Hi, quick stats. 31 year old male, 6’, 190lbs, 35.5” waist, eat a generally pretty healthy diet, doing the low fatigue strength template with extra cardio on the side, also work a pretty strenuous job (~20,000 steps/day plus plenty of heavy lifting), and all general blood work markers are in line. In the past I have always struggled to eat enough, and even eating till I feel kinda sick still doesn’t stop the weight loss at points, and I am ultimately trying to slowly gain weight. Over the last while I have started utilizing sugar sweetened beverages (ie. good host iced tea, around 300-400cal worth) to help with controlling my weight without eating to point of feeling gross. I’m still eating till I feel pretty full every time, but these beverages, due to their non satiating nature, are useful to hit a higher calorie target and reduce the weight loss when needed, and slowly create controlled weight gain when needed.
Long story short, in someone where these liquid calories are used as a tool to actually control weight loss and gain within healthy parameters where just eating that much healthy food is too difficult, are there any health detriments?
Thanks
