Giridhar Karnam, Grindel Consulting
Well, we live in the world of convenience! This is the result of faster life, tighter schedules and demanding life style. The word 'convenience' has taken over in the food we eat as well. This convenience for people who want to lose weight is in the form of meal replacement powders.
First things first, a meal replacement formula is different from protein shakes. While protein shakes predominantly meets the demand of people who need more proteins. While meal replacement formulae do much more. It usually has protein, fibre (example: Glucomannan), carbs (Example: Fructooligosaccharides), vitamins and minerals. The idea of meal replacement is to provide you more protein less carbs and essential vitamins and minerals which you normally get by eating healthy food.
Major advantages of meal replacement powders are:
1. They help reduce weight in obese people and there are evidences to support this for various formula (though results may vary in different category of people). The results are proven to be better when combined with regular exercise.
2. They offer convenience to people who hardly get time to cook/prepare specific diets on a daily basis.
3. They are portable and help you resist the temptation of indulging in junk food
4. Usually, fibres such as Glucomannan in meal replacement powders help in influencing the appetite triangle : Mechanical (room space in the stomach), hormonal (controlling appetite hormones), and food movement time (slowing down the absorption of food)
5. Meal replacements are convenient way as there are ready to go drinks and powders to be mixed with water.
To top it all, they come in delicious flavours to break the taste monotony, as you will be using it every day for a stipulated time.
www.metalitepro.com offers a high protein low carbs meal replacement powder that is proven to have safety and efficacy data.
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