frequently asked questions

Sculpt is a nutritional supplement that can help you take control of your body shape and eating plan. More than just a range of products, Sculpt is about getting the body you want without giving up the lifestyle you love. We believe in focusing on what you can do rather than what you can't – changing the things you can control, like your behaviour towards food. We want you to have the clever tools and inside information that guarantees you can maintain your results long term.

Nutrition for weight loss is really about three things: appetite management, calorie control and healthy snacking. Sculpt has a high protein formula to give you more power to manage appetite and cravings, it’s portion controlled and offers you convenient and versatile options for quick meals and smart snacks. We didn’t create Sculpt as a ‘diet shake’ – our background in nutrition and own philosophy towards weight loss makes us feel that’s a temporary approach and not one that works with a real lifestyle long term. Sculpt is designed to fit into your eating plan, to give you options for eating small, frequent meals that have the power to boost your metabolism.

Eating regularly keeps your calorie-burning potential and energy levels at an optimum level – eat 5 or 6 small meals consisting of a good balance of carbs and protein throughout the day.

• Eating frequently actually uses energy to digest food
• You can easily avoid cravings and binge eating if you don't allow your blood sugar levels to drop too far.  Go no more than 3 hours without a proper snack
• Put a little effort into planning your daily food intake, it makes all the difference to have the right food handy when you're trying to break poor habits

If you have a busy lifestyle, Sculpt is an easy, filling source of vital nutrients to help you keep up with your family, friends and career. If you’re actively managing your weight, Sculpt is a nutritious, convenient meal replacement formula to assist with a calorie modified eating plan. If you’re exercising regularly, Sculpt provides you with high protein meal and snack options to help manage appetite and assist with muscle tone and fat loss.

Nature’s most complex nutrient, protein happens to be the most useful nutrient for fat loss. Although protein has the same basic energy value as carbohydrate, the body responds to protein in a different way. Increasing your protein intake can assist weight loss in the following ways:

• Increasing “satiety” – protein signals your brain earlier that you’ve eaten enough, and makes you feel full for a longer period, which is great for managing your appetite
• Helping you use more energy and boost your metabolism – protein is “metabolically expensive” – it requires more energy to digest and is more difficult to convert to body fat
• Slowing the release of carbohydrates eaten in the same meal to the blood stream, helping stabilise blood sugar levels over a longer period, improve alertness and minimise food cravings

Yes, you can. Normal dietary protein sources include meats like beef & chicken, fish, eggs, legumes and dairy. Animal sources are the most complete proteins, but most of them come with unwanted extras like saturated fat. To easily boost your protein intake, Sculpt is ideal. Much less preparation and more of what you need - less of what you don’t. You can tailor Sculpt to suit your own personal requirements – a quick lunch with a piece of fruit, the right nutrition for after exercise or a workout, a filling mid afternoon snack, a sustaining breakfast or something that will stave of hunger and cravings when you’re racing out the door.

Sculpt is not about dramatic, rapid changes in your body shape, but instead is a nutritional tool that you can use to help you manage your eating plan. If you are interested in fat loss, the positive effects of using Sculpt can become apparent quickly, in as little as two weeks. There are no typical results, however, and Sculpt can work in many different ways depending on the individual woman. The results you achieve and the time it takes will ultimately rest with you and how you manage your lifestyle, eating and exercise plans.

The Sculpt range of products - powders, RTD's and bars are all gluten free.  Please note that Raspberry Chocolate flavour Sculpt bars do contain wheat fibre (which does not have any gluten), so should be avoided by those with a wheat allergy.

A very small amount of artificial sweetener is used in some Sculpt products to produce an enjoyable flavour. Sweetening the products with natural sugars would produce this same effect but add extra carbohydrates, and would mean Sculpt offers you less protein. In addition, natural carbohydrates are more easily and more beneficially contributed by other food sources in your diet, so do not need to be added in significant quantities to Sculpt. Sculpt does not currently use stevia, as the extracts commercially available leave an undesirable aftertaste.

Sculpt Powder and Sculpt ready-to-drink use an approved food additive called Acesulphame K. The additive code number for this sweetener is 950.

Whilst formulated with a woman's needs in mind, Sculpt won’t cause your average guy any harm at all! However, Horleys would recommend a product like Horleys Crossfire Protein, which may be better suited to his requirements.

Whilst the Sculpt range of products do not contain any ingredients harmful to either mother or baby, Horleys do not recommend women who are pregnant or breast feeding use Sculpt. Due to the special and intricate role a mothers nutrition plays for her baby's health, we advise that any supplements containing appetite suppressants or stimulants should only be consumed whilst pregnant or breast feeding under dietetic supervision.

Many women do choose to continue using Sculpt whilst pregnant and/or breast feeding as a supplement their energy and protein intake, and find the products extremely helpful.

We would not recommend that you give Sculpt products to children under the age of 12 years on a regular basis as the nutritional profile is not appropriate for them. If your children want to ‘try what you’re having’, the occasional sip of a protein shake or mouthful of Sculpt bar will not hurt. Teenagers can use the products provided a nutrition professional is able to give guidance on a sensible eating plan incorporating Sculpt.

Sculpt RTD is a ready to go product that contains exactly the same quality protein sources as Sculpt powder - whey protein concentrate and soy protein isolate - with the advantage of having the low fat milk already added. The protein and carbohydrate content is a little lower than the Sculpt powder you might make up with milk yourself, but Sculpt RTD makes up for this by being an ultra convenient solution to help you with nutrition on the go. Sculpt RTD does not contain the full range of vitamins and minerals as some of these would be lost in the processing of a ready to drink product and may also deteriorate on storage. As Sculpt prefers to guarantee you the contents of a package, these ingredients were deliberately not included. A source of calcium (derived from milk) was included as calcium is a stable mineral in this product.