Energy diets: stages, nutrition rules, menu, effects on the body

The composition of Energy Diet has no analogues in taste and range. This is one of the few products that contains the entire complex of microelements important for a full life. It is produced in powder form, which is convenient for quick preparation. Suitable for adults and children.

ED contains a maximum of natural, beneficial ingredients without the addition of substances hazardous to health. To ensure the safety of the product and its beneficial effects, we recommend that you familiarize yourself in detail with the composition and opinion of experts.

Depending on the application program, completely different results can be achieved. With the help of cocktails you can: lose weight, carry out a light cleansing of the body, gain weight if you lack it, dry out for relief, gain lean muscle mass, or simply balance your diet to support health.

Energy Diet is chemistry?

What is the difference: can, box, children's cocktails?

Energy Diet in cans and Energy Diet Smart in boxes have several differences:

• Manufacturer of cans – France, boxes – Russia.
• There are 15 serving bags in the box, a measuring spoon for pouring in the jar, but also 15 servings.
• The powder in the box is supplied with an additional ingredient - griffonia extract, which is a natural hormone of joy.
• The boxes have a richer selection of flavors.
• Russian can be ordered with free delivery, and French will go to you via Kazakhstan (delivery is 1000 rubles for any quantity).

Cocktail Edeshka for children

Balanced nutrition for adults is produced in cans and boxes. However, there are also special children's cocktails that are suitable for children from the age of three.

The main difference between children and adults is a different composition.

1. In the children's set, the cocktail is enriched with the right amount of vitamins and minerals necessary specifically for children.
2. Another feature is that the baby cocktail is not intended for weight loss, but only allows you to control the optimal weight of the baby.
3. Children from the age of three need glucose for development. To fully enrich the child’s body in the composition
4. ED contains both sugar and fructose.
5. Also Edeshka does not contain fiber, because... the child’s gastrointestinal tract is not yet ready to digest it.

Is it correct to say that Energy Diet is a natural product?

A natural product is not quite the correct definition of Energy Diets. Natural is what grows in the garden. And the cocktail is based on extracting nutrients from these natural products.

Such a balanced composition does not exist in nature; it was created using modern technologies.

Energy Diets contains no harmful components, dyes, flavors, flavor enhancers or GMOs. This gives manufacturers the right to position their product as natural. Pieces of fruit and berries, ground coffee, cocoa powder, and dark chocolate shavings are added as flavorings.

Protein

• Milk protein is one of the key elements that is the source of all the essential amino acids that are necessary to maintain a healthy metabolism. Milk protein is a source of calcium and restores cells in the body.
• Soy protein is the lightest and most complete protein available. It is easily absorbed and integrated into the tissues of the body. Thanks to the content of lecithin in soy protein, the most important task is solved - the process of cell oxidation in the body slows down, thereby delaying the aging process.
• An equally important protein is pea protein. It is a natural source of B vitamins (B1, B2, B3, B5, B6 and B9), which are conductors of all metabolic processes between cells. Thanks to pea protein, regeneration is accelerated and the recovery process after heavy loads and injuries is accelerated.
• Another source of protein in the composition is caseinate. It is absorbed by the body for a long time, thereby providing cells with complete building material. Caseinate provides the body with essential amino acids, as well as calcium and phosphorus.

Everything seems to be clear with the squirrels?

Customer Reviews

1. Natalya, 35 years old: “I took these cocktails for a year, limited myself to the usual dishes and was satisfied with the result. My work colleagues and I tried to support each other in this difficult matter and shared information about losing weight. The only drawback that I can note is the price of the product. But if you buy an energy diet for the sake of your goal, then you won’t regret any money.”

2. Oksana, 23 years old: “My husband is an athlete, it was he who suggested to me that there is such a wonderful remedy as energy diet. Surprisingly, we both took these cocktails as food, although initially we had different purposes. My husband wanted to gain weight, but I, on the contrary, wanted to lose weight. I did not regret choosing this particular product. Together with my husband, we were incredibly pleased with the results obtained; just 12 months and I have become even closer to my ideal figure. I continue to drink this product and recommend it to you.”

3. Lyudmila, 20 years old: “I don’t have an obsession with losing weight, losing excess weight, because I have an almost ideal figure. I started drinking the cocktail because it is very tasty and unusual, it gives me strength and energy, and is also a wonderful helper when I am unable to have a full lunch or dinner. Thanks to the energy diet, I was able to very quickly get rid of my bad eating habits, because I get all the carbohydrates in the cocktail itself. I really started to feel more confident, and my digestive system no longer crashes.”

Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates are a source of energy. The composition includes fast (simple) and slow (complex)

• Fast carbohydrates that give a surge of strength and energy are dextrose and maltodextrin, which are glucose compounds. Glucose in isolated form must be avoided in order to avoid spikes in blood sugar. But in the Energy Diet, dextrose and maltodextrin interact with fiber and protein; in this combination, they are absorbed slowly, gradually being absorbed into the blood, so they are absolutely safe components, even for diabetics.
• Slow carbohydrates also include starch, the formation of which occurs under the influence of photosynthesis by various plants. Starch is a slow-acting, complex carbohydrate that is an ideal source of long-lasting energy. It is absorbed into the blood gradually and provides a prolonged supply of energy to every cell of the body. During mental work, it helps saturate the neurons of the brain, and during training, it replenishes the lack of glycogen in the muscles.
• Chicory inulin is a complex carbohydrate obtained from the tubers and roots of certain plants. In addition to its energy function, inulin removes harmful substances from the body: toxins, bad cholesterol and heavy metals.
• Dietary fiber, the so-called fiber, also belongs to complex carbohydrates. Fiber cleanses the intestines, has a mild diuretic effect, detoxification, and normalizes intestinal microflora. Fiber in Energy Diets is contained in the form of cellulose gum and tara gum, which are dietary fibers of various types. Cellulose gum supplies insoluble dietary fiber, while tara gum, on the contrary, supplies soluble fiber.

Price for Energy Diet cocktails

The cost of concentrates varies depending on the chosen flavor. During the sale period, you can buy Energy Diet at a discount of 10 to 50%, but for this you need to constantly monitor the manufacturer’s official website. Approximate price range for cocktails in specialized stores in Moscow:

Taste of the product	Price, rubles
Mango	1980
Chocolate mousse	1980
Berry mix	1980
Banana	2200
Vanilla	2200
Irish cream	1980
Latte	1980
Coffee	1980
Cappuccino	2200

Vitamins and minerals

Energu Diet functional food contains all the essential nutrients the body needs every day, including vitamins and minerals.

Let's take a closer look at some of the components.

• Magnesium carbonate, which came to the food industry from medicine. Without it, the body does not absorb B vitamins. Magnesium carbonate improves the functioning of the cardiovascular and endocrine systems, promotes protein synthesis, and also has a positive effect on the activity of the brain and kidneys.
• Acerola MALPIGHGLABRAL or Caribbean cherry is a natural source of vitamins and microelements. It is especially rich in vitamin C. Caribbean cherries rejuvenate the body, remove toxins and increase vitality.
• Ferrous sulfate is the main participant in the energy processes of our body. As a source of iron, it provides nutrition for the normal development and functioning of the brain and ensures a healthy metabolic rhythm. And a lack of iron leads to excess weight.
• Zinc citrate or zinc is a very useful trace element. Thanks to it, the immune system is activated, vision and memory are improved. Zinc also promotes the absorption of fats and carbohydrates.
• Royal jelly or royal jelly - it contains more than 400 nutrients, minerals, vitamins and trace elements, including 22 amino acids (including all essential ones). Royal jelly is a powerful source of cell youth.
• Manganese gluconate improves metabolism, in other words, it helps to combine all the nutrients and trace elements in the cocktail.
• Copper gluconate – stimulates the skin’s immune system and prevents inflammatory processes.
• Potassium iodide or iodine - takes part in oxidative processes, increasing the level of brain activity.
• Sodium selenite or selenium, responsible for redox reactions, improves immunity by removing toxins from cells and neutralizing free radicals that contribute to cancer.

Contraindications

Dry mixtures for weight loss have a number of contraindications, in the presence of which it is worth choosing a different (safer) weight loss regimen. Before starting a diet, people with problems with the cardiovascular, nervous and immune systems should definitely consult a doctor. It is strictly prohibited to consume drinks during pregnancy, breastfeeding, in childhood and for all those who have the following health problems:

• pancreatitis in chronic or acute form;
• hypertension – high blood pressure;
• tachycardia - painful, rapid heartbeat;
• chronic or acute gastritis – inflammation of the gastric mucosa;
• colitis – inflammation of the colon;
• enteritis - inflammation of the small intestine;
• intestinal dysbiosis - a violation of the microflora (presence of opportunistic microorganisms), accompanied by diarrhea, general weakness, bloating;
• metabolic syndrome - an increase in the percentage of visceral fat, resistance (decreased sensitivity) of tissues to insulin, disorders of lipid, carbohydrate or purine metabolism;
• insomnia – problems falling asleep or sleep disturbances;
• Chronic heart failure is a condition in which the myocardium (heart muscle) is not able to pump enough blood for the normal functioning of other organs.

And a few more non-scary components

But we all know that it is not enough to make a product healthy; it also needs to be tasty and easy to use. To solve this problem, Energy Diet has added stabilizers, flavors and other 100% safe additives of taste and consistency. Flavors identical to natural are still the same natural flavors, only obtained in a laboratory method. They create the versatility of tastes and aromas of Energy Diet cocktails.

• Tripotassium citrate is a common acidity regulator and stabilizer. It helps maintain the consistency of the shake while giving you more satiety with fewer calories.
• It also contains a calorie-free artificial sweetener - acesulfame - k, which replaces regular sugar, but is absolutely safe for your health and figure.
• Beta-carotene is a natural plant pigment that is formed during photosynthesis by algae, fungi and bacteria. Once in the human body, beta-carotene is converted into vitamin A. Isn’t it scary?
• Tri-substituted calcium orthophosphate - performs several functions at once: acidity regulator, stabilizer, leavening agent and color fixative. It is absolutely safe for humans, since 70% of our bones and tooth enamel are made of calcium phosphate. Its main task is to preserve the product from temperature changes or during long-term storage without special conditions.

Program options

Menu of the “Start” Energy Diet program

At stage 1 of the diet, you are allowed to consume no more than 1200-1500 kcal daily. In addition to the Energy drink, you should consume no more than 400 grams of fresh or stewed vegetables.

The following vegetables are allowed:

1. White cabbage and asparagus.
2. Broccoli and eggplant.
3. Cauliflower and Swiss chard.
4. Salad and greens of any kind.
5. Pumpkin , zucchini and mushrooms.
6. Onions, green onions , cucumbers and spinach.
7. Soy shoots , turnips, green beans.
8. Bell pepper , radish and turnip.
9. Green radish , tomatoes and seaweed.

Each of the vegetables can be eaten separately, or made into a salad. You can use lemon juice and apple cider vinegar as a dressing.

If a person losing weight needs to reduce weight to 10 kg, the duration of 1 course of diet should be no more than 3 days. If the weight is more than 10 kg, the course lasts about 5 days. The first stage involves daily measurement of the weight and volume of the figure, preferably in the morning hours of the day to assess the effect.

The main rule of the diet that must be followed is to drink at least 2 liters of fluid per day. As this, the authors allow the use of mineral water without gases, various types of tea and coffee, but only with a small caffeine content. Sugar should be excluded, but low calorie sweeteners can be used.

"Fixing" system

If, after 3-5 days of dieting according to the method, you return to your usual diet, the lost kilograms will return to their place. Course 2 is designed specifically to avoid this.

At this stage, extra pounds are still reduced. Together with them, the digestion process is restored. Now the person losing weight should eat their usual food about 1-2 times a day, and the same amount from the permitted balanced diet.

The duration of stage 2 of the diet takes exactly the same amount of time until the person losing weight achieves the result that he initially strived for. It is necessary to replace Energy dry cocktails for 1 dose in the evening. You need to eat food 2-3 hours before bedtime. During the day, take 1-2 servings of protein foods.

The menu for 1 serving during the diet may include:

• 2 eggs, or 100 grams of lean beef;
• 150 gr. poultry, veal, rabbit, chicken, liver or turkey;
• 100 grams of low-calorie cheese, 150 grams of cottage cheese, and the same amount of seafood;

Energy Diet “Control” program

The 3rd and final stage of the diet is considered the longest. Every 1 kg lost corresponds to 1 month of the method. In addition to vegetables and proteins, you need to eat fruits and carbohydrates.

Sources of carbohydrates are:

• red beans and lentils;
• unpolished rice;
• grain breads;
• bread baked from wholemeal flour;
• pasta products;
• oatmeal and buckwheat;

The amount of fruit for each day should not be more than 300 grams. During the diet, grapes must be completely excluded from the menu. Instead, it is better to eat apricots, raspberries, pears, plums, oranges, kiwis, currants and blueberries. The last meal is replaced with Energy mixture.

Question for trolls

I often hear one of the stupidest objections: “Energy Diet is chemistry” and the like. All the armchair experts analyze the compositions far and wide, shouting that it is chemicals, powder, and harmful. How can I replace food with powder diluted with water or milk? And other baseless blah blah blah. I have only one question, why don’t you troll baby food? Well, this is also an artificially created powder that mothers feed their children from the first days of life.

For example, take Nanny 3 infant formula, a New Zealand company that produces goat's milk infant formula. Expensive product of premium quality.

This mixture is recommended and approved by pediatricians all over the world for use by children from birth who are unlucky with breastfeeding.

For the sake of humor, let’s talk about Internet experts analyzing the composition of Energy Diets and proving that it is chemical, poison and complete nonsense. Let's compare the composition of Energy Diet and Nanny 3 infant formula.

Nanny	Energy diets
Squirrels	Squirrels
Fats	Fats
Carbohydrates	Carbohydrates
Vitamins – (the same)	Vitamins – (the same)
Minerals (same)	Minerals (same)
–	Cellulose! Children do not need it, their gastrointestinal tract is not so formed
–	Enzyme complex

Just for fun: find a can of baby formula in a pharmacy or supermarket and compare the composition of Energy Diets and baby formula, which is recommended for children from birth. Recommended by pediatricians, doctors, scientists! Not networkers. And people who have studied for many years, and who have been given a certain responsibility by the state, medicine and healthcare. They say without fear that children should eat this mixture.

And Energy Diets should be eaten by adults - this is what we say, networkers.

So what is the difference in composition? The difference, believe it or not, is only in percentage: what is contained in baby formula is 2-3 times more in Energy Diets. A child weighs 5-10 kg, and an adult weighs slightly more.

• Selenium: per 100 grams – 10 micrograms in Energy Diet – 54 micrograms.
• Iodine – 70 micrograms, Energy Diet – 166 micrograms.

And this trend can be seen in all indicators.

Energy Diet. Functional feed. Cocktail review

Greetings, friends! My name is Tsatsulin Boris, you are on the CMT scientific approach video blog, and today I will analyze Energy Diet products, which have begun to gain popularity recently. People ask me about her all the time. I think that people who know a little about nutrition don’t need to explain what these products are.

But for those who already have the treasured jar at home, I urge you to take a look.

I also want to note that many who criticize Energy Diet constantly receive threats from managers and distributors of Energy Diet products. Keep this in mind if you buy something from them - perhaps these people are not entirely adequate after their zombie seminars.

What is Energy Diet?

“The Energy Diet cocktail is advertised something like this:

• supposedly a successful substitute for regular food;
• like ANY food product in the world, it allows you to regulate the energy value of the diet;
• supposedly allows you to control and optimize weight;
• provides the required amount of proteins, vitamins and minerals (and also dyes, preservatives, thickeners... well, more on that later);
• ensures the supply of amino acids in the required range (needed by the creators of ED, obviously);
• gives energy and strength (like any food);
• protects muscles (and brain from excessive stress).

That's cool! I'll take two. If you read each point carefully, you will understand that any ordinary natural food does the same thing! Everything from the first to the last point. What is so magical about its composition? Indeed, calculated per kilogram, this mixture costs about 4,000 rubles. More expensive than any protein or gainer.

Product composition

As someone who is involved in nutrition and the scientific approach to health issues, I think the composition of the products is poor. The product is at the level of pig feed.

Let's take one of the products from the Cocktails series. Let's look at the composition. It changes from time to time, so I took the compositions of products from different series.

We have wonderful flavors, preservatives, stabilizers and leavening agents. Yes, they are not harmful. Yes, they are safe. I am all for these kinds of supplements and not at all against them. BUT, after all, manufacturers put pressure on the fact that everything is chemical, McDonald's is all kinds, and our product is natural. How can you shout about the naturalness of products at every step if the composition contains additives obtained by chemical synthesis!

However, the official website of the product clearly states that

“Natural processes and the properties of natural products have changed, and there are big marketing battles in the world for profit, for which manufacturers are ready to do a lot. Artificial extension of shelf life, use of preservatives incompatible with health"

The company contradicts itself!

• They increase the shelf life of products by preventing them from caking using magnesium carbonate , which is indicated on their composition. It is an anti-caking agent and also a thickener;
• Acesulfame-K sweetener . Not natural, please note;
• Tri-substituted potassium citrate and tri-substituted calcium ortho-phosphate are substances that are used in the food industry as stabilizers, acidity regulators, leavening agents, and color fixatives;
• Cellulose gum and tara gum.

Yes, it's all chemistry. It makes the product thick and tasty.

And here is the composition of the McDonald's cocktail. Gentlemen. There are less chemicals in it) A normal nutritionist will never be against food additives in the diet, because... They are safe, that's why they are used. There are casuistic cases, but that’s not what we’re talking about today. The most important thing is proteins, fats, carbohydrates, and their sources.

Packaging 450g = 15 servings; 2050 rubles. Those. 1 serving costs 136 rubles !

What's inside the cocktail?

Soy protein isolate, dextrose, pea proteins, milk protein concentrate, soy oil, starch, maltodextrin and a large list of various flavors, all sorts of crap, preservatives, and vitamins!

Soy protein

Soy protein is one of the cheapest sources of protein. Generally considered inferior. However, this is not entirely true. In terms of biological value, depending on the degree of protein processing, it is lower than whey and meat protein. According to the amino acid profile, soybean performs quite well, and in some cases it can be considered a whey protein substitute. I already talked about this in the previous issue and will tell you in detail in the next ones.

BUT in any case, it is a cheap protein with some features of both absorption and composition. The next issue is about phytoestrogens in plant products.

Pea protein

Pea protein is indeed an even cheaper source of protein; it is worse in amino acid profile and biological value of soybeans. They sprinkle it in order to dilute the product with even cheaper raw materials. Peas are the champion among plant proteins in their ability to cause digestive disorders. Can't find it at the Atlant market? Buy Energy Diets - the sensations will be no worse!

Many plant proteins cause digestive disorders. Keep this in mind...

Milk protein concentrate

Milk protein concentrate. It is not found in all products. And in those that exist, it is perfectly diluted with cheap soy and peas, and God knows how much real milk protein there is. Milk protein concentrate - anything can happen here. The type of protein is not highlighted - here it is purely milk protein, i.e. both whey and casein. In addition, the concentrate can be either 80% concentrate, 50% or even 30%. As the percentage of protein decreases, the amount of lactose increases. Therefore, it is clear why energy can carry away many people.

Carbohydrates

Dextrose/maltodextrin/starch - I talked about them in my previous issues.

These are extremely cheap sources of carbohydrates. So that you understand: the cost of a wholesale batch of kg of maltodextrin is comparable to the cost of sugar at retail. And there’s nothing to say about starch. They are quickly absorbed, raising blood sugar levels. Often used by athletes to restore glycogen reserves.

Here we have an article on this topic:

Myths about gainers. Harm and benefit. Maltodextrin and diabetes

ED is a high glycemic index food. This means that it is not suitable for controlling appetite and blood sugar levels. But more on that later. Using starch in your daily diet? It smells. Literally and figuratively. Starch can cause increased gas formation.

As a result, we have a protein-carbohydrate matrix, with peas, lactose and starch. Fart naturally – it gives you energy.

I especially like the website’s claim about improving digestion.

HD innovation

The product packaging indicates HD innovation - the abbreviation originally means High Definition - according to the creators, this is an exclusive complex of enzymes that improves digestive processes, promotes rapid breakdown and more complete absorption of animal and plant proteins. Why do you think he is here? That's right - so that all the peas are digested better and do not ferment) That's it. What else did you think he was here for?

Vegetable oil (soybean oil)

Vegetable oil (soybean oil) is generally a good thing. Source of lecithin. But there is not much fat in the composition itself. Only 9 per 100 grams of product. I don't think it's bad.

Other Supplements

But then come Acerola Malpighia glabra L. (149 mg/100g) and royal jelly (31 mg/100g). I will not dwell on these two supplements, however, it is important to note that a review study on royal jelly, popularly known as Royal Jelly .

There are very few studies, all of them are extremely poor both in the control group and in the study design. [1]

A randomized controlled trial [2] found small changes in blood parameters and hormones, but these are controversial and unreliable. And the control group is small. And in this study it was 3000 mg, i.e. 3 grams of royal jelly. And the ED composition is 100 times smaller, friends!

Acerola Malpighia glabra L , or Barbados cherry, is known for being rich in vitamin C. I talked about it in my issue about skin and joint health. I haven’t looked at other studies on it, but if you take into account its dose, then it will contain about 2 mg of vitamin C, with a therapeutic dose of about 1000 mg!!! [3] Inulin is inulin - dietary fiber. Yes, it's useful. How to eat an apple. But not more. It does not provide any special functionality to the product.

Vitamins

Vitamins. Many sellers emphasize that the product contains vitamins. If you go to the pharmacy and buy yourself a good vitamin kit, it will cost you 300-400 rubles. Why pay almost 2000?

The entry about vitamins looks very funny. 23 Vitamins and Minerals. Very funny.

This label makes no sense because almost any product will contain similar amounts of vitamins and minerals. There is no more in milk, but not much less either. There was little vitamin in the powder. These are not superdoses. [4]

And they are also cunning - in the table of vitamins and minerals on the website, they artificially inflate the composition, given that the mixture is mixed with milk, i.e. this composition on the site will not be plausible if you mix ED with water.

They color the raspberry flavor mixture with beets. For color. Why not raspberries? Oh yes. Forgot. After all, raspberries cost an incredible amount of money. And the beet-based dye seems to be natural and gives color.

Total

And now the composition is on average for all tastes. Composition per 100g of product:

• Protein: 36 g;
• Carbohydrates: 36g;
• Fat: 9 gr.

Total per jar:

• 360g low quality protein
• 360 g of simple carbohydrates (just so you understand, these carbohydrates are an analogue of sugar or flour)
• 90 g low quality soybean fat

And 1 kg of this powder costs almost 4000 rubles!!!

Tell your friends, if you know how to do it yourself, how to read the ingredients on the package, why it’s stupid to overpay for low-quality raw materials, why you don’t have to spend 2000 rubles per jar, when it’s better to buy yourself a good kebab with khachapuri and a plate of salad.

Moreover, the overall price will be the same.

By the way, 1 serving of the product is equivalent to 150 grams of chicken with 100 grams of boiled buckwheat. The price, naturally, is much lower.

Many people will ask. OK. What's the catch, why is the product bad? If you personally like this product, please. But this is far from being a functional food, especially since it is not suitable for the purposes for which it was created.

Compound feed

There are products with better ingredients for less money. For example, animal food. Compound feed. The price of 1 kg of this mixture is 60 rubles. BUT the composition is partly milk protein, partly vegetable. Even pigs are given at least 35% animal protein as a meal replacement. The rest is vegetable.

You overpay the price by about 50 times! True, you also get a product of worse quality, because some of the proteins and fats in the cocktail will be of plant origin. Therefore, if there is a choice between energy and compound feed, I would choose compound feed.

Who is this product for?

.. The fact that a mixture of sugar, soy protein and milk powder is sold for such amounts, and people buy it, thinking that they are getting an elite product, is just crazy, the marketing department works with a bang, but people don’t even want to read and think for a minute what they are actually buying. According to salespeople, the cocktail is suitable for everyone:

• Diabetics;
• Athletes;
• Losing weight;
• Gaining weight.

There are also paragraphs that contradict each other. How does this product help some people gain weight and others lose weight? It's simple. Those who are losing weight eat less food and drink two cocktails a day. And whoever gains weight eats three cocktails a day and does not refuse food. The same thing can be done with regular food and for much less money.

NL International positions its product as a functional food, but in Russia the majority of the audience is girls who watch their figure, which is not the same thing as functionality. This product is not at all suitable for diabetics. Due to carbohydrates with a high glycemic index in the composition. Even despite the protein in the composition, which slows down absorption. Such foods cause a spike in blood glucose. Diabetics and obese people should not eat such foods. A serving of a cocktail will be similar to a ham sandwich in both glycemic and nutritional terms.

And on the site, to put it mildly, they lie, stating that starch and maltodextrin are absorbed during the day.

This is a lie. This product is not safe for sick people. Moreover, these types of carbohydrates do not provide good hunger control, because... Glucose surges can lead, especially in diabetics, to post-strandial hypoglycemia. And this is hunger and weakness.

For athletes, this product is only suitable as a gainer before and after training. I talked about fast gainers here.

It is not suitable for other purposes at all. Low-quality protein will not replace normal meals. And the cost of higher quality sports nutrition products is several times less.

If you do the math, 1 kilogram of this miracle cocktail ends up costing 4,000 rubles! Do you know any other product that costs that much? For such a price, the product must have truly magical properties. Even premium American sports nutrition of the highest quality with an excellent composition and complex production technologies costs 2-3 times less! With this money, even eating in a restaurant will be several times more profitable in terms of price and, even more so, in quality.

Sellers even specifically refuse the term “sports nutrition” in relation to their product, calling it “functional nutrition,” although in essence ED is sports nutrition. The meaning here is very simple and clear - you need to confuse illiterate consumers and “sell” the product to them; after all, people already know what sports nutrition is. And it will be difficult to compete with him, having an insane price for his “powders”.

“Functional nutrition” sounds loud and tempting, but is it true? According to the Scientific Concept of Functional Nutrition in Europe, supplements can only be classified as functional if they can demonstrate a positive effect on some key function of the human body and obtain evidence confirming this relationship.

Therefore, in the absence of research and evidence, one can even call a homeless package a functional food (which contains the same soybeans, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals).

The only study of Energy Diet nutrition was carried out at the Scientific and Methodological Center for Sports Medicine in Krasnoyarsk.

2 groups of people took:

• 1 group food Energy Diet;
• Group 2 milk 6% fat;

Next, these groups were subjected to loads, and as a result, the first group had shifts in a positive direction, while the second group had no shifts. And as if everything is fine, and the research was a success, but let’s figure it out. The first group received fast carbohydrates (already described above) and thereby replenishing the glycogen supply to be able to train intensively, improved their results. That's all…

And friends! Remember, in order to lose or gain weight you need to adhere to the correct proportion of food intake, calories and have the correct load. People lose weight or gain energy because they either replace buns and sweets with one cocktail - therefore, the overall calorie intake drops, or they gain a caloric surplus due to cocktails again. Watch our releases about this HERE.

About those who advertise

By the way, NLstar apparently DOES NOT have any offices in Moscow. All “offices” are registered by distributors for their own profit. I called the main office in Novosibirsk - they only discuss real issues there. Many athletes, performing athletes, and video bloggers advertise these products. The former understand perfectly well that they are selling compound feed. But that doesn't stop them. The latter do not understand very well what they are selling and sincerely believe in the properties of the product. These are the most dangerous and aggressive representatives of network marketing. I will not discuss individual people. Draw your own conclusions.

– A friend of mine decided to get rich, and ended up spending all her money. I bought dietary supplements and went crazy. (...) I took out a lot of loans, including transferring my apartment to the bank. Everyone who knew her quarreled, even her own daughter thought she was crazy. She was not heard from for about three months, and then water began to flow from the neighbors’ ceiling. They called the Ministry of Emergency Situations, broke down the door and found her in the bathroom with long uncut nails and hair. She looked terrible, anyone who has seen people with schizophrenia will understand what we are talking about. The whole room was littered with boxes of dietary supplements. She sat and muttered: “Soon I will become rich, soon I will become a level 8 manager.”

This is network marketing. Yes, those frostbitten aggressive powder sellers. This is a network affiliate program. The principle is simple - Refer a friend/client and get a discount/prize/. Products are distributed in a very expensive way - by direct sales of each unit of product, network marketing with large bonus payments to distributors. This is how the energy gives system works.

Here people who are “in the know” will tell me that the price for a jar of more than 2000 can be reduced through discount cards, bonuses, affiliate programs, business systems and... In short, the ED-sheep themselves have long been confused in their ways of hiding such a simple thing as network marketing.

Network marketing is trying hard to imitate regular trading. If it pretends to be retail, it pretends to be an affiliate program and a system of discounts. If it is called “business”, then it is protected by the principles of ordinary wholesale trade. But what's the difference? We visualize, without going into economics: problems with the limited scale of expansion, the disadvantages of a pyramidal (or rather fractal - growth occurs in geometric progression) structure, etc.

Let's imagine that you are sitting at home and want to buy yourself Energy Diet bread (and, God forgive me, there is such a thing too). But you are too lazy to go to the supermarket. You go to your neighbor and ask if he will go to the store and if he can grab a loaf of bread for you? The neighbor thinks and decides that he is too lazy to go to the store. But he wanted to cook some rolled oats for himself, so he calls his colleague, a friend from his shift, and invites him to drink beer, and on the way asks him to buy some oatmeal with bread.

A neighbor’s colleague comes to the store with a list of products and buys everything listed, but the saleswoman gently hints to him that beer without vodka is a waste of money, and by buying a bottle he will receive twice as many stickers and the opportunity to win a service from Yudashkin.

Having rammed all this beauty - bread, rolled oats, vodka, beer, which cost him 500 rubles, the cost of bread from which was 30 rubles, and the rolled oats - 50... The neighbor’s colleague stumbles towards his neighbor, knocks his heel in the rib: “Do you respect me?” And asks to throw in a little for the effort. 80 rubles for a hangover. The neighbor, sighing, gives them back and realizes that he received his rolled oats and your bread for 160 rubles. I received it, that is, with a 100% markup.

Wanting to recoup this markup, a neighbor drops by at your place at one in the morning and sells you bread at a price that is: 30 rubles cost plus 30 rubles markup of his Colleague on bread plus 50 rubles markup for rolled oats (you have to beat it off).

The next day you decide not to mess with these guys, go to the supermarket, bring a loaf of bread to the checkout and tell her the story of how yesterday at 3 am you received bread for 110 rubles.

However, the cashier gently nods at you and says that this is exactly how much bread costs for a retail buyer. There is a special discount for the average intermediary. To do this, you need to buy oatmeal along with the bread, but then the price of the bread will be lower by as much as 50 rubles. But this is not serious either. For real business and using affiliate prices, you need to purchase a ready-made kit, supplementing the purchase with beer. And beer without vodka is money down the drain. Your objections that you don’t drink are met with a barrage of criticism, people in line, shaking bottles of beer, shout something about Orthodoxy and patriotism, and the granny next door remarks that “whoever doesn’t smoke or drink will die healthy.” .

What would a mentally healthy person do in such a situation? That's right - he will run away in horror and buy bread in a normal store.

This concludes the discussion about why, given the almost identical composition of the Energy Diet and a regular gainer, it is better to buy a gainer (initially much cheaper) can be considered over. If, I repeat, you are an adequate person.

As a result of an ineffective (from the point of view of the end consumer) sales system for health products, their final price increases several times. To compete with other products (distributed through the usual wholesale and retail route through shopping centers and pharmacies), distributors attribute miracle properties to their products, calling them unique. It turns out logical - for a unique product you can ask for any increased price, because there is nothing to compare it with.

conclusions

In fact, these products are not particularly unique, except for the high price.

Author: Boris Tsatsouline.

Sources:

1. Royal Jelly
2. Effect of royal jelly ingestion for six months on healthy volunteers
3. National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference Release
4. National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference Release