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Just juice pill or shakes
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luceeloo
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Do you mean Juice Plus?
I have a couple of friends who are on this stuff. I am a sucker for the latest fad, so I did a lot of research into it. What I found was that the shakes are about 28g of Carbs per serving, which to me is a lot of sugary stuff.
The pills... well, I can't see the point. They cost a fortune, yet I can into Savers and pay about £1 for some multivitamins.
Shake diets have no longevity, because ultimately after a month or two you start to cave in and then soon you remember that eating is far nice than drinking processed powder.
I speak from experience - I spent a month doing Celebrity Slim. Did it religiously, 2 shakes a day and a low carb tea. I lost a grand total of zero pounds on that "under 800 cals a day" diet.
Nothing beats eating healthy and exercise.
I have a couple of friends who are on this stuff. I am a sucker for the latest fad, so I did a lot of research into it. What I found was that the shakes are about 28g of Carbs per serving, which to me is a lot of sugary stuff.
The pills... well, I can't see the point. They cost a fortune, yet I can into Savers and pay about £1 for some multivitamins.
Shake diets have no longevity, because ultimately after a month or two you start to cave in and then soon you remember that eating is far nice than drinking processed powder.
I speak from experience - I spent a month doing Celebrity Slim. Did it religiously, 2 shakes a day and a low carb tea. I lost a grand total of zero pounds on that "under 800 cals a day" diet.
Nothing beats eating healthy and exercise.
Not only 28 g carbs, but 28g of quick release carbs, like a sugar injection in the arm. Several times a day.
About 4 years ago, a friend of mine persuaded me to try a couple of diet shakes with just 16 g carbs in it (I forget the brand. orange beaker). Like riding a blood glucose roller coaster. Doing that several times a day would make me feel very ill - but not everyone will feel that way. For someone used to 200g+ of carbs a day (normal in the UK), then 120g carbs, or so would be a huge improvement, wouldn't it?
Each to their own, I guess. But if I was going to eat that amount of carbs a day I would make very sure they were mainly from whole, fresh veg and salad, as much raw as possible, which would be filling, satisfying, and the carbs would release over hours, not minutes.
About 4 years ago, a friend of mine persuaded me to try a couple of diet shakes with just 16 g carbs in it (I forget the brand. orange beaker). Like riding a blood glucose roller coaster. Doing that several times a day would make me feel very ill - but not everyone will feel that way. For someone used to 200g+ of carbs a day (normal in the UK), then 120g carbs, or so would be a huge improvement, wouldn't it?
Each to their own, I guess. But if I was going to eat that amount of carbs a day I would make very sure they were mainly from whole, fresh veg and salad, as much raw as possible, which would be filling, satisfying, and the carbs would release over hours, not minutes.
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DumfriesDik
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
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- Tablets (oral)
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- Carbs
Maybe crisps, cake, bread, jaffa cakes, chocolate . . . but seriously, it is no secret, eat less and do more is the key. I have found limiting my carbs beneficial.
