Slimming smoothies or better still, milkshakes or, better still, slimming drinks: powders to which milk or water must be added and which can help lose weight those who want to replace a meal (lunch or breakfast) with a vanilla or chocolate, ensuring the nutrient ration without the calorie excess. The companies that produce these drinks are many: in fact, the historic companies have been joined by those that boast some method (Tisanoreica), or those that aim at products complete with vitamins and mineral salts (Juice Plus).
But the question is: do they work for weight loss? According to a Canstar Blue investigation, relying on these solutions to lose weight would not be a good idea: one in four consumers, in a survey on a sample of 700 consumers of slimming shakes or shakes, reports that they have gained, and not lost, weight.

To this data are added those who do not find them effective, and the opinions of experts who advise to be wary for various reasons. From the idea that the slimming drink is not “real food”, to the hypothesis that, by using these supplements, the consumer moves away from an idea of ​​healthy and balanced nutrition, relying on the easy shortcut of replacement meals. Up to the icing on the cake, it would be appropriate to say about the shake, so many people tend to use the replacement drink not as a meal replacement or in addition to the meal (even partially). This is not explained by the simple inability of people to understand that a substitute meal must replace the real meal, but by the fact that the slimming smoothie is not satisfied, if not on the first half.