Two questions come up almost every week right now. What are those fat-burning shots I keep hearing about, and is the five-day fasting box actually worth it. The shots are MIC injections. The box is Prolon. We use both, for different reasons, and they work best once you understand what each one is really doing.
What's in a MIC injection
MIC stands for methionine, inositol, and choline. We almost always add B12, and often a wider blend of B vitamins. Each one has a job.
Methionine is an amino acid that helps your liver process and move fat. Inositol supports how your cells respond to insulin and helps shuttle fat out of the liver. Choline is required to package and transport fat so it doesn't get stuck. Together these three are called lipotropics, which just means they help the body use fat instead of storing it. B12 gets added because it drives energy production, and most of the people we test are running low.
Here's what a MIC shot is not. It's not a weight loss drug. It won't melt fat while you sit on the couch. What it does is hand your liver and your cells the raw materials to do their job well, especially when you're eating clean, moving, and actually asking your body to burn fat.
We like MIC for a specific type of patient. Someone who has cleaned up the diet, is exercising, and is still stuck. Often there's a sluggish liver, low B12, an MTHFR mutation slowing methylation, or years of stress running the show. In that setting the injection can be the nudge that gets things moving again. Several of us get them ourselves, and we feel the difference in energy and mental clarity within a day.
The Prolon fast, and why fasting mimicking matters
Prolon is a five-day fasting-mimicking diet developed by Dr. Valter Longo at USC. You eat real food the whole time. Small soups, nuts, olives, teas, and a few bars, all portioned into daily boxes. The macronutrients are engineered so your body doesn't register that it's being fed, so it slips into the same repair state as a water fast without you white-knuckling five days of hunger.
Why would you want that state? When the body senses fasting, it stops building and starts cleaning. This is autophagy, the process where cells break down and recycle their own damaged parts. Worn-out components get cleared, and stem cells get the signal to regenerate. Longo's research showed measurable drops in fasting glucose, inflammatory markers, and a blood marker tied to biological aging after repeated cycles.
We don't hand Prolon to everyone. It's a reset, not a lifestyle. We reach for it a few times a year, and we recommend it for patients who want a structured metabolic reset without trying to plan and measure a true fast on their own. It's also a gentle on-ramp for people who are curious about fasting but have never done it.
How we use the two together
They solve different problems. MIC gives the liver and cells what they need to metabolize fat day to day. Prolon flips the whole body into repair and clean-up mode for a short, deliberate window. For a patient stuck in a metabolic rut, we'll often run a Prolon cycle to reset the system, then use MIC injections and diet to keep the momentum going.
Neither one replaces the boring fundamentals. Sleep, protein, strength, stress. Get those wrong and no shot or fasting box will save you. But used at the right moment, in the right person, both are genuinely useful tools.
If you're not sure whether either fits you, that's the conversation to have before you buy anything. Your biochemistry is specific, and your plan should be too.
~ The Remedy Team