What’s The Point of a Protein Shake
High quality protein, such as a good protein shake, is an essential part of an effective weight loss programme.
Why? Because it’s required to build new muscle and keep the muscle that you already have! This while losing weight at the same time.
How does that work?
- It takes more energy to metabolise carbohydrates or fats, so a higher protein diet works better for weight loss.
- Protein keeps you feeling satisfied for longer – so snacking is less tempting. It does this in two ways:
- your stomach empties more slowly, so you feel fuller for longer and
- protein consumption influences the hunger and satiety hormones. Secretion of ghrelin, the hunger hormone, is inhibited, and several satiety hormones are stimulated.
And what is a high quality protein?
- It is a protein that is highly digestible, so well absorbed by the body.
- It contains all the essential (and non-essential) amino acids in the correct ratio for the needs of the body
- The scientific measure for protein quality is called the Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score (PDCAAS). That’s quite a mouthful! Neolife Shake has one of the highest scores on the market, indicating that it is one of the best protein shakes available.
Actually, the most recent research shows that there is.
- A protein-rich breakfast actually keeps the satiety control system active all day, so people less hungry and consume fewer calories.
- Cravings are better controlled.
- In addition, regular protein consumption throughout the day is important. Smaller servings (20-30 g) a couple of times throughout the day is far better than one large protein serving at the last meal of the day. This is called protein pacing.
- Late night dinners are not recommended! It’s better to get most of your calories, from whatever source, earlier – at breakfast or lunch.
What shake do I use and recommend?
Without a doubt it is The Neolife Shake.
Why does Neolife Shake work so well?
- It has been formulated to reduce fat storage and stimulate fat burning.
- The special technology is called glycaemic response control.
When we eat food that is high in sugars and refined carbohydrates we experience dangerous blood sugar spikes. Insulin is summonsed to bring the spike under control, and into the normal safe range. However, if we regularly cause these spikes to happen the control system goes into a fatigued state and we end up heading down the roller coaster ride to diabetes.
Keeping blood sugars within the glycaemic control range is essential for good health, especially that of our brains! Keeping our wits about us is, after all, super important.
- It promotes the correct signalling responses between the brain and the gut.
This is about telling us whether we are hungry or not, and whether we need to eat or not. - It promotes the maintenance and the building up of lean muscle mass. This is achieved by incorporating the correct ratio of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), namely leucine isoleucine and valine. They are what is known as ‘essential’, meaning that we have to get them from our diet as our body is unable to synthesise them.
They have been proven to:
- increase muscle growth. As muscle replaces fat our weight becomes healthier
- decrease muscle soreness after exercise. Since including exercise into a weight loss programme is important this might become significant. It’s certainly of great concern to athletes!
- reduce exercise fatigue so enabling us to keep active for longer
- prevent muscle wasting or excessive breakdown
- an added bonus is that high fibre diets have been shown to reduce the risk of certain cancers, such as colon and breast.
- It provides all 22 amino acids required for complete human nutrition at the proper ratios. This means that the absorption of the amino acids is optimised and you get the full benefit of the protein that you are consuming. It also means that your body has everything that it needs to build all the proteins that keep you going: muscle tissue, all other tissues, enzymes, antibodies, hair, skin, nails, you name it.
- It has the ideal ratio of protein, carbohydrates and fat for effective metabolism
- It contains a good amount of both soluble and insoluble fibre per serving.
- Soluble fibre dissolves when it comes into contact with water and it swells and becomes gel-like. It helps reduce blood cholesterol and it helps to control the blood glucose levels.
- Insoluble fibre improves the consistency of the waste in the bowel thus supporting regularity and general bowel health. It acts as the broom that sweeps the system clean.
- It contains the essential vitamins and minerals
- It includes plant-derived enzymes to aid with digestion.
- It’s rich in antioxidants including Vitamin C and bioflavonoids
- Choline & Inositol are included. They are known as lipotropic factors which support fat utilisation and resist fat build-up.
Proven added benefits of Neolife Shake
How much better can it get? As we learn to reduce and then manage our weight correctly we find our health improving in a number of additional ways!
- Cholesterol levels stabilise.
The good cholesterol (HDL) is protected while the bad cholesterol (LDL) reduces. HDL cholesterol is known to be protective against cardiovascular and heart disease so that’s a valuable added benefit! - Lowers the Body Mass Index (BMI)
BMI is measure of the fatness of a body. A high BMI indicates that you are too fat for your height, and that you need to do something about it. It’s used as a screening tool to get an idea of risk future health problems. Not all weight loss programmes actually do much to lower the BMI at all. - Reduced waist circumference and body fat. Body shape starts normalising.
What is missing from Neolife Shake?
It’s just as important to know that there are things that you are NOT getting when taking any product, so here are what’s absent from Neolife Shake – and something to be glad of!
- There are no artificial sweeteners used.
- High fructose corn syrup is a big no-no.
- No artificial colourants have been used
- No preservatives
- No GMO raw materials are used
- Gluten is absent
- 90% free of lactose
- No cholesterol, saturated fats, hydrogenated fats or trans fats.
If you’d like to give it a try, as I strongly recommend you should, please get in touch with me on +27 84 5063643
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