Shake diets restrict the body of carbohydrates when eating carbohydrates the body breaks them down into glucose. This glucose is absorbed into the bloodstream. The pancreas releases a hormone called insulin. Insulin is needed to move glucose from the blood into the cells, where it is used as a source of energy. The small amount stored in our liver and muscle is called our Glycogen stores. Overeating of carbohydrates cause’s the body to store them as fat and our fat stores are unlimited! By restricting our body of carbohydrates our body then looks to our stored Glycogen for energy. Glycogen is stored in the liver and muscles. Glycogen is stored with molecules of water as the stores are used for energy the water is released hence why you loose most weight in the first week. For every 1gram of Glycogen it is stored with 3 molecules of water. Once all the Glycogen has been depleted our body taps into our fat stores. Our body using these fat stores is called Ketosis.
Often shake products will also recommend extra supplements to assist there program to give you the best weight loss results.
An unpleasant side effect of shake diets and low carbohydrate diets can be constipation due to a decrease in the consumption of breads, cereals and grains. Soluble and insoluble fibre, rice bran, oat bran physsilium husks, senna, sterculia, wheat dextrin are the most common products found in fibre supplements. There are lots of products on the market from daily supplements to prevent constipation to laxatives to total bowel evacuates.
Preventatives can be granular or a powder that you can easily add to your shake.
Shake diets restrict the body of carbohydrates when eating carbohydrates the body breaks them down into glucose. This glucose is absorbed into the bloodstream. The pancreas releases a hormone called insulin. Insulin is needed to move glucose from the blood into the cells, where it is used as a source of energy. The small amount stored in our liver and muscle is called our Glycogen stores. Overeating of carbohydrates cause’s the body to store them as fat and our fat stores are unlimited! By restricting our body of carbohydrates our body then looks to our stored Glycogen for energy. Glycogen is stored in the liver and muscles. Glycogen is stored with molecules of water as the stores are used for energy the water is released hence why you loose most weight in the first week. For every 1gram of Glycogen it is stored with 3 molecules of water. Once all the Glycogen has been depleted our body taps into our fat stores. Our body using these fat stores is called Ketosis.