Smoothies and meal replacement.

The idea behind meal replacements is that you don’t really eat at all for a good part of the day – instead, you have a special shake or other product that gives you all the nutrients you need, and stops you from feeling hungry. This works in two ways: first, it controls the calories you take in, because the meal replacements are low calorie. Second, it breaks the cycle of addictive behaviour because you’re not really eating. You can get away from the behaviour much as an alcoholic can (and must) get away from alcohol, and that gives you a better chance of breaking the addictive process.

There are drawbacks, though. For one thing, while a weight loss program is supposed to teach you how to eat for the rest of your life – to establish healthy habits, in other words – using meal replacements clearly doesn’t do this. Once you go back to eating real food, you might find that your problems with controlling your food intake are still there. Though you will have lost weight, you are more likely to gain it back if you haven’t learned healthy eating habits.

Also, there’s a danger that some people will keep using the meal replacements for extended periods of time, just because it’s easier and more convenient. Thought they’re designed to give you a minimum level of calories and nutrition, meal replacement bars cannot substitute for real food over an extended period.

Controlling your hunger.

Dieting is much easier once you learn to control hunger throughout the day. One popular way many dieters are suppressing their appetites is by drinking protein shakes as replacement meals. Even many bodybuilders are finding protein shakes to be helpful in getting all the protein they need each day.

Protein shakes enable you to eat – or drink – two replacement meals each day that are rich in nutrition and protein. The more protein you take in, the more fat your body will burn during and after exercise.

Adding more protein to your meals or using protein shakes to supply the protein you need, enables your body to burn fat while also building muscle while you exercise. It preserves your body’s lean muscle mass as well. Protein also helps the body to produce nucleic acids, cellular messengers, hormones, enzymes, and immune system components.

Unfortunately, eating protein in the form of meat can be hard on your digestive system. Protein powders, like our Collagen Peptides are easy to digest. It only takes approximately 30 minutes for the protein from shakes to reach the muscle after ingestion where solid food proteins could take an hour or longer.

Ditch the pre-packed stuff and make your own.

From a health point of view, blended smoothies are great for a concentrated meal that’s ready in minutes. You can combine a variety of fruit with some water, possibly add some dates or genuine maple syrup and make a delicious smoothie that can be enjoyed anytime as a healthy meal while helping yourself to achieve that goal weight.  You’ve got nothing to lose (except the weight), so come on, let’s do this.

An additional benefit of making your own, is that you can control and get the most fibre, which is an essential nutrient present in our fruits and vegetables and beneficial for a variety of reasons, not just weight loss. Fibre serves as intestinal brooms to push all unwanted debris out.  Read more about how to increase your fibre intake.

Our go-to smoothies.

We have something for everyone here, with plenty of choice to keep things interesting.