Medifast
Medifast is a meal replacement program that helps most people lose weight faster than traditional food-based diet plans. The Medifast plan uses the concept of a very low-calorie level along with a high proportion of protein. This combination allows your body to lose weight rapidly while protecting your muscle tissue.
Medifast products come in individual packets that you mix with water to create a "shake" similar to an instant breakfast drink. It is available in a wide variety of flavors as well as several alternate choices including protein bars, creamy soups, oatmeal, and hot cocoa.
One of the options for Medifast is the Complete Meal Replacement option. This option requires 5 Medifast supplements a day, and no regular food. It is recommended if you have a lot of weight to lose or if you prefer to avoid all food choices.
Another option is the Modified Meal Replacement Plan, which requires 4 to 5 Medifast supplements a day plus a daily meal consisting of a serving of lean meat and a green salad. The modified plan is recommended if you have medical or social needs that make it difficult to avoid all food.
Over the past 20 years, Medifast has been recommended by the over 15,000 physicians. Research studies at Johns Hopkins University Teaching Hospital as well as the National Institute for Health have shown the plan to be very effective as well as medically safe.
Benefits
- Medifast claims to contain good, nutritional food for you.
- Free personal support and education.
- Medifast claims that it is safe and clinically proven, with doctor-recommended Medifast products.
- Helps you to maintaining a healthy lifestyle while preventing disease.
Risks
- Some people experience diarrhea, stomach cramps, constipation, bad breath, chills, skin rashes, hunger, hair loss, or heartburn.
What do experts say about the program?
"There are 1,500 to 2,000 such diet programs across the United
States using such brand-name formulas as Medifast, Optifast and HMR,”
according to Dr. Theodore B. Van Itallie, until this month the
co-director of the Obesity Research Center at St. Luke's-Roosevelt
Hospital Center in Manhattan. "These diets often represent the
only successful method for many severely overweight people - 40 pounds
or more - to lose weight and thus reduce the risks of such
obesity-related problems as diabetes, high blood pressure, high serum
cholesterol and arthritis."
According to Glenn R.Freiboth, a Certified Health Advisor:
"MediFast products qualify as Heart healthy products by the FDA
and may reduce the risk of heart disease, and for over 8 years, have
been chosen by John Hopkins Weight Management Center in Baltimore,
Maryland for their very low calorie program patients. MediFast by Take
Shape For Life addresses overweight and obesity problems by offering a
national health network of Health Advisors and Health Care
Professionals committed to improve the health and lives of millions of
people across America."
Cost
Based on 5 meals per day, total weekly costs are approximately $75.00.
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