Weight Loss Tip FreeWeight Loss meal replacements help lose weightWeight loss shakes help you lose weight! A recent meta-analysis published in the International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders May 2, vol 27 (5) 2003 (pages 37-49) by Heymsfield showed that meal replacements result in medically significant weight losses - 7% average at 3 months and 7-8% at 1 year. Along with body fat reduction there was also an improvement in some heart disease and diabetes risk factors such as blood glucose and insulin levels, blood lipid profiles and blood pressure. Two groups of dieters were studied. The partial meal replacement (PMR) group replaced 1-2 meals daily with 1-2 vitamin/mineral fortified liquid meal replacements but included at least one meal of regular foods. The reduced calorie diet group (RCD) consumed the same number of calories as the PMR (800-1600kcal/day) but did not consume any meal replacaments. A significantly greater loss was achieved in subjects receiving the meal replacements compared with the RCD group. The former lost 7-8% body weight and the latter 3-7% i.e the PMR group lost 2.5kg more. There were also significantly less dropouts in the PMR group after 1 year. No reported adverse events were attributable to either regimen at one year.
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