Are meal replacement biscuits good for the body? Are meal replacement biscuits healthy for replacing staple foods?

I bought a few boxes of meal replacement biscuits and planned to start my weight loss journey, but I heard from others that meal replacement biscuits cannot be consumed for a long time or it will be bad for the body. Is it healthy to replace staple food with meal replacement biscuits? Are meal replacement biscuits good for the body?

If you eat meal replacement biscuits for a short period of time, it will not harm your body. However, if you eat meal replacement biscuits for a long time, it will cause malnutrition to your body. Friends who want to lose weight should eat three meals a day, as long as they control their calorie intake. When eating, you should match meat and vegetables, and don't overeat.

Meal replacement biscuits cannot meet the nutrient intake recommended by the "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents", and cannot replace the natural nutrients in cereals, potatoes, fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, eggs, milk, beans and other foods. Long-term consumption can easily cause malnutrition. Meal replacement biscuits are low in protein and can easily cause fatigue, memory loss, low resistance, etc. Meal replacement biscuits often have a higher fat content, and long-term consumption will increase the risk of fatty liver.

Meal replacement biscuits sound healthy, but are they really so? Not necessarily. Meal replacement biscuits have three problems: unbalanced nutrition, too much fat, and excessive sodium content.

Let’s talk about nutritional imbalance first. From the perspective of ingredients, meal replacement biscuits contain wheat flour, soybean flour, mung bean flour, grains, potatoes and even dehydrated vegetables. However, after artificial processing, the nutrients of the raw materials in the biscuits have been lost a lot, so it is impossible to reach the recommended amount in the "2016 Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents".

Furthermore, the difference between meal replacement biscuits and ordinary biscuits is actually the addition of dietary fiber. People who have eaten whole grains know that foods high in dietary fiber are actually difficult to swallow. Therefore, when merchants make meal replacement biscuits, in order to make the biscuits more delicious, they often add a lot of oil (palm oil, coconut oil) to them, and the fat content may be higher than that of ordinary biscuits.

Similarly, in order to make the biscuits crispy, leavening agents are of course essential food additives, and some salt is also added for seasoning. If you observe carefully, you will find that some meal replacement biscuits have a lot of sodium content.

Eating too many meal replacement biscuits can easily cause internal heat because the biscuits are too dry and contain less water, so it is recommended to eat more vegetables and fruits. Eat three meals a day properly.