What you should know about liquid food
The rise of wholesome meals in liquid form can no longer be ignored. To bring more clarity to this opaque (and viscous) matter, we at Saturo created this article. It answers all the burning questions about liquid nutrition.
What is liquid nutrition?
Liquid food is any food that is consumed in liquid form. This includes soups, smoothies, drinks and shakes.
As long as it contains important ingredients for the body, it can be described as "food". How healthy or unhealthy it is for your body will be explained shortly.
However, when we talk about liquid food in this article, we are referring to complete drinkable meals that can replace a solid meal. These are offered either as a ready-to-drink shake or in powder form for self-mixing. However, if you have to replace all meals due to illness, you should use medical drinkable meals, but only after consulting your doctor. This includes Saturo explicitly not.
Liquid food usually consists of all the important nutrients (proteins, healthy fats and carbohydrates) and vitamins that the human body needs. The ingredients of the food must always be indicated on the packaging.
Of course, every manufacturer of liquid meals has its own secret recipe, so the exact distribution of ingredients remains a mystery. With Saturo for example, we use soy as a source of protein and isomaltulose instead of conventional sugar.
By the way: not every liquid meal is vegan, gluten-free or lactose-free.
It all depends on the manufacturer's recipe - although most already have several products in their range so that there is the right one for every requirement. If a purely plant-based diet is important to you, you should take a close look at the ingredients table.
Liquid food and the daily diet
How well does liquid nutrition actually fit into everyday life?
Perhaps this sounds familiar to you: In the morning, you'd rather stay in bed a few minutes longer than have a hearty breakfast. During your lunch break at work, you don't have enough time to eat something "sensible". In the evening, you want to go to the gym, but your hunger prevents you from doing so.
In situations like this, a liquid diet comes in handy. It takes no time and still fills you up.
But a few questions remain.
Can you only eat a liquid diet?
However, nutritionists point out that liquid food is best consumed as part of a balanced diet[1]. We do not recommend eating liquid food alone.
The advantage of eating liquid food is that you get all the essential nutrients and feel full. If you eat a liquid diet, you won't be tempted to eat too much unhealthy food. At the same time, a balanced diet with vegetables, nuts and olive oil and little animal fat is recommended.
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Advantages and disadvantages of liquid food
We have created the following table so that you have the most relevant advantages and disadvantages of liquid nutrition at a glance: