Shakes vs Solid meals

[coffee-guy]

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What is it you're calling bullsh*t on? I feel the exact same way and have made numerous posts about it before. I'm not talking about protein powder shakes either - I'm talking about whole food shakes. I know my body well enough to tell you that *my* blood sugar levels are affected way differently with shakes even if they're made of precisely the same ingredients as a whole food meal (typically chicken or tuna blended with oats or brown rice)....

[Stonecold54]

i have always noticed in my OWN experience that when I eat healthy whole foods for extended periods of time I look my best...but I add in shakes when I can afford them for extra calories and protein but I don't go nuts on supps because I question how the body reacts to them...but if some protein is supplemented then all the better.

[dna9488]

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call it whatever you like, just saying thats how it works for me

[NYCmitch25]

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[dna9488]

I have noticed shakes bloat me and don't fill me up, they leave me hungry and digest WAY TOO FAST....

I'll stick to whole foods

[Bouncer]

well i mean the body is designed to eat solid foods. shakes have there place but I would never have my diet dominated by mostly shakes.

[redback]

i think what you are doing is fine, a balance is fine. i think they are both beneficial.

ya i would rather add more shakes just for time tho. Just trying to understand where the "solid meals are better" theory comes from.

[Bouncer]

i think what you are doing is fine, a balance is fine. i think they are both beneficial.

[redback]

i always wondered why people say that solid meals are better than shakes since the food has to break down in your gut to be digested anyway? I try to eat 4- 5 solid meals and 2-3 shakes but sometimes i just dont have time to eat and a shake is alot quicker. Could there really be a problem with replacing more solid meals with shakes, considering you are adding other things besides powder, tuna, peanut butter, oats etc...?