Meal Replacements

When cutting calories a lot of people turn to meal replacement bars or shakes. I’ve read recently in a health magazine that individuals trying to lose weight who replace one meal a day with a drink do tend to have more success at losing weight in general than people not using meal replacements.

On the other hand a nurse told me that some meal replacement shakes work a lot like some baby formulas. The mixture expands once it’s in your stomach to make you feel full temporarily. This can cause constipation in babies and is one of the many reasons to breast feed. Meal replacement drinks that expand in the stomach can also cause constipation for adults.

I rarely use meal replacements. However, I won’t claim that during all of my weight loss I haven’t replaced a meal here and there with a protein bar, a diet shake, or a whole grain bar. In my opinion, I’d guess that a lot of the “successful