Shake the Weight off

Shake off the Weight

Essential to successful weight loss and weight maintenance is the
adoption of day-to-day dietary strategies that promote a long-term
adherence to a healthy diet. This also happens to be where most people
get it wrong.



A strict diet plan may be easy enough to stick to for a week or two,
and it will very likely produce results. But if long-term success is the
goal then a dietary strategy that supports compliance, flexibility, and
good nutrition is paramount. Because if a diet system can’t be
integrated into everyday life it can almost be guaranteed that any
weight lost will be regained, and maybe even then some.



What’s different with an Isagenix system for weight loss is its
strategic combination of Cleanse Days and Shake Days. Cleanse Days are
based on the concept of intermittent fasting, while Shake Days are
calorie-restricted days consisting of replacing two meals with
nutrient-dense IsaLean® Shake (or other IsaLean meal replacement option) and having a third healthy meal around 400 to 600 calories.



This one-of-a-kind combination definitely works best together, but
Shake Days are effective and unique even on their own for reasons based
upon the science of satiety, metabolism, and nutrition.



Shakes that Satisfy



If hunger strikes an hour after having a meal-replacement shake, then
success may be difficult. However, because protein is one of the big
players in satiety it has increasingly become the darling of weight-loss
and maintenance strategies. Research is showing more and more that
optimal protein intake, sources, and timing is essential not only for
satiety, but also for muscle building and fat burning (1-3).



IsaLean and IsaLean Pro Shakes provide
24 or 36 grams of protein, respectively, amounts that optimize satiety
and muscle protein synthesis when consumed at each meal (4). This
dietary intake pattern is significantly different than the amount of
protein intake for many people – all carbs or mostly carbs for
breakfast, high carb with a little protein for lunch, and finally an
overload of protein at dinner. Data from national surveys confirm this
by showing adults consume three times as much protein at dinner compared
to breakfast (5).



It’s not just the amount of protein at meals that matters. Protein type
also plays a large role. When it comes to protein sources, no other
protein has more support behind it showing superiority for satiety,
muscle building, and fat burning than whey protein (6-8). This is due to
whey protein naturally having the highest concentration of
branched-chain amino acids that are fast digested and absorbed. Whey
protein makes up the majority of the protein blend in IsaLean Shakes,
but combining it with casein yields greater satiety due to casein being a
slowly digested protein (9).



Low-Glycemic



Also contributing to satiety are fiber, fat, and carbohydrates. The
latter, carbohydrates, are what people usually think of when considering
glycemic index or load. However, the combination of protein, fiber, and
fat, also greatly influences the glycemic response from the entire
meal. Studies have shown that a long-term diet consisting of
low-glycemic foods and meals not only helps with weight loss (10), but
also results in decreases in obesity-related disease markers such as
C-reactive protein and favorable increases in other health markers (11,
12). Because IsaLean Shakes have the right balance of protein (24
grams), carbohydrates (24 grams), fiber (8 grams), and fat (6 grams),
they are low-glycemic, which has been validated through clinical
testing.



Nutrient-Dense



IsaLean Shakes also provide other nutrients seriously lacking in most
diets. The USDA continues to find that most adults are lacking in
important nutrients including fiber, calcium, and vitamin D, the lack of
which have been identified as a public health concern (13).



IsaLean Shakes fit the description of being nutrient-dense providing 8
grams of fiber per shake, with about 30 percent and 80 percent of daily
recommendations for calcium and vitamin D, respectively, not to mention
other vitamins and minerals, Plus, it’s likely impossible to put
together a regular meal with the nutrient profile of IsaLean Shake in
just 240 calories, which gives true meaning to “maximum nutrition in
minimal calories.”



Flexibility



Though a structured dietary plan is the suggested guideline for a Shake
Day with Isagenix, especially when weight loss is the goal, the true
greatness is the flexibility of Shake Days that allows for long-term
use. When following a suggested Shake Day schedule, the guesswork and
effort in making the majority of a day’s healthy meals comes down to
combining water, ice, and shake mix in a blender or shaker cup. A third
meal allows for satisfaction from whole foods and flexibility in
choosing the meal’s content.



Once weight is lost and maintenance becomes the goal, Shake Days shine
further. People will often use shakes to replace one meal per day, or
they might replace two meals a couple days a week. IsaLean Shakes can be
easily adopted into any dietary regimen as a fool-proof meal that
satisfies and nourishes.



Shake Days are central to weight-loss success with an Isagenix system
and they can easily be modified to support healthy weight maintenance.
In short, they provide a routine that’s easy to stick to, provides the
right nutrition in the right amounts, and offers real-world flexibility.



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