Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Complaints About Nutrisystem? Not If You Read This!

By Jessica A. Andersen

The Nutrisystem is marketed in magazines, newspapers, on television and on the internet, it is everywhere. In fact, many celebrities use the plan and act as spokespersons. Followers on average lose about 35 pounds and some people lose substantially more even more than 120 pounds.

NutriSystem started off with most of its clients being women. Now, they offer a men's plan and a senior adult plan for both men and women. Their website also states that they have plans for vegetarian dieters and those suffering from Type II diabetes.

The Nutrisystem Diet is based on the glycemic index and uses this system to help people lose weight. High glycemic index foods cause a spike in insulin production, which causes you to be more hungry after consuming these types of food. Low glycemic foods do not cause an insulin spike are digested, in general, more slowly and are more satisfying.

The Nutrisystem Diet plan is a food delivery plan. Food is shipped to your home every month. The food is packaged in such a way that it does not require refrigeration. Each meal comes with easy to follow preparation instructions.

Each dish consists of nutrient-packed, low glycemic index foods. The good carbohydrates in the meals cause weight loss very quickly. In fact, according to participants, the weight just melts off.

The plan recommends that participants add low fat dairy, salads, and fruit to their prepackage meals. Again the main focus of the diet is cut out bad carbs from your everyday diet. High glycemic foods spike the blood sugar and cause diseases like diabetes and heart disease. Processed carbohydrates raise blood sugar while low glycemic carbs help lower and stabilize blood sugar.

The Nutrisystem Diet does not require exercise and its designed to work without it. However, if you do exercise while eating Nutrisystem Meals undoubtedly you'll lose weight even faster!

A criticism of the Nutrisystem Diet is that it is too expensive. However, what most people don't realize is just how much money they spend on food everyday. When viewed in this context, a daily basis, the cost of the plan is quite reasonable. And its ease of use is also appealing. Nutrisystem requires no counting, no recording of meals, or any other record keeping of the sort. You select meals, add some healthy sides and consume.

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