Meal replacement refers to food that is used to replace meals, meet the nutritional needs of the human body, and at the same time can reasonably control calorie intake. Meal replacements have been confirmed to be effective in weight loss studies at home and abroad.
So how does meal replacement help with weight loss? The principle of weight loss is to "make ends meet", consume more, eat less. This can help the body's excess fat decomposition, play a weight loss effect, but at the same time can not cause malnutrition. Therefore, people who lose weight usually have difficulties in eating, and they eat more types but less. At this time, meal replacement is a better choice, meal replacement can add a variety of nutrients, to ensure the daily needs of the human body. At the same time, it can control the energy, ensure the total energy of eating, and also have a sense of fullness, avoiding the situation of snacking caused by insufficient energy intake in the daily diet control process.
There are many kinds of meal replacements on the market, and it should be noted that in the choice of meal replacements, it should be noted that the nutrition is balanced, and all kinds of amino acids and trace elements that the human body must contain, and the amount required should also meet the requirements, and the total energy should not exceed their daily consumption. In November 2019, the Chinese Nutrition Society issued the "Meal Replacement Food" (T/CNSS 002-2019) group standard, which limits the proportion of energy, protein, fat, dietary fiber, vitamins and other components that meal replacement foods should have. However, this standard is currently only used as an industry reference. When choosing, be sure to look at the nutrition facts list clearly, rather than blindly thinking that the price is high.
How to eat a meal replacement? According to the principles we said earlier, meal replacement should be eaten as a meal, and other snacks cannot be added in the middle, nor can the meal replacement be treated as a snack, otherwise the meaning of meal replacement will be lost. Of course, you don't need to eat all meal replacements for a day, you can eat meal replacements for two meals, and eat ordinary food for one meal, but you need to pay attention to not exceeding the standard in terms of energy. At the same time, meal replacement needs to be insisted on for a long time, not to eat for a few days, it needs to be eaten for a long time, so as to play a role in weight loss.