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Meal Replacements Effective as Medications
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The most difficult part of any weight loss program
is not losing the weight, but keeping it off.  As a result, many
people opt for medications to help maintain weight loss. 
Results from a new study now show that meal replacement
drinks can be as effective as medications at helping dieters
maintain weight.  Researchers compared the benefit of using
meal replacement drinks to Orlistat in two groups of people
that had lost significant amounts of weight.  A year after
their weight loss, the group using meal replacement drinks
had maintained their weight even better than the
group using the medication.  For many people, meal replacements
drinks may be an effective, simple and safe method to maintaining
a healthy weight.

Meal replacement drinks were recently shown to be as effective
as medications for maintaining weight loss according to a study
published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition.

In this study, participants followed a very low calorie liquid
diet (VLCD) for 12 weeks followed by 4 weeks of re-introduction
to solid food.  Then the subjects were randomly selected to receive
either meal replacements or Orlistat (a medication that blocks fat
absorption in the intestines), both combined with a structured meal
plan calculated to maintain weight loss.  For one year, all subjects
followed a weight management program that included
topics such as lifestyle, physical activity, and nutrition.

During weight maintenance, there were no significant differences in
physical activity, fruit and vegetable intake and pedometer steps
between the groups. After one year, the meal replacement group had
regained only 5.9 lbs while the Orlistat group had regained 6.2 lbs.

Meal replacements and Orlistat were both effective in maintaining
weight significantly below baseline levels over a year period of time.
However, the group using meal replacement drinks maintained their weight
even better than the group using the medication without the side effects.
For many people, meal replacements drinks may be an effective, simple and
safe method to maintaining a healthy weight.

Journal of the American College of Nutrition,
Vol. 24, No. 5, 347-353 (2005)
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