SlimFast
Diet Review
The SlimFast Diet is based on meal-replacement shakes, snack bars
and one real-food dinner, giving a total of approximately 1200
calories per day.
You have a SlimFast shake for breakfast, a SlimFast shake for
lunch and a sensible real-food dinner. Throw in a SlimFast bar or
two for a snack and you have a well-balanced diet! Not really. The
shakes and bars are processed, i.e. not natural.
True, they do contain added vitamins and minerals - but the value
of food goes beyond vitamins and minerals. And some of the
SlimFast bars are high in sugar and fillers - not exactly an ideal
nutritional combination.
Also, like all meal-replacement plans, the SlimFast Diet doesn't
focus on the big issue of being overweight - the need to learn
healthier eating habits. So even though SlimFast (like any minimum
1200 calorie diet plan) can almost guarantee weight loss, it does
little to ensure that the weight stays off by teaching you long
term eating habits.
For these reasons, it may be that SlimFast is a better diet plan
for severely obese dieters who need extra help to control their
eating habits. It is certainly not ideal for dieters with (say)
less than 50 pounds to lose.
SlimFast Diet - Claims
Easy to follow.
Tastes great.
Fast weight loss.
Eat real food, too.
SlimFast Diet - Drawbacks
Doesn't teach you good eating habits.
Must purchase shakes and bars.
Only one meal of real food a day.
SlimFast Diet - Summary
We think SlimFast has the experience to make this approach work
for you. We recommend it especially for very overweight people.
Comment From Dieter
"Your review of SF is almost spot-on... but what SlimFast also
did was allow us to focus on "one sensible meal per day."... the
SF bars and shakes let us basically focus on one getting at least
one meal right. Using SF as a crutch allowed us to get a feel for
eating properly without having to figure out a daily meal plan
consisting of a healthy 5-6 meals per day.
"SF also showed us that we COULD drop weight on our own. In 6
months, we lost 20-25lbs on the diet. That gave us the courage to
go to the gym, get a full meal plan together (based on our
experience with the SF "sensible dinner"), and start changing
things around..."
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