Trigger Warning: Eating Disorder ? (kind of)
I’ve been wanting to share this story for a long time.
Through my sophomore year in college I developed a pretty unhealthy relationship with food, and I was not getting the calories that I needed; I was losing (kind of a lot of) weight. I was at the point where I knew I really had to fix my situation, or I could end up sick. The thought of eating real food disgusted me, but I felt backed into a corner in terms of options.
Huel, being a shake rather than food, was a savior! I was able to get the calories that I needed, and I was able to stabilize my weight. For a few months I only drank Huel shakes three times a day.
Not only did I feel better because I was getting the right amount of calories, but I know the vitamins and minerals played a large part in that too.
I have been a vegetarian since middle school, and I’ve never eaten red meat. So, already, I was pretty deficient in a few vitamins and minerals that were very necessary. The lack of iron specifically caused me depression, and I had to take iron supplements.
When I drank only Huel, I was able to stop my iron supplement because I didn’t need it anymore.
There is a certain type of power I feel from consuming a nutritionally complete meal at every mealtime.
I’m so thankful that I found Huel!