{"id":428,"date":"2009-03-04T23:27:14","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T23:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodybuilding.ultimatefatburner.com\/?p=428"},"modified":"2013-03-08T17:06:55","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T22:06:55","slug":"isatori-eat-smart-mrp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/bodybuilding\/isatori-eat-smart-mrp.html","title":{"rendered":"Review: iSatori Eat Smart Meal Replacement Supplement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>iSatori&#8217;s <strong>Eat Smart<\/strong> meal replacement powders (MRPs) come in four lip-smacking flavors: Chocolate Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup, Double Vanilla Ice Cream and Strawberry Cheesecake. These sound sinful, but the numbers say otherwise&#8230;from a calorie-carb perspective, Eat Smart is surprisingly lean.<\/p>\n<p>One scoop contains only 140 calories and 9 grams of carbs, nearly half of which is dietary fiber. There&#8217;s a solid amount of protein and the sugar content is virtually nil. For someone on a cutting diet\u2014or who simply wants to keep it light\u2014Eat Smart looks pretty promising&#8230;so far.<\/p>\n<p>What about the ingredients?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong> Whey Protein Isolate, Whey Protein Concentrate, Calcium Caseinate, Fibersol\u00ae (Fiber), Nutrim\u2122 (Oat Bran), High Oleic-Sunflower Oil, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Cocoa Powder (Dutch Process), Buttermilk, Silicon Dioxide, Cellulose Gum, Sodium Chloride, Lecithin, Fructooligosaccharides, L-Glutamine, Carrageenan, Potassium Chloride, Sucralose, Disodium Phosphate, Vitamin\/mineral Blend (Ascorbic Acid, DL-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate, Ferrous Phosphate, Niacinamide, Zinc Oxide, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamin Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Vitamin A Palmitate, Folic Acid, Biotin, Potassium Iodide, Chromium Polynicotinate, Phytonadione, Sodium Molybdate, Sodium Selenite, Cholecalciferol, Cyanocobalamin), Dipotassium Phosphate, Magnesium Oxide, Flaxseed Powder, Lactobacillus Acidophilus, Bifidobacterium Bifidum<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ingredient labels look quite complicated, but it&#8217;s actually pretty simple to sort things out. This list can be broken down to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Protein (whey protein isolate\/concentrate, calcium caseinate)<\/li>\n<li>Fiber (Fibersol, Nutrim, fructooligosaccharides, flaxseed powder)<\/li>\n<li>Fat (high-oleic sunflower oil)<\/li>\n<li>Vitamins and Minerals<\/li>\n<li>Probiotic bacteria (Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium bifidum)<\/li>\n<li>Various additives: flavors, thickeners, dispersing agents, emulsifiers, sweeteners (found in virtually ALL commercial products)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s a pretty solid list.<\/p>\n<p>Eat Smart uses a standard, but reliable whey-casein blend, along with some good sources of dietary fiber and a small amount of fat from sunflower oil high in oleic acid (similar to olive oil).<\/p>\n<p>The probiotics are also a nice touch&#8230;although iSatori doesn&#8217;t supply any information on the number or viability of the cultures used.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, while the <em>Lactobacilli<\/em> and <em>Bifidobacteria<\/em> add value, I&#8217;m not convinced Eat Smart is a replacement for a good probiotic supplement or equivalent functional food product (such as kefir or yogurt made w\/live cultures).<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a minor point, though\u2014it certainly didn&#8217;t keep me from ordering a package of the Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup to check out. I&#8217;m glad I did&#8230;I thought it was quite decent in water (preferably chilled, or blended w\/ice) and amazing in milk\u2014very yummy. It was also easy to blend into liquid\u2014there was virtually no clumping, even when using a spoon or shaker bottle.<\/p>\n<p>I also liked the fact that Eat Smart is sold in bulk, rather than individual serving packets. This allowed me to customize the portion to my appetite, vs. consuming a pre-measured amount. One scoop made a good snack&#8230;two was a pretty filling meal.<\/p>\n<p>My one complaint is that Eat Smart is a little weak on the vitamin and mineral side of things. It&#8217;s not unusual for an MRP to supply 25%\u201350% of the RDA for most vites and minerals per serving. Eat Smart, on the other hand, supplies only about 10% per scoop. I don&#8217;t see this as a deal breaker, however, as I (and most of the people I know) already take a multivitamin. Nonetheless, it&#8217;s something to consider for those who don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the bottom line is that Eat Smart is a well-made, satisfying and tasty MRP that&#8217;s low in calories and carbs. I liked it a lot&#8230;and I think you will too. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner-recommends.com\/eat_smart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It&#8217;s available directly from Isatori here!<\/a><\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"rating\" colspan=\"2\">Summary of iSatori Eat Smart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"thumbUp\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul class=\"pro\">\n<li>Low in carbs and calories.<\/li>\n<li>Tastes great!.<\/li>\n<li>Contains a good protein blend and some &#8220;value added &#8221; ingredients.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"thumbDown\" style=\"height: 90px;\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul class=\"con\">\n<li>Vitamin\/mineral fortification is low for a meal replacement product.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iSatori&#8217;s Eat Smart meal replacement powders (MRPs) come in four lip-smacking flavors: Chocolate Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup, Double Vanilla Ice Cream and Strawberry Cheesecake. These sound [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,24],"tags":[85],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/bodybuilding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/bodybuilding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/bodybuilding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/bodybuilding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/bodybuilding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/bodybuilding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1028,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/bodybuilding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428\/revisions\/1028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/bodybuilding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/bodybuilding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/bodybuilding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}