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Hunger Free Forever: The New Science of Appetite Control Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon See book keywords and concepts

These ingredients promote satiety and make these products superior to typical meal replacements like slimfast. (Hint: Adding 2.5 to 5 grams of PGX granules to a serving of slimfast will transform it into a high-satiety snack.) We also make sure our patients are skilled at making high-protein blender smoothies with added PGX and whey protein. Replacing one or two meals per day with a high-protein blender smoothie or meal replacement beverage can leave you with the time and energy to focus on your other meals and can help you to lose weight simply and comfortably.

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Slimfast would have you believe that replacing meals with shakes is the answer. These diets have two things in common. Not one of them has a magic formula for success and none of them will provide sustained results. Weight loss and lasting results cannot be achieved unless you have established a mindset for success and have changed your routines and habits to include regular physical activity and proper food intake as the foundation for a new lifestyle.

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This should be common sense, but it amazes me how many people will buy slimfast, Ensure and other products that are made with refined carbohydrates and then consume them in large quantities, expecting to lose weight. Of course, one day, they'll wake up and look in the mirror and say, "Hmm. How come I haven't lost any weight, even though I've been drinking slimfast three times a day for the past year?

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Why isn't the FTC able to sue the slimfast manufacturer and get these apparently deceptive products off the shelves? And how about those Weight Watchers products? I'm actually doing a photo series on some Weight Watchers desserts to show how incredibly unhealthful they are. Many are made primarily with sugar and hydrogenated oils. To imply that they actually promote weight loss seems ridiculous to me, if not downright fraudulent. Where is the FTC when it comes to protecting consumers from these popular (but in my opinion deceptive) weight loss products?

Hopefully, that fact should be obvious to anyone with an IQ over 70, but then again, slimfast products keep on selling, so I have no idea what's wrong with the brains of the consumers who keep buying this stuff. Eat unprocessed, unrefined foods, and avoid anything manufactured in a factory. Exercise regularly, stop drinking high-fructose corn syrup, stop eating cheese and dairy products, and get some sunshine. Download my Honest Food Guide for free and find out which foods actually help you stay health vs. which foods harm your health.

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For example, one of the most popular products out there is called "Slimfast" and, believe it or not, its primary ingredient is refined white sugar. You'll find other diet bars and diet pills containing added sugars and high-fructose corn syrup. Of course, none of these products actually work to help people lose weight. They can't — they're made with ingredients that promote intense cravings and disrupt normal blood sugar levels in the body. As a result, they promote diabetes and obesity. That's why these products don't make any health claims whatsoever about weight loss on their labels.

How come I haven't lost any weight, even though I've been drinking slimfast three times a day for the past year?" Preventing and reversing chronic disease Moving on, something else that you can expect to experience once you shift to outstanding nutrition is the prevention and even the reversal of chronic disease. I've stated that 90% of all chronic diseases are actually metabolic disorders caused by nutritional imbalances and deficiencies.

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The average American purchases apparent weight loss products like slimfast, which has more sugar in it than the circulating blood of a 14-year-old ADHD child. When people go out and buy so-called diet products that have table sugar as their primary ingredient, and when these products somehow manage to achieve priority placement on the shelves of grocery stores and retailers like Walgreen's, it's downright amazing that the whole country isn't overweight. We're not far from it, actually: 66% of the adult population has already reached that status. But finally, we get some sanity on this from Dr.

Opinion: Ensure is primarily sugar water, marketed with misleading statements that deceive consumers Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

This is one of a line of products that includes items like slimfast and other meal replacement products that are primarily nothing but sugar-water and yet are promoted as healthy products that either provide optimum nutrition or promote weight loss. The Ensure product label even implies that a person might live off of this product -- an idea that is utterly ridiculous! These are products purchased by obese, diseased Americans who simply don't know anything about nutrition. They actually believe the labels and trust doctors! And they don't read ingredients lists, either.

Products like Ensure or slimfast seem to imply that they are serious products for optimum nutrition, but in fact, an honest analysis of these products reveals that they offer extremely poor nutrition and they probably do far more harm than good to people who choose to consume them on a regular basis, as any good nutritionist will tell you. Now for legal clarification, I'm not willing to directly state that Ensure causes diabetes or that Ensure causes weight gain or cancer or osteoporosis.

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Avoid the dietetic meal replacement drinks like slimfast and Sweet Success. Although they contain protein, they also have carbohydrates.) Read the labels carefully: Since you must limit your intake to about twenty-five grams (about the equivalent of one three-ounce can of tuna), and most of these products define a serving as fifty grams, you'll have to remember to cut the serving size in half when you're mixing it up—half the powder and half the liquid. If you like, you can blend the powder with fruit juice or fruit and count this toward your fruit exchange.

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