{"id":167,"date":"2025-10-24T17:18:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecircle.zone\/?page_id=167"},"modified":"2025-12-07T21:40:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T18:40:03","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thecircle.zone\/?page_id=167","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"167\" class=\"elementor elementor-167\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41be2ce5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"41be2ce5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-327a94e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"327a94e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-706bcc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"706bcc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We Believe You Are Designed to Be Healthy<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09b236b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"09b236b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfbe587 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfbe587\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chronic disease is not a life sentence. It is a metabolic signal. At The Circle, we help you decode that signal and reverse the damage.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e55a1c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e55a1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe931ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe931ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We focus on the person, not just the numbers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a362e99 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a362e99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e4daa8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e4daa8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For decades, the standard approach to chronic illness\u2014Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension, Obesity, and Mental Health struggles\u2014has been to <\/span><b>manage the decline<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patients are told to &#8220;watch what they eat&#8221; and take medication, yet they often get sicker year after year.<\/span><\/p><p><b>The Circle exists to challenge that narrative.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe that the human body has an incredible capacity to heal itself when the metabolic interference is removed. That interference is almost always <\/span><b>Insulin Resistance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our mission is simple: To provide Kenyans and the world with the education, tools, and support needed to stop managing symptoms and start addressing the root cause of chronic disease.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-513bb51 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"513bb51\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e2a52b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e2a52b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Philosophy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ab0e45 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3ab0e45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bc38907 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1bc38907\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c031458 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4c031458\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-869ebe3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"869ebe3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/thecircle.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Module-1-1024x741.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-310\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecircle.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Module-1-1024x741.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thecircle.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Module-1-600x434.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thecircle.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Module-1-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thecircle.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Module-1-768x556.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thecircle.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Module-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-551335ff e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"551335ff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd98c34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd98c34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Science-Based. Ancestrally Grounded.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09b3d52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09b3d52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We do not pedal quick fixes, magic pills, or starvation diets. Our approach is built on <\/span><b>Metabolic Physiology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Therapeutic Carbohydrate Restriction<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Current medicine often treats the body as a collection of separate organs: a cardiologist for the heart, an endocrinologist for diabetes, a psychiatrist for the mind. We treat the <\/span><b>metabolism<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that connects them all.<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>We Educate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You cannot fight an enemy you do not understand. We teach you the biochemistry of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">why<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you got sick.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>We Nourish:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We guide you back to real, nutrient-dense foods\u2014meat, eggs, vegetables, and healthy fats\u2014that humans have thrived on for millennia.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>We Support:<\/b><span> We provide the &#8220;Scaffolding&#8221; of coaching and community to help you build new habits in a modern world designed to make you sick.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-536f9e7e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"536f9e7e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37577450 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37577450\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\">Our approach doesn&#8217;t just chase symptoms. We teach you how to identify and reverse insulin resistance by using <b>food as powerful medicine<\/b>. By understanding how to control your master metabolic hormone, insulin, you gain the power to heal your body and mind from the ground up.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ce8d20 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2ce8d20\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bcbf32 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2bcbf32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30d15bf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"30d15bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dae45cd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dae45cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-643bdb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"643bdb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why The Circle?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b92ba00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b92ba00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>A Program Built for Real Life<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Kenyan at Heart, Global in Science:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We translate complex global research into practical local realities. We know where to shop in Nairobi, how to handle social gatherings, and how to eat well on a budget.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Data-Driven Compassion:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We use metrics (Glucose, Ketones, GKI) not to judge you, but to guide you. Data removes the guilt and replaces it with clarity.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>A Sanctuary for Healing:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Whether you are fighting to save your limb from diabetes, your mind from fog, or your heart from disease, The Circle is a judgment-free zone dedicated to your reversal.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29462b3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"29462b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a24d27c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a24d27c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My Commitment<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ec11dc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1ec11dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5e1f57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5e1f57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I didn&#8217;t start The Circle because I wanted to be a &#8216;guru.&#8217; I started it because I needed answers.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like many of you, I watched friends and family struggle with conditions that were supposed to be &#8220;lifestyle diseases,&#8221; yet no &#8220;lifestyle&#8221; advice seemed to help. The standard advice\u2014&#8221;eat less, move more&#8221;\u2014was failing.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I immersed myself in the science and works of leading metabolic experts like Dr. Benjamin Bikman, Dr. Georgia Ede, Dr. Jason Fung and Dr Christopher Palmer. What I discovered was a gap between <\/span><b>what science knows<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>what patients are told<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I founded The Circle to bridge that gap. Being based in Nairobi, I realized that for this to work, it had to be <\/span><b>culturally relevant<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You don&#8217;t need expensive imported &#8220;health foods&#8221; to heal. You need to understand how to eat real food\u2014our food\u2014in a way that heals your metabolism.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My role is not just to coach you; it is to walk beside you as you reclaim the health that is rightfully yours.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4318576 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4318576\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Mugo &#8211;\u00a0Founder &amp; Certified Metabolic Health Coach<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f0e424 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0f0e424\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75b58e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"75b58e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/thecircle.zone\/?page_id=415\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Join The Program<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We Believe You Are Designed to Be Healthy Chronic disease is not a life sentence. 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