Diet shakes vs milk and vitamin pills

366to266 · 17 August 2014

Can anyone tell me what benefit is there to buying a factory-made slimming shake (which are expensive) which is fill of artificial sweeteners and chemicals, rather than drinking a half pint of skimmed milk and taking vitamin pills (which would only cost pennies per serving and contain no nasty additives)?

Thank you.

krupskaya · 18 August 2014

I don't know what the answer is but that's a blinking good question! Let's see if you get any other replies...

366to266 · 21 August 2014

simplygetfit said:
I would say, marketing mainly

When I go weight training we have a protein and carb drink after to replenish the glycogen we have used from muscles (I wont mention any brand names but they all contain pretty much the same thing)

Many people have said that chocolate milk does pretty much the same thing (not milkshake)

Different to the product you are talking about, but the same principle.. especially when you do look at the ingredient labels

Real food's usually best though, with drinks to replace meals so many people end up putting weight back on as they dont track the calories properly once they go back to real food

Thanks for your reply, Simply. I totally agree that real food is best, and I am eating loads of it every day myself. But I was thinking on behalf of people who buy a Slimfast to have at work or whilst travelling, or who lash out a lot of money on Cambridge meal replacement shakes. I was just pondering really, whether real fresh milk and vitamin pills would not only be a fraction of the price, but more healthy.

But then I think maybe they put a lot of fillers or fibre or something in the shakes to make you feel full up.

Helena

beavis420 · 22 August 2014

I take whey protein post-workout and sometimes as a meal enhancement(protein porridge) but never as a meal replacement

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