Meal replacement products can not eliminate the original cause of obesity, but only temporarily lose weight by reducing energy intake. At the same time, meal replacement powder should not be used to replace the normal diet for a long time, because long-term non-contact with natural food will cause dissatisfaction and nutritional imbalance.
As long as you stop, you can't prevent weight gain, so losing weight is not a long-term solution. "meal replacement powder can't eat for a lifetime. If you want to lose weight healthily, you must return to the road of healthy eating and exercise sooner or later. "
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Cai Jingjing, a nutritionist in charge of the clinical nutrition department of Peking University People's Hospital, said that if meal replacement powder is used to replace the normal diet of three meals a day, the biggest drawback is that the intake of nutrients is relatively simple, which will lead to the lack of nutrients in the human body in the long run.
In addition, insiders pointed out that the meal replacement industry has not formulated a unified industry standard. Moreover, whether the meal replacement industry belongs to health products or food has not been unified. Most meal replacement products have not passed the "police tactical unit" certification of health products. At present, most of meal replacement powder still manage according to food standards.
Fan Zhihong, an associate professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, College of Food Science, China Agricultural University, said in an interview with Workers Daily that meal replacement powder has its significance, but the quality of its products is mixed, so it is necessary to choose meal replacement powder with reliable quality and use it under the guidance of doctors and nutritionists.
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