Of all the questions I get about medifast and other diets, people mostly ask me about shakes. I think it’s very appealing to think that such a convenient and decent-tasting product could make up a large part of your diet and weight loss plan. I am often asked about the differences between many of the popular diet shakes on the market. So, in the next article, I’ll compare three popular shakes (atkins, slim fast, and medifast) in terms of taste, calories, protein, carbs, and sugar.
Atkins diet shakes: First, I’m going to check out the Atkins shakes. I’m going to use the standard chocolate flavor for all of these products because I want to keep it consistent. I am seeing the advantage of the milk chocolate product. This shake contains 160 calories, 9 grams of fat, 4 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of sugar, and 15 grams of protein. In terms of flavor, I find this product to be a bit chalky and almost artificially sweet in taste. This product has an impressive amount of protein, but is relatively high in calories and fat.
Smoothies to lose weight fast and slim: When I researched for this article, I discovered that the Slim Fast shakes had recently been recalled. Even so, the nutritional information was still available. I’ll be looking at the original milk chocolate milkshake slim and fast. This smoothie has a whopping 220 calories, but it only has 3 grams of fat. It has a disturbing 30 grams of carbohydrates and 34 grams of sugars. In his defense, he does have 10 grams of protein. Still, the fat, calories, and sheer amount of carbs and sugars probably work against this. And to make matters worse, the flavor of this product is by far the chalkiest of the three shakes.
Medifast shakes for weight loss: Now, I’ll look at the medifast 55 dutch chocolate milkshake. This one has the fewest calories: just 90. There’s only 1 gram of fat, 13 grams of carbs, 8 sugars, and 11 grams of protein. This one has the lowest amount of calories and fat by far. And I think that flavor is the best of the three. I have to add a little extra liquid to this product because I don’t like shakes that are too thick, but with that little modification made, this is, in my opinion, the best flavor of the bunch.
How these shakes fit into a weight loss plan based in part on ketosis: Most of these smoothies work on two principles. They want to save you calories in your meals and they want to save you sugars and carbohydrates while giving you more protein. The goal here is to get your body into ketosis so it can burn fat instead of sugars and carbs. But for this to happen, you need to do your part by eating enough protein and eating fewer calories and carbohydrates.
I find it questionable that the Slim Fast shake meets this criteria. There is simply too much sugar and calories. The atkins shake is better in this regard, but it still has significantly more calories and a whopping nine grams of fat, which seems pretty problematic to me. I may be biased because I regularly consume medifast shakes, but I think they are the winners both in terms of nutrition and taste.
