QUOTE(lingleeyen @ Jun 24 2018, 12:00 AM)
If you do not know how much protein that you need, you do not need protein shakes. If your goal is to loose, eat whatever you want so long that your calorie in < calorie out.
I loose weight when I first started with carbs only diet. I was stupid at that time. Now that I know how things work, I can eat KFC, pizza, ice cream, chips I loose fats. You eat vege you gain fats. Carbs don't make you fat. Fats don't make you fat. Over eating does. So if you are health concerned, select the food properly to your preference. You do not need those supplements. Keep your hunger in check with low calorie high satiety food.
To me those products that you take is no more than whatever gimmicks they market to you. 15g of protein I can get it with 90g of oats. That 90g of oats will keep you full the whole day. That shake that you are having per serve is 90kcal. If you do not need the protein from that source, the 90kcal is extra of what you supposed to put into your body.
So your money your call. To me, whatever herbal life is bullcrap. It does not promote fat loss. If you drink only that and loose, it is because the calorie is too low, not because of the product. It is always calorie in < calorie out.
What i noticed in the realistic environment in herbalife product is that they helped some of the members there loosing like 20-40KG . At first Im not that optimistic too but then i told myself, discovering this crap bs stories is by using my own senses rather than seeing some photos. then one by one came out to the stage and told their stories , when u see their b4 and after photos from 130Kg to 80kg , oh that's a very huge jump. Woah!
Im not talking about losing weight of 5kg or 10kg but the commitment and their follow up seem to work . Then i discovered that, they actually invested quite a lot to see the result. I guess it works but really at a cost. The magic is not in the product itself but the environment and coaching they paid.
Looking at the perspective of a fat man, women.. this is the product that released their negative lifestyles which anchored into them. But after i look closer to their product, i found that their products have certain formulation that is quite secretive and have the effect of changing a person energy and hormone i guess. And at the same time, i discover that the products were created by some docs and a noble Prize winner doctor.
I drank it almost everyday now and my friend noticed my face is different, im not sure if this is real or just pleasing me..
. But what ever u said is not wrong too. Just that, u just need to design an exercise program to counter the fat and sugary food you put in. Im still searching for the organic meal replacement with nutrient better than herbalife . The only thing i don't like in herbalife nutrition is the numbers of chemical listing , using fructose which is also high GI. oh speaking of GI, most real food like KFC have fats and carbo with HIGH GI is not a good thing for the body system .
anyway, you are not wrong either. Food supplement or shakes are just one of the new age food for healthy living in this conducive environment we r in. Just walk out of the door, and you will be surrounded by all the fattening and high GI food unless u got all the time to do the weekly food preparation.