| Vegetarians always need to be careful about | | | | For the Lean & Green meal that you prepare |
| ingredients in packaged foods. You never know when | | | | for yourself each day, Medifast has put together a |
| animal fats or other animal products might turn up in | | | | list of suggested meatless options that you can eat |
| food, so it pays to be diligent about reading labels. | | | | for your protein serving. Naturally, tofu and eggs are |
| That can be a bit difficult sometimes, especially when | | | | on the list, but you also have your choice of Boca |
| you're thinking about starting a diet based on meal | | | | Burgers, Garden Burgers and some of the meals |
| replacements, such as Medifast. Thankfully, there's a | | | | made by Morningstar Farms. You just need to keep |
| pretty significant number of Medifast foods that are | | | | the carbohydrates to less than 6 carbs per serving. |
| vegetarian. So if you've been wondering if Medifast | | | | What about Vegans and Medifast? |
| will work for vegetarians, the answer is definitely yes. | | | | Where you will run into problems using Medifast for |
| The majority of Medifast foods are soy-based and | | | | dieting is if you are a vegan and avoid both dairy and |
| free of both meat and meat by-products. For | | | | eggs. While Medifast's products are essentially |
| instance, nearly all of the drinks, including the shakes, | | | | soy-based for their protein, most of their products |
| hot drinks and ready-to-drink items, are vegetarian. | | | | also contain whey and milk proteins. While they have |
| The exceptions in the shakes are some of the | | | | a short list of products that are whey-free, such as |
| Medifast specialty shakes, such as the Plus for | | | | the Ready-to-Drink shakes, it will leave you with a |
| Diabetics or Plus for Joint Health. Some of those | | | | pretty limited selection to choose from. So Medifast |
| contain fish. | | | | really works best for lacto-ovo vegetarians. |
| The Medifast bars, oatmeal mixes, puddings and | | | | As you can see, Medifast is quite vegetarian-friendly. |
| various flavor infusers are vegetarian as well. In fact, | | | | So if you're looking for a healthy, vegetarian weight |
| if you are a vegetarian the only Medifast foods you | | | | loss plan, then the Medifast program may be just |
| really need to avoid are the soups and chili. I believe | | | | what you are looking for. Just be sure to watch out |
| the only soup that is vegetarian-friendly is the Cream | | | | for the few non-vegetarian items mentioned, and |
| of Tomato. | | | | you should be able to use Medifast without any |
| Lean & Green Meatless Options | | | | problems. |