat instead of lean tissue.

Bar for protein and nutrition quality, Core for whole body support

I feel hungry all the time

Satiety is driven by protein, fiber, meal structure and sleep. Food composition changes how full a given number of calories feels.

Bar for protein and fiber, Vital for gut and fiber support

My energy crashes in the afternoon

Energy availability is shaped by what you eat, how well nutrients are delivered and how efficiently cells produce energy.

Boost for cellular metabolism, Core for daily foundation

My digestion feels off

Gut function, fiber intake and the microbiome influence appetite signals and how comfortable a nutrition plan feels day to day.

Vital for gut and metabolic support

I am trying to maintain my weight

Maintenance is its own biological phase. Appetite, energy expenditure and lean mass all shift after weight loss.

Bar and Core for consistency, Vital for gut routine

I want long term metabolic health

Weight is one output. Cardiovascular health, muscle, sleep, stress resilience and cellular energy production matter for the long run.

Core as the foundation, Boost for cellular metabolism

The core idea

Lose fat. Preserve the machinery.

Weight on a scale is a single number that hides two very different things: fat mass and lean mass. Muscle is metabolically active tissue that uses glucose, carries you through daily life and protects long term function.

Protein intake shapes how much lean tissue you keep
Resistance training gives muscle a reason to stay
Fiber and gut health make a plan livable
Nutrient adequacy keeps energy and mood workable

Meta analysis Nutrition evidence

Nutrition evidence: Higher protein intake during energy restriction is consistently associated with retaining more lean mass compared with lower protein intake at the same calorie level. This is nutrition science about protein, not a claim about any NOVOS product.
Resistance training: Combining resistance training with adequate protein is the best supported strategy for shifting the composition of weight lost toward fat rather than lean tissue.
Limitation: Individual response varies with age, training history, sleep, total intake and adherence. Nothing here predicts an individual result.

Composition of weight lost, illustrative

Fat

Lean

This diagram is a teaching illustration of a well described nutrition principle, not measured data and not a NOVOS product result. It is here to show direction, not numbers.

Interactive systems map

Six systems sit between your plate and your body composition.

Select a system to see what it does, why it matters for weight management, and how each NOVOS product relates to it.

Appetite and satiety

How full you feel is not only about how much you eat. Protein and fiber slow eating, add volume and change the signals your gut sends after a meal.

Why it matters. When a plan feels punishing, it usually fails. Food composition is the most practical lever most people have.

NOVOS Core

Supporting

NOVOS Vital

Supporting

NOVOS Boost

Indirect

NOVOS Bar

Direct

Roles are qualitative descriptions of what each product is designed for. They are not scores or rankings.

The four product system

Different products. Different metabolic jobs.

NOVOS is not four versions of the same idea. Each product does a specific job, and only one of them is food.

Whole body foundation

NOVOS Core

Core is not a weight loss supplement. It is the daily foundation built for whole body health while you work on body composition.

Supports cardiovascular, energy, muscle, sleep and stress resilience pathways
Built around healthy aging biology rather than fat loss
The finished formula human research concerns cardiovascular aging, not weight loss

Read the Core chapter

Chapter 01 · NOVOS Core

Protect the whole body while you change your body.

Core is the daily foundation. It is built for whole body health: cardiovascular function, energy, muscle, sleep, stress resilience and healthy aging pathways. It is deliberately not positioned as a weight loss supplement.

During weight management, the surrounding systems are the ones most often neglected. Sleep gets shorter, stress goes up, nutrient intake narrows and cardiovascular health drops off the priority list. Core exists for that layer.

Finished product trial Limitation: Not a weight loss claim

Finished formula research: The human research on the finished Core formula concerns cardiovascular aging measures. That trial did not test weight loss, fat loss or glucose control, and we do not present it as weight management evidence.
Ingredient research: Individual Core ingredients have their own literature spanning cellular stress response, mitochondrial function and healthy aging pathways. Ingredient research is not the same as finished product evidence.
Limitation: Core is not intended to cause weight loss, burn fat or treat obesity, and we make no such claim.

A few ingredients from the Core formula

Calcium alpha ketoglutarate

A metabolite involved in cellular energy pathways and studied in healthy aging research.

Magnesium malate

Magnesium participates in hundreds of enzymatic reactions, including energy metabolism.

Ginger extract

Contains gingerol, studied for effects on cellular stress responses.

Rhodiola extract

Provides salidroside, associated in research with stress resilience pathways.

Chapter 02 · NOVOS Vital

The gut is part of your metabolic story.

Vital centers on inulin, a fermentable prebiotic fiber, and apple cider vinegar, which supplies acetic acid. Rutin plays a secondary supporting role.

Fermentable fiber feeds gut bacteria, which produce short chain fatty acids. Gut function influences digestion comfort, fullness signals after meals and metabolic pathways that sit alongside body composition.

Human ingredient research Emerging evidence Limitation: Retracted study excluded

Inulin and fiber: Fermentable fibers such as inulin are studied for their effects on gut bacteria and short chain fatty acid production. Higher fiber eating patterns are broadly associated with better dietary quality and greater fullness per calorie.
Apple cider vinegar: Acetic acid has been examined in small metabolic studies. Results are mixed and the overall evidence base is limited rather than conclusive.
Transparency about a widely shared study: A 2024 trial reporting unusually large weight loss with apple cider vinegar was formally retracted in 2025. We do not cite it and we do not use its numbers. Anyone who saw those figures circulating should know they no longer stand.
Limitation: Vital is not intended to prevent glucose spikes, cause weight loss or treat any metabolic condition.

Three of the seven actives in the Vital formula

Vital contains seven active ingredients. The three below are the ones most relevant to the gut and metabolic story on this page, so they are the ones we show here.

Inulin from chicory root

A fermentable prebiotic fiber that gut bacteria use as fuel.

Acetic acid from apple cider vinegar

The active organic acid in vinegar, studied in metabolic contexts.

Rutin

A supporting flavonoid found in foods such as buckwheat and citrus.

Chapter 03 · NOVOS Boost

Underneath metabolism, there is cellular metabolism.

Boost delivers NMN, a precursor to NAD+. NAD+ is a coenzyme central to how cells convert nutrients into usable energy, and it sits inside nutrient sensing pathways that respond to how you eat and move.

Research on NMN spans cellular metabolism, skeletal muscle biology and insulin sensitivity. This is the layer beneath body composition rather than a lever on the scale.

Human ingredient research Preclinical research Limitation: Not a weight loss ingredient

Human ingredient research: Human NMN work includes insulin sensitivity research in specific populations. That was an ingredient study, not a finished NOVOS Boost trial, and it should not be read as a metabolism trial of Boost.
Muscle and nutrient sensing: NAD+ biology intersects with skeletal muscle function and nutrient sensing pathways, much of which comes from preclinical models.
Limitation: NMN is not established as a weight loss ingredient, and Boost is not intended to cause fat loss.

Nutrients in

Food is broken down and delivered to tissues through the bloodstream.

Into the cell

Insulin sensitivity influences how readily muscle cells take up glucose.

NAD+ dependent steps

NAD+ acts as a coenzyme in the reactions that release energy from nutrients.

Mitochondria

Mitochondria produce the energy currency cells use to do work.

Usable energy

Energy for movement, recovery and everyday function.

Illustration of glucose moving from a blood vessel into a muscle cell — Nutrient delivery into cells

Illustration of skeletal muscle fibers — Muscle: where much of that energy gets used

Chapter 04 · NOVOS Bar

Weight management is a nutrition problem first.

Weight management happens through food. Bar is portion controlled nutrition built around complete protein, fiber, whole food fats and micronutrient adequacy, with low sugar and functional ingredients.

Think of Bar as a muscle preserving nutritional foundation: a convenient way to get protein and fiber into a day that would otherwise drift toward low nutrient snacking. That is a nutrition role, not a drug effect.

Complete protein with a full amino acid profile
Fiber for volume, texture and slower eating
Whole food fats from nuts, seeds and olive oil
Micronutrients from fruit and vegetable sources
Low sugar, no ultra processed filler
Portion controlled by design

Nutrition evidence Limitation: No appetite or muscle claim

Protein and lean mass: Nutrition research links adequate protein intake during energy restriction with retaining more lean mass. Bar is a convenient source of complete protein within that pattern.
Fiber and fullness: Higher fiber foods generally increase fullness per calorie and slow eating rate. This is food science about fiber rather than a clinical effect of Bar.
Micronutrient adequacy: Restricting intake often narrows the variety of foods eaten, which is where micronutrient gaps appear. Nutrient dense options help close that gap.
Limitation: We do not claim Bar clinically suppresses appetite, preserves muscle on its own, prevents glucose spikes or causes weight loss.

Close up of the NOVOS Bar unwrapped, showing its dense extruded texture with chocolate pieces

What is inside, and why it belongs in a weight management plan

Complete protein

Supplies the amino acids that a muscle preserving nutritional foundation depends on.

Fiber

Adds volume and slows eating, which changes how satisfying a portion feels.

Organic olive oil

Whole food fat associated with better overall dietary patterns.

Nut and seed butters

Fat, protein and texture from recognizable whole foods.

Fruit and vegetable sources

Micronutrients and polyphenols that support nutritional adequacy.

Functional mushrooms

Functional ingredients included for their traditional and emerging research interest.

Two different biological phases

Losing weight and keeping it off are not the same project.

After weight loss, appetite signaling and energy expenditure shift and the body works to defend its previous weight. Switch phases to see what changes.

Active fat loss

Intake is lower, so quality has to be higher.

Protein becomes the priority nutrient, not an afterthought
Micronutrient gaps appear as food variety narrows
Resistance training gives muscle a reason to stay
Hunger is real, and food composition is the practical lever

Maintenance

The biology pushes back, so consistency wins.

Appetite signaling and energy expenditure shift after loss
Lean mass built or kept now pays off over years
Sleep and stress matter as much as any single meal
Routines you can repeat beat plans you can only sprint

A man and a woman in workout clothes standing together outdoors after a walk — Both phases are lived by real people over years, not weeks.

We do not claim any NOVOS product prevents weight regain. The point of this section is that maintenance deserves its own plan rather than being treated as the absence of a diet.

Compare

Which product does what, in plain language.

These are qualitative roles, not scores. Direct means the product is designed for that job. Supporting means it contributes. Indirect means it sits further upstream. No Role means there is no meaningful connection to that job.

Qualitative product roles by system
	Core	Vital	Boost	Bar
Satiety and appetite	Supporting	Supporting	Indirect	Direct
Protein and muscle nutrition	Supporting	Indirect	Supporting	Direct
Gut and fiber	Supporting	Direct	No Role	Supporting
Cellular metabolism and NAD+	Supporting	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Nutrient density and micronutrients	Direct	Supporting	Indirect	Direct
Whole body health and healthy aging	Direct	Supporting	Supporting	Supporting
Daily convenience and consistency	Direct	Supporting	Supporting	Direct
See the full product page	Core →	Vital →	Boost →	Bar →

Or just pick your goal

Bar first, Core alongside

Lose fat, keep muscle

Prioritize protein and nutrition quality, keep resistance training, and use Core as the whole body foundation so the rest of your health is supported.

NOVOS Bar

NOVOS Core

Where to start

Most people start with one product, not four.

Weight management nutrition

NOVOS Bar

Complete protein to support a muscle preserving nutritional foundation

See Bar

Gut and metabolic support

NOVOS Vital

Inulin is a fermentable prebiotic fiber that feeds gut bacteria

See Vital

NAD+ and cellular metabolism