| I get a lot of questions about how medifast works, | | | | don't know this, but it actually is. Actually, it combines |
| how the food tastes and what life is like on the diet. | | | | low calorie, low fat, and high protein diets. For |
| But, over the weekend, I got a question that I've | | | | example, on this diet you eat about 1200 calories per |
| never gotten before. I had a woman email me and | | | | day, which is less than most people burn. And, the |
| ask "what does consumer reports say about the | | | | foods are also low in fat and in carbohydrates while |
| medifast diet?" I'll answer this question in the | | | | being pretty high in protein. |
| following article. | | | | Here's a look at a shake as an example. The Dutch |
| Does Consumer Reports Have A Rating On | | | | Chocolate shake contains 90 calories, 10 grams of |
| Medifast?: I really did not know the answer to this | | | | fat, 13 grams of carbs, and 11 grams of protein. This |
| question, but I do have a subscription to this | | | | is one meal choice, but there are over 70 additional |
| magazine and website so I logged on and looked it | | | | choices. However, almost all of them are similar. |
| up. There was no specific report or study on this | | | | Almost nothing in this diet contains over 100 calories. |
| diet, but there was a blog entry on a study as to | | | | And everything is pretty figure friendly. |
| which types of diets work best long term. The blog | | | | So this is the prepackaged foods (of which you eat |
| referred to BMJ Group's article which examined which | | | | five per day), but you'll also prepare one "lean and |
| type of diets actually lead to more weight loss in real | | | | green meal" each day. The company gives you |
| life. | | | | guidelines as to what foods are best for this. In a |
| Low Carb Diets Were Shown To Contribute To More | | | | nutshell, they want you to eat a decent sized portion |
| Weight Loss: In the before mentioned article, the | | | | of protein / meat (or an alternate source if you are a |
| following diets were compared: traditional low calorie | | | | vegetarian), and three servings of low glycemic |
| diets, the Mediterranean diet, and low carbohydrate | | | | vegetables. This is really key because if you go |
| diets. The study followed dieters for two years as | | | | overboard and go outside of the "safe zone," you |
| they experienced these various diets and lifestyles. | | | | could thwart all of the progress that you were able |
| At the end of the two year period, almost every | | | | to make with your prepackaged meals. It just |
| one lost some weight. But, people on either the | | | | doesn't make sense to be ahead of the game by |
| Mediterranean or low carb diet lost a little more | | | | afternoon only to ruin everything at your dinner or |
| weight than people on the more traditional diets. And | | | | whenever you chose for your "lean and green" to |
| surprisingly, the low carbohydrate dieters had lower | | | | occur. You've worked too hard to sabotage yourself |
| cholesterol levels than folks on the low fat diet. | | | | with one meal. |
| Is Medifast A Low Carbohydrate Die?t: Most people | | | | |