Shake Diets
For years athletes have used supplements and shakes to improve their performance and endurance. From the top athletes in the world to the folks running their first marathon, diet and nutrition in the form of shakes have become an absolute necessity for anyone wanting to improve.
It took the health industry a good long time to realize that the same science that went into improving performance, increasing lean muscle mass and lowering body fat could work as well on people who wanted to lose weight as it did on the athletes it was designed for.
So while it may seem like shake diets are the new kids on the block of dieting they’ve really been around for a very long time and have a proven record of performance.
Think about it. Athletes want to monitor their caloric intake and eat those foods that are best suited to the type of exercise they do. To do so they can either count, weigh and figure out the content of everything they eat or they can guarantee their intake by using a shake.
Shake diets work much the same way. They take the guess work out of dieting. The days of having to count every calorie or weigh every piece of food are over.
If you knew what you required, nutritionally, for the day and you knew that the product you were eating/drinking contained exactly that amount wouldn’t you gain some peace of mind?
For years the multi-billion dollar diet industry has been trying to come up with ways to make dieting easier for everyone. But the people at ViSalus were not only able to make it easier, they were able to make it affordable.
The fact is that 30% of Americans (and 14% of Canadians) are obese. The statistics are mind-boggling! A good part of the reason is the availability and affordability of cheap, fast, food. When a burger and fries cost $3 it seems money well spent rather than a $5 salad. But the facts suggest otherwise.
While initially affordable, fast food has created a nation (more than 1 nation actually) of obese people who now spend more money on health care and medication for weight-related health issues than they do on the food that put them in that position in the first place.
If you don’t think that obesity is a major concern, consider this. The health care system in the US is under so much strain that the cannot keep up with demand. In 2008 over 200,000 gastric bypass surgeries were performed. In some cases such surgeries were paid for by Medicare.
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