Speaking of substitute meals, many people’s first reaction is: lose weight.
On one occasion, I took the subway and met two girls in a row who said they were starting a “nutrition business” and asked everyone to scan the code and add WeChat. In fact, they were selling a brand of weight loss milkshake through their circle of friends.
I am a nutritious food, but I have not eaten a substitute milkshake? Life is incomplete! Buy decisively!
Record of Milkshake Replacement
Step 1: Inquire
Me: I don’t lose weight, but sometimes I am busy at work and want to use milkshakes instead of eating, OK?
Sell: No problem.
Me: How much is appropriate for a meal?
Sell: If you don’t lose weight, just shake 300 milliliters of cold white boiled water and 3 flat spoons of milkshake.
Me: Do you have any precautions?
Selling: You can’t use hot water to flush, you may fart at first… Oh, by the way, if you feel hungry after drinking, you can drink another one.
Me:… OK, order a bucket for me.
Step 2: Wait
While waiting for the arrival of the goods, I did some homework in advance:
- The brand’s official website does not have products under the name of “Milkshake Substitute”; The substitute milkshakes sold on a treasure are actually called [protein nutrition powder] and the like. [Protein Nutrition Powder] is actually [Soybean Protein Powder] added with fructose, dietary fiber, various vitamins and minerals, and various flavors and spices.
It turns out that [milkshake] has no [milk] what at all… what should I do if I want to return it before it arrives?
Forget it, wait a minute, the somebody else is internal direct purchase, maybe different.
Step 3: Unpacking
Two days later, I finally arrived at the express delivery brother… it was really the protein nutrition powder that cheated my father! It cost 100 yuan more than online purchasing, my grandfather Mao!
Forget it, that is, buy it and drink it. Isn’t it just protein powder with taste?
Step 4: After Sales
Me: I received the milkshake. It was not bad. A friend also wanted to try it.
Sell: Is she also a flat-time meal?
Me: My friend is a little fat and wants to lose weight.
Selling: To lose weight, we also need to match other products, such as protein powder.
Me: She just wants to try first, whether she is hungry or not.
Selling: Let her eat 25g first, mainly to try whether she likes the taste or not. Don’t worry about whether we will be hungry or not. We will adjust it according to our personal eating habits, and we will match it with protein powder to improve satiety.
Me: OK…
If you want to lose weight, can you lose weight by drinking milkshakes instead of meals?
After carefully observing the introduction of product packaging, it is not difficult to see that:
1. Energy is very low, can really starve thin
According to the precautions [this product should not exceed 250g per day], even if 250g is eaten 10 times a day, the energy is 3870 kilojoules, which translates to 925 kilocalories.
What concept? Even the basic metabolic demand of the human body cannot reach the energy level. Only ordinary light physical activity women need half of the energy a day and only men need 40% of the energy.
Drink less than this? If you persist for a long time, you can really starve and lose weight.
Even according to the [amount and method of consumption] on the package:
Mix 25g (about 2 tablespoons) of cookie protein nutritional powder with 240 ml of milk, soybean milk, water or other beverages and enjoy.
Even if 3 flat spoons (about 40g) are added to soya-bean milk or milk brewing, the amount of energy and calcium is added, but one meal replacement is less than 300 kilocalories.
2. Vulnerability to malnutrition
In real life, there are indeed many people who have lost a lot of weight.
However, problems of fatigue, weakness, dizziness, malnutrition and ketosis may occur at any time. Women who are afraid of amenorrhea caused by dieting and losing weight may also not come to [big aunt].
However, clinical nutrition requires that this [low energy, low carbon, water and high protein] diet must be guided and accompanied by professionals to avoid risks.
Another point is that the salespeople ask people who lose weight to increase the supplement of protein powder, obviously just to sell more products. With such a high protein intake throughout the day, it is inevitable to put a lot of smelly farts.
3. Easy to bounce back
However, as long as you communicate with others about your milkshake weight loss experience, you will know that it is the same: the effect is obvious at first, and then it is very slow. If you stop eating, you will rebound, and the rebound is still quite large.
Like all methods of dieting to lose weight: losing weight quickly and ensuring no rebound are bullshit.
Can I have a milkshake part of the meal?
In fact, the words “weight loss” and “meal replacement” have never appeared in the product packaging and slogan. These are all sales advertisements. The product cleverly only says [supplement nutrition to achieve daily dietary balance].
Objectively speaking, meal replacement powder actually has its advantages:
1. Protein and dietary fiber bring satiety,
Many friends with serious obesity problems eat a large amount of food and are prone to hunger. It is really difficult to shut up at first. Then, under the transitional adjustment of using milkshake instead of meal, you can still try to feel full and hungry.
2. Consciously control diet and lose weight with [ritual feeling]
After all, it cost a lot of money, and it will take [weight loss] seriously as a major event. Every meal brings a little ritual feeling. No snacks, no dinner, no food taken late at night.
3. That maneuverability is strong, and the heat is simply and roughly control
It is indeed much simpler and rougher to control dietary energy by drinking milkshakes than to learn to eat a balanced diet and master food nutrition information. The simpler it is, the easier it is to stick to it.
If obesity is very serious, people who want to lose weight but cannot learn how to live a healthy life can control their appetite by using milkshakes at the beginning.
4. Use it as a nutritional supplement during emergency or before and after fitness.
If you are often too busy to eat, you can drink a milkshake powder, which is actually a good food reserve. Some office workers can occasionally consider using milk to flush one or two milkshakes instead of a meal in a day: using 480 milliliters of milk to flush 50 grams of powder, which is only more than 400 kilocalories, and the brain supplement feels quite supportive.
For fitness people who exercise a lot of daily exercise, they can also drink it before and after training. After all, it is nutritious protein powder, which stores glycogen or helps muscle repair.
On Replacing Meals to Lose Weight
Some hospital nutrition departments will use products called [specific total nutrition formula food] for obesity (such as BMI > 30) and fat reduction surgery patients.
This kind of full-nutrition formula food can be used as a single source of nutrition to meet the nutritional needs of specific target groups. In other words, there is no need to eat other foods, eating it can ensure basic health, that is, [substitute meal].
However, there are relatively strict standards (GB 29922-2013) and requirements for such products for special medical purposes:
- According to the product instructions, the daily intake of energy is 600-1200 kilocalories; Nutrients have relatively strict standard amount regulations. There are different varieties of substitute meals in hospitals, such as balanced and low-carbon water, which need to be eaten under the guidance of doctors or clinical nutritionists.
In particular, the [low energy, low carbohydrate and high protein] type of substitute meal, during the continuous eating period, the human body has a large amount of fat decomposition, which may cause ketoacidosis in the body and have certain life risks. Therefore, professional medical personnel must guide and supervise it.
At present, there is no final conclusion on the weight loss effect of substitute food and ordinary diet with limited calories. Hospitals use more common diets with balanced nutrition and less full-nutrition formula foods.
The difference between that generation of milkshakes and full-nutrition formula is what?
If we compare the nutritional ingredients of this protein powder with the requirements of full nutrition formula food, we can find that the contents of vitamin A, vitamin D, potassium, copper, magnesium and iodine are not enough.
In short, this nutritious protein powder cannot achieve [full nutrition]. As the sales girl said, they will recommend other products, other nutritional supplements and protein powder.
As for this meal substitute powder, there is an advertisement copy that is simply powerful: eating to preserve one’s health and losing weight on behalf of one’s meal. I feel that relying on these 8 words, coupled with countless comparison photos before and after losing weight, can make many friends who lose weight excited.
Then ask yourself: Am I seriously obese? Am I willing to accept a serious rebound? What about health risks?
On the basis of scientific diet, you can eat occasionally and exercise for a long time.