Steve,
I don't believe that I said the unprocessed food "increases" metabolism, I think I said it starts it. By that I meant your
body starts to work on complex carbohydrates as soon as they enter the
body, beginning when you ingest the food with the application of digestive enzymes when you chew and the process continues all the way through you digestive system. When you ingest food, Slimfast in this case, in liquid form, you take vital metabolic operations away from the process of digestion. Most of the reasons complex carbohydrates are so valuable to your system are that the nutrients aren't readily available and the
body has to work longer to make the sugars and nutrients available for use. Because of this fact, complex carbs will keep your metabolic system active longer at a higher rate, because it has to work longer to get the things it needs, processed. With complex carbohydrates much of the digestion process in done in the small intestine rather than the stomach. In liquid form, you take much of the bodies workload away because you decrease the amount of work required to get what it needs from the food. You've ingested the food in an almost ready to use form, much less metabolic action required to use the sugars and nutrients.
I can throw together a breakfast of complex carbs, in about as much time as it takes to open a can of Slimfast, and I feel a whole bunch better 2 hours down the road. To me, and this is personal feelings, opening a can of Slimfast would show a lack of commitment on my part and would not be a long term solution for me. Maybe it's a selfish way to look at it, but If I can get my 57 year old butt out of bed and fix a healthy breakfast in under 10 minutes, anybody can.
