Ahh yes.... there are a lot of people selling different weight loss packages which requires the intake of pills and protein shakes which really helps people to lose weight. So what is in those pills and shakes which enhance your ability to lose weight even though you are not doing much exercise?
Well they should comes in the form of 3 items:
1) Pills that increase your metabolic rate
2) Some forms of multi-vitamin
3) Protein shake for meal substitution
1) Pills that increase your metabolic rate
Basically the main ingredient in those pills are made from natural food products which increase your metabolism, e.g. green tea extract, etc. A hyped up metabolic rate will in-turn increase your body's ability to burn fats.
2) Some forms of multi-vitamin
And together with those pills that gives you hyped up metabolic rate, they will most likely also include some form of multi-vitamins in the package as that programme will cause you to be in some form of diet or caloric deficit, and those multi-vitamins will help you to get all the important nutrients that you didn't take in via food.
3) Protein shake for meal substitution
As you know, in-take of protein can help a person to lose weight and by substituting a meal with it will help your body to lose weight and gain muscles and everyone knows muscles eats up fats so with increased muscles means more fat burning. To really increase muscles and drop your body fats you will need about 2g of protein per kilogram of your body weight.
So the package does work and is actually quite efficient for weight lose but is it really worth the $2k just for 3 months? Doing a little bit of math, the so call programme will need us to spend about $20 per day to lose weight. Let me try to produce the same or even better formula while keeping the price low. I will be common food product pricing and using the price from a widely known health product store.
1) We will need some form of metabolic boost
- Try drinking the REAL green tea as your new cuppa - a box of 50 pack of green tea cost about $7, so for a day you will need about 4 pack to really enhance your metabolism plus providing you with great antioxidants which cost us about $0.56.
- Try eating a pink grapefruit a day as it is pack with tons of antioxidants and also the vitamin C from the grapefruit will protect the green tea's antioxidants which promotes weight lost. 1 grapefruit cost about $1.20. Orange or other form of citrus fruit can also be use as a substitude for pink grapefruit.
2) Multi-vitamins is a must have when on diet
- It helps our body to get all the necessary nutrients while we are eating less. 1 bottle of hyped up multi-vitamins cost about $80 which will give you about 120 tablets and you will need about 2 tablets per day which cost about $1.30 per day. Remember to eat it after a meal for better absorption by your body.
3) Finally the protein source that our body needs to produce fat burn muscles
- A high protein low fat low carbohydrate formula would cost you about $166 for 2kg. According to the instructions to make 1 serving we will need about 37g of the powder with 250ml of water which gives us about $3 per serving.
So lets tally how much we will be spending per day $0.56 + $1.20 + $1.30 + $3 = $6.06
Wow out of the $20 I am still left with $14 to spend. Okay let me recommend you 2 more products to further enhance your weight lost diet.
1) Flax seed oil
- It contains alpha-linolenic omega 3 which supports cardiovascular system, joint health, digestive health and other tons of benefits, try googling it for more details. It is great for a low fat diet. It cost about $60 for 180 capsules and you will need from 3g to 9g of flax seed oil per day, assuming 9 capsules it will cost about $3 per day.
2) Fish Oil
- Comes with EPA and DHA omega 3. It will promote weight lost and help to improve your blood pressure. Like flax seed oil try googling it for more details. A bottle of fish oil in cost about $70 and you will need about 1000mg of EPA and 500mg of DHA so it will cost you about $2.50 per day.
So with the addition of another 2 day weight lost promoting supplements our total cost comes up to $11.56 still about $8 short of the $2k programme per day.Ha-Ha! But remember you will also need to eat in caloric deficit before you can start lose weight, example of an adult male needs about 2400calories per day and you eat less than that amount, your body will need to get the rest of the calories from your fats. I will be talking more about it in another blog entry.
But diet a side, a slim looking person doesn't not mean that person is fit. That person will still have problems trying to run/jog or move and carry heavy objects in his/her daily life. So besides diet you will still need some form of regular exercises even simple ones such as simple jogging, swimming and weight lifting is better than no exercise at all.
Remember the ultimate form of health and fitness is actually made up of %50 diet and %50 exercise.
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