(Food-Beverage-News.Com, June 06, 2013 ) San Francisco, CA -- Dr. Michael Dansinger, a nutrition expert at Tufts Medical Center said having less freedom and control over what a person is eating and how much they get to eat helped them lose weight faster than their counterparts who were just given general information about diet change and calorie counting.
Researchers studied the diet company Medifast 5 & 1 Plan. It consists of five pre-packaged meals each day, along with one meal of vegetables and protein prepared by the dieter. Dieters can pick from 70 different packaged foods to create five meals totaling about 1,000 calories a day. Dieters on the plan can also purchase different levels of support along with the meals, such as access to dieticians and recipes. Typically, the plan costs about $300 a month, which include meals.
The researchers studied 60 participants on the Medifast 5 & 1 Plan. Then, they matched them with a counterpart of the same age (between 35 and 50), weight and gender who were given general counseling on a traditional diet plan of counting calories.
The researchers found that those on the pre-packaged meal plans lost 16.5 pounds after 6 months. By the end, 10 people dropped out of the Medifast plan and 15 people dropped out of the regular food diet plan. After six months, the regular dieters had only lost an average 8.4 pounds.
The researchers concluded that being on and following a pre-packaged food diet closely, participants weren’t able to put in extra calories that could hinder weight loss, while those that were on a regular diet may have miscalculated or over ate.
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