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CCTV news: In recent years, with the continuous improvement of people's living standards, consumption and diet concepts have also changed, in order to maintain the figure, quickly slim down, the sales of meal replacement foods have exploded.
Meal replacement food refers to foods that can replace some or all meals, with high fiber, low calorie, easy to satiety and other characteristics. The reporter learned that the current meal replacement foods on the market are mainly based on four categories: meal replacement shakes, meal replacement powders, meal replacement biscuits and cereal meal replacements.
The person in charge of a takeaway platform told reporters that since the beginning of this year, the total number of orders for meal replacement products has increased by 130% year-on-year, and the cities with the highest sales volume are Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing.
According to the data of Tianyancha, there are currently more than 10,000 light food meal replacement related enterprises in China. This year, more than 4,300 light food replacement related enterprises have been added, doubling the same period last year.
Each course of treatment costs thousands of yuan meal replacement weight loss effect varies from person to person
The variety of meal replacement diet foods on the market attract many people who want to "lie thin", that does not exercise, do not eat staple foods, only rely on eating "meal replacement" food can really lose weight quickly and safely? Read on.
Consumer Ms. Zou is a girl who loves beauty, pays great attention to maintaining her figure, and her weight has been maintained below 100 pounds. A while ago, because the work rhythm was very tense, the time for exercise became less, so I bought meal replacement powder under the recommendation of my friends.
Consumer Ms. Zou: I bought three boxes (a course of treatment), a box of less than 300 yuan, but I just did not stick to a course of treatment, do not eat staple food without carbs I feel that a day is not energetic, (the effect) should be different from person to person.
Ms. Zou told reporters that the channels for friends around to buy meal replacement foods are mainly through online shopping platforms or micro-businesses, and the price of each course of treatment is generally ranging from 1,000 yuan to 3,000 yuan, as for the nutritional composition of the product and whether it is compliant, she has not paid special attention. During the visit, the reporter found that consumers who choose to lose weight meals are often attracted by various beautiful advertising slogans, while ignoring some contraindications and applicable groups of the product itself.
Ms. Xu's choice of meal replacement was forbidden to eat staple foods during the period of use, and after two courses of treatment, she found that her menstrual period was affected.
Consumer Ms. Xu: (Menstrual period) I postponed it for more than 20 days. Then I went to the hospital, and the doctor told me that I didn't recommend that I continue eating.
Some consumers also said that taking meal replacement foods did lose weight, but they were prone to rebound after returning to a normal diet. On the black cat platform, the reporter found that complaints about meal replacement products mainly focused on excessive marketing, false publicity, and product quality and food safety issues.
Meal replacement weight loss drawbacks more fat loss and shaping without shortcuts
Experts believe that although meal replacement foods are not as harmful to the human body as some diet pills, long-term consumption will also cause adverse effects on the body.
Fan Zhihong, associate professor of the College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering of China Agricultural University: Even if the nutritional composition of it (meal replacement food) is relatively balanced, because its calories are particularly low, it cannot even reach the energy needed to maintain basic life activities, which is very dangerous.
Experts told reporters that the pursuit of excessive bone feeling is now a common disease of many young women, for whether it is necessary to use meal replacement foods to lose weight, or need a doctor or nutritionist to conduct a professional assessment, especially for some people with abnormal liver and kidney function.
Fan Zhihong, associate professor of the College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering of China Agricultural University: This low-calorie weight loss method requires medical supervision and cannot be implemented casually.
Experts remind consumers that taking meal replacement foods is not a shortcut to weight loss, if the body indicators are normal, the product can only be taken for a short time, long-term use may lead to malnutrition. Weight loss is still necessary to control the intake of carbohydrates, and strengthening physical exercise is the most important.
Source: CCTV