NutriSystem is one of the oldest diet programs in the world.  It’s actually been around for the past 35 years. They now have a new advanced program out. It’s a relaunch of NutriSystem’s previous plan. With NutiSystem, your diet comes in the form of a non-refrigerated foil pouch.  It requires participants to eat the company’s line of foods in combination with grocery store-bought food like fruits and vegetables.

As part of its new program, many foods are now made with heart-healthy ingredients, including omega-3 fatty acids and soluble fibers. Why is this so much better than the old plan?  NutriSystem claims these two ingredients can control your appetite, reduce hunger and quell cravings between meals.

Dieters select between six, 28-day programs: Women’s, Men’s, Women’s Silver, Men’s Silver, Women’s Diabetic, Men’s Diabetic or Vegetarian. The plan includes menus and checklists so dieters always know what to eat and when.

The NutriSystem Advanced Program comes with the following:

• Fitness DVDs for men and women
• A Mindset Makeover Behavior Guide
• A customized daily meal planner
• Quick Start Guide
• 28 days of satisfying NutriSystem Advanced food
• Weight loss membership and counseling with access to online tools, articles, etc.

Good Points

1. Round-the-clock online and telephone counseling is free.

2. Meals are provided and easy to order- Clients just order either by phone or online.  Decide on a recommended meal plan and foods are delivered to your door.

3. Tailored fitness plans for beginning, intermediate and advanced exercisers, including aerobics, resistance training and yoga.

4. The time commitment involved is minimal.

5. It’s vegetarian friendly. There are a wide variety of veggie-friendly dishes on the plan ranging from tofu inspired creations to black beans and rice.

6. You can always call go online if you want to chat with weight loss counselors. Live counseling, both online and via telephone, creates a private way for people to deal with oftentimes difficult weight loss issues.

7. Support and membership in the community is free when you join and buy the food from the active menu.

8. NutriSystem also offers vitamins and health dietary supplements to clients, to ensure that their customers receive proper nutrition while focusing on weight loss.

Bad Points

• Eating out is possible but not often. Any dish you do order should be low-calorie, low-fat, and low GI.
• No alcohol is allowed. Calories from alcohol add up and the beverage isn’t a low-GI food.
• Very strict meal plan.
• Very expensive. A 28 day meal plan costs close to $300 and even more if you go a la carte.

Diet Duration: Twenty-eight days at a time. The diet continues as long as you’re willing to purchase meals — or until you reach your goal weight.

Who should consider the NutriSystem Diet? People who don’t want to be bothered with preparing their own food and don’t mind subsisting on prepackaged, ready-made, military-like rations.

What do the experts say?
Suzanne Farrell, M.S., R.D., spokesperson for the American Diabetic Association says the following:

The addition of soluble fiber and omega 3s is a positive step as it emphasizes the importance of fiber and healthy fats, something NutriSystem was somewhat lacking before,  However, following a low GI diet for weight loss has not been shown to be effective.

While food delivery programs (like Nutrisystem) might offer portion controlled meals, they are not retraining you on how to eat and how to pick out the best ingredient — so you’re only successful while you’re ordering their product. And the Nutrisystem plan doesn’t teach healthy lifestyle changes to ensure maintenance of the loss (things like tools for eating out, cooking, meal preparation, label reading and exercise).

Compare prices of Nutrisystem meals with both www.nutrisystem.com and Ebay.

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NutriSystem is great for dieters who love the convenience and there are many real testimonials on the Nutrisystem site that proves that the diet really does work. It’s a nutritionally sound,  low-calorie plan, but subsisting entirely on prepackaged foods might be unrealistic for many people. Also when dieters return to eating in the real world it may be difficult to maintain weight loss.
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