It’s hard to think that by drinking a shake you could better your health, but for decades with products like Slimfast, Advocare and Vi-Shake, you can now drink your meal while lose weight. Additional, some of these companies also allow you to make money while changing your lifestyle. Since this month I’ve really concentrated on losing some much needed weight, I decided to take a look at the two shakes I’ve had a chance to sample, AdvoCare Meal Replacement Shake and ViSalus Vi-Shape Nutritional Shake to see which one was better.
But before going any further, I am adding the disclaimer: I am receiving no financial gain for this post and do not sell either of these products. However, if you choose to purchase either of these brands, I am supplying two friends’ links, so you can easily purchase your meal replacement shake choice!
BUY AdvoCare Meal: Replacement Shake BUY ViSalus Vi-Shape Nutritional Shake
Taste:
Plano-based AdvoCare Meal Replacement Shake is available in three flavors: Chocolate, Vanilla, and Berry. The basic recipe calls for water and then if you like, you can add fruit, ice, etc.
Vi-Shape Nutritional Shake Mix is available in Sweet Cream flavor. By adding milk, Almond milk or water, you can add your own ingredients to create a special recipe. You can also get ViSalus Health Flavor Mix Ins like chocolate, banana and strawberry are also an option for a quick variation or base.
I enjoyed both of these shakes’ flavors, especially the Almond Joy Vi-shake recipe I found (along with the more than 100 other recipes.) While I didn’t try it with the Advocare chocolate base, I’m sure it would work similarly to the Vi-Shake recipe. The Advocare shake, as directed, and the Vi-Shake blend I concocted (the basic recipe with Almond Milk and a provided Chocolate Mix in) tasted like a Carnation Instant Breakfast and didn’t seem like I was skipping out or having a “diet” shake.
Nutrition:
While both shakes taste good, we are talking meal replacement shakes that most people drink in efforts to LOSE or manage weight. So let’s get straight to the point.
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Advocare Chocolate Flavor
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Vi-Shape Shake
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Total Calories: 220
Total Fat: 3 g
Total Cholesterol: 40 mg
Total Sodium: 80 mg
Total Carbohydrates: 24g
Total Dietary Fiber: 6 g
Total Sugars: 12g
Total Protein: 24g
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Total Calories: 90
Total Fat: 1 g
Total Cholesterol: 15 mg
Total Sodium: 75 mg
Total Carbohydrates: 7g
Total Dietary Fiber: 5 g
Total Sugars: <1 g
Total Protein: 12 g
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In addition to the list of minerals and vitamins each of the meal replacement shakes contains, Advocare utilizes a combination of whey protein concentrate, calcium caseinate, milk protein isolate and an amino acid blend while Vi-Shape Nutritional Shake comprises a blend of Tri-sorb protein, non-GMO soy protein, fibersol, pro-biotics and aminogen.
Now before looking at the list to see the obvious, consider what exactly we are comparing. For instance, ViSalus Vi-Shape Nutritional Shake may seem like it has fewer calories, less fat, cholesterol, sodium, sugars and carbohydrates, the label is only for the basic cream flavor (smells like birthday cake) recipe using water. Unfortunately, I’ve rarely heard of people (including myself), using water, but rather milk as well as mix-ins like fruit, extracts, etc. So actually, you need to add these additional products like milk (which adds additional carbs, sugars and protein) to the mix as well as any other flavors. So make sure you are looking at apples to apples before making your meal replacement option!
Cost:
AdvoCare Meal Replacement Shakes are $39.95 for 14 individual pouches so each shake is approximately $2.85.
Vi-Shape Nutritional Shake is $59 for a 30-serving supply sack or $49 if you choose to get join their auto-ship program, so each Vi-Shape is $1.63. (However, if you are adding other items to the shake, the bottom like cost is more than $1.63.) Additionally, if you refer 3 customers to buy the Vi-shake mix via your link, you get yours free the next month.
So what’s the best option? I’ll admit, it’s a hard to look at just taste, nutrition and cost to make the best choice. I know I couldn’t based on these facts. Both made me full, tasted good and provided my daily vitamins and minerals. I loved the fact that with the Advocare I could dump water, ice and the envelope into the blender and I had a delicious breakfast rather than to put together a special recipe with mixins and milk from Vi-Shake. However, late at night when I craved something bad, the Vi-Shakes are what I craved to fight off the bad things I wanted to eat, but shouldn’t.
So unfortunately, like many diet and nutrition programs, you have to make the best choice for your and your body. I’ve seen and heard many success stories for both products and I know I’ve tried both programs and certainly will continue with both challenges to see what works best for me.
Have you tried Advocare or the Vi-Shake?
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I like that your post is unbiased! There are so many posts trying to get you to buy either way. I am an Advocare distributor but I was interested in the Visalus products too, so this was a helpful review! Thanks 🙂
Very awesome post/comparison! I am a Director at ViSalus and how you compared is not only professional, but truthful! Thank you!
Thanks for the information. Trying to decide if I want to start selling the products for advocare or body by Vi. Thanks for giving a neutral review.
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my name is neal buchanan and i was coparing body vi and adocare, beacaues iam thinking promoting one of this two products. so wish me luck.
The carbs and sugars alone make the ViSalus shape a better pick. Financially this is a $1-2 Billion in annual sales company. Now add on the new protein cereal ViCrunch nobody can beat this company in weight loss.
Advocare is a program that helps you to become healthy, it’s a jump start to a new life style. We don’t ask you to quit what you are already doing, but supplement with what you are doing. When you put good nutrition in your body, the only thing that will come out of it is great results. but you are right, chose what is right for you. You are the only one that knows your body the way you do. Good luck to you. Stay healthy, get fit 🙂
I am struggling…I bought Advocare and I was surprised that I did not like the shake! I generally like protein shakes! Am I doing something wrong? I tried the strawberry and chocolate. Very sad as I wanted this product to work.
The Advocare shake has 40mg of cholesterol. does that seem like a lot to anyone else?
I think it seems high compared to other protein shakes but I’m going to do a little more research to see what the other ones are at. Wouldn’t have even thought that would be an issue!
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Great write up!
Thanks for linking to my site with recipes.
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