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The Most Valuable Supplement On The Market
We know that the key to permanent and effective weight loss is
to speed up our body's metabolism. Metabolism simply means the
speed in which our body utilizes and burns through food.
A fast metabolism means that your body processes and utilizes
the nutrients which it needs and then eliminates those it
doesn't.
There are primarily two ways to naturally speed up your body's
metabolism.
The first is through resistance training, lifting weights. Lean
muscle tissue is a very metabolically active tissue, it requires
a lot of energy to maintain. The body gets this energy from
burning calories. So the more lean muscle you have, the faster
your metabolism becomes and the more calories that you will burn
at rest.
The second way to effectively speed up your body's metabolism is
by eating small, well-balanced, nutritious meals or snacks every
three to four hours. This alone can drastically improve the
efficiency of your body's metabolism.
Now, for those of us with busy, often hectic lives, eating every
three to four hours can be challenging, if not impossible.
What are the chances of eating something healthy and nutritious
every two to three hours? Unless you have a lot of time to
prepare and package meals or hire yor own personal chef to cook
for you, this can be a daunting task.
Well, now there is a solution: Meal replacements.
Meal replacements are probably the most valuable and underrated
supplement on the market. People are always looking for the
magic solution to weight-loss by buying some drink or pill that
promises miraculous results.
We gain weight and body fat by having poor eating habits, so the
only way to undo the damage is to reverse the cycle by
developing good eating habits. Meal replacements make this
possible.
Meal replacements are pre-packaged powdered drink mixes that you
mix with water, milk, or juice and then drink in the place of a
meal. They are convenient, inexpensive, and most taste pretty
good.
For optimum fat-burning and muscle-building results, we need to
consume a high-protein, moderate-carb, low-fat meal about every
three to four hours. This is approximately five to six meals per
day.
So, replace two or three of your whole food meals with meal
replacements and you will drastically start cutting out unneeded
calories, calories that can add up and, if not burned off, be
stored as body fat.
Meal replacements provide a perfect, compact meal in a packet
that is high in protein, low in fat (some have no fat) are low
in carbohydrates, and contain a wide array of vitamins and
minerals. They are low in sugar and cholesterol. They are very
nutrient dense and can be mixed easily and conveniently.
In order to get the same benefits from whole food as some of the
high quality meal replacements, you would have to
put together a
large meal like a chicken breast (protein) a potato for some
carbs, and a salad for the vitamins.
You would have to intricately construct the unique amino acids
profile for a huge variety of intact foods and you would have to
combine enough different nutrient dense foods to yield a
complete 100% recommended daily allowance of all vitamins or
minerals and antioxidants.
At the same time doing this while keeping unwanted fat and
sugars to a bare minimum. Now imagine doing this five to six
times a day.
Why bother when you can just rip open a meal replacement packet
and toss it into a cup with some water or skim milk. Presto!
Instant nutrition.
One of the meal replacements I have tried and really liked is
Nature's Best Perfect Rx. This shake comes in chocolate and
vanilla and mixes up smooth and rich. It costs only about $2.00
a shake. It's hard to find something that nutritious and low in
calories for fewer than 2 bucks.
I also like AST Sports Science Ny-Tro Pro-40, which is delicious
in the Strawberry flavor. Met-Rx is the granddaddy of all meal
replacements. It's been around for 10 years.
If something did not have any value to a consumer, it would not
be around for 10 year. Met-Rx and AST Ny-Tro Pro-40 are a bit
more expensive than Natures' Best Perfect Rx. They are about
$3.00 per packet.
Choose a meal replacement that is high in protein, with about
30-40 grams. Carb sources should be from maltodextrin, a corn
derivative that provides a slow energy release.
Carbs should be around 20-22 grams, but no more than 3 grams of
those from sugar. Fat should be no more than 3-4 grams. Pick one
that mixes up rather thick. The "mouth feel" helps with the
satiety feeling. If you are left full by these meal
replacements, you will not have the urge to eat again for at
least 3 hours.
Check the ingredients. Stick with meals replacements that use a
combination of whey, milk, and egg proteins as the first
ingredient. Most meal replacements, if taken with water, offer
at least 40 grams of protein with minimal fat. Most are under
300 calories, chock full of vitamins and minerals, and taste
rather pleasant.
Many people I have spoken to over the years attribute meal
replacements being on of the biggest reasons why they we able to
lose weight. They are able to get vitamin-rich, high-protein,
moderate carb meal for less than 300 calories.
All of this for about 2 dollars. You cannot even buy a Happy
Meal for fewer than 2.00 dollars and Happy Meals are loaded with
fat!
About the author:
For more information on the proven supplements that personal
trainer Shawn Lebrun recommends to his personal training
clients, check out his supplement information page by
clicking here
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