Good nutrition begins at the cellular level. Not only must the nutrients be delivered but they must get to the appropriate cells of the body. These principles are the basis for cellular nutrition. Cellular Nutrition is the overriding nutritional philosophy of Herbalife International.
Today, throughout the world, people are facing under-nutrition of vital nutrients that their cells need for good health. This occurs even in countries where overweight and obesity are common. In the past 100 years, the human diet has changed drastically in ways that do not fit well with our genes. Our cells are adapted to a calorie-poor environment, rich in bio-active substances from colorful fruits and vegetables, and high in dietary fiber and healthy plant-based proteins. Our genes cannot change rapidly enough through evolution to enable us to adjust in just the past few hundred years to a diet missing key cellular nutrients.
For example, humans and fruit-eating bats have given up the cellular machinery to make vitamin C, since both our diets and those of fruit-eating bats were originally rich in vitamin C from plant foods. Unfortunately many individuals do not get enough vitamin C for optimum health.
They often can get the tiny amount (20 milligrams) needed to prevent scurvy from fortified foods, but not enough to get the antioxidant benefits of this essential vitamin.
Similarly, many different pathways promote retaining calories when excess food is eaten. The key element in reaching a successful body composition is not simply eating less but eating more of the right foods.
Significant scientific evidence supports a proper amount of protein, carbohydrate and fat diet including meal replacements such as Herbalife Formula 1 fortified when necessary with Herbalife Protein Powder to provide additional protein to help control hunger and support increasing muscle mass with exercise. Herbalife’s meal replacement shakes, when taken twice a day, help to support weight
management.
Meal replacements work by structuring the diet so that the healthy shake is providing better control of hunger and more protein to support the lean body mass than the foods normally eaten at meal time. However, these shakes are taken with at least one
healthy meal per day, and Herbalife includes a healthy colorful meal plan recommending seven servings of fruits and vegetables per day.
