IsaLean or Formula1 Nutrition Shake?
Last Updated on by Sophie
Both products IsaLean and Formula1 has been in the market for years and used by many customers.
This shows that customers benefited from these products, however which meal replacement is better for you?
Meal replacements are popular products because easily you can have a healthy meals that meet your nutritional needs in 5 minutes.
You can have a meal today that is high in protein and tomorrow a meal that is high in carbohydrates and so on without too much effort.
Even if you need a meal low in cholesterol you can have it.
Formula1 Nutritional Shake is Herbalife best selling product, a meal replacement used mainly for weight management.
IsaLean from Isagenix is also meal replacement used for weight management.
Both products are well known in the market and with both you can manage your weight.
Based on product label you can decide which product is best for you, Formula1 Nutritional Shake or IsaLean shake.
Both products are designed for different needs, if you need more than 9 grams of protein per serving you can go with IsaLean, the same can be said if you prefer higher dose of carbohydrates and sugar.
Protein
IsaLean is high in protein per serving 16 grams if mixed with water and 24g if mixed with milk, while Formula1 will give you 9 grams of protein.
According to the product label, isalean provide high quality undenatured whey and milk protein.
Simply undenatured protein mostly benefit the immune system and does not affect the quality of the protein you are taking.
You will get the same amount and quality of protein if your meal replacement contains denatured or undenatured protein.
Protein is important ingredient in meal replacement and without it your shake mix is not complete nutritionally, the question is how many grams of protein do we need daily?
Its recommended we take 0.75 g of protein per 1 kilograms of body weight, for my body weight of 60 kg i need daily 45 g of protein.
This article We don’t need nearly as much protein as we consume is a good read about protein.
Nutrition fact
Both products of high quality and provide complete healthy meal, however the difference is in what you need.
If you are looking for a meal replacement that is low in cholesterol you should go for Formula1 otherwise you can choose Isalean shake and so on. look at product label, go through ingredients and decide.
| Formula1 Nutritional Shake | IsaLean Shake | |
| Usage per servings | 25 g | 61 g |
| Calories per serving if mixed with milk | 170 | 240 |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg | 50 mg |
| Sodium | 95 mg | 230 mg |
| Sugar | 9 g | 10 g |
| Carbohydrates | 13 g | 24 g |
| Protein | 9 g | 24 g |
Price
Isagenix is costlier per meal than Herbalife Formula1, Formula1 available in canister of 30 servings while IsaLean in canister of 14 servings.
There are many videos on YouTube about protein shake and i find this from ConsumerLab has the information we need as consumers about protein shakes.
The bottom line: both products are good and made for different nutritional need, you can manage your weight successfully with Isalean and Formula1, it all depends on your nutritional need.
What important also is both products are safe to use, Isalean is for those who need higher protein and carbohydrates in their shake.
