Medifast Weight Control Centers

What is the Medifast Program?
Medifast is a portion-controlled, nutritionally balanced, low-fat, and clinically proven program that helps people lose weight faster and more effectively than traditional diet plans. Medifast Meals come in individual packets that you mix with water and microwave or refrigerate. Medifast is available in a wide variety of foods and flavors, including shakes, soups, stew, chili, oatmeal, scrambled eggs, fruit drinks, iced teas, hot beverages, bars, and puddings.

How does the Medifast Program work?
The clinically proven results of Medifast Weight Control Centers are based on the use of a defined formula. The program was carefully designed to create a gap between the calories you take in and the amount your body needs. Each nutritionally balanced meal replacement is formulated with a proven combination of carbohydrates and protein to allow you to successfully lose weight without losing muscle.

How fast do you lose?
You may lose 2 to 5 pounds per week.

Is it safe?
Medifast Programs have been recommended by over 15,000 doctors and used by over one million customers. Medifast has been providing a clinically proven approach to weight loss and nutrition for over 25 years.

Has the use of Medifast Programs been researched?
Over the past 25 years, Medifast has been recommended by over 15,000 doctors. Research studies at a leading major teaching university as well as the National Institutes of Health have shown the plan to be very effective as well as medically safe.

Does it contain harmful herbs or additives?
No. Medifast products do NOT contain any added caffeine, stimulants, ephedrine or other herbs that might be harmful to your body.

Has Medifast been affected by the recent peanut recall (January 2009)?
No. There is no indication that any Medifast products are impacted by the peanut recall. Medifast has been in contact with our ingredient suppliers to ensure the safety of our products and we have verified that Medifast does not purchase any ingredients from the supplier in question. Again, we have no reason to believe that any Medifast products containing peanuts have been affected.

Medifast makes no claim that these results are representative of all participants on the Medifast Program. Medifast recommends you consult with a physician before starting a weight-loss program. Individual results may vary. Fullness Index™ is a satiety calculation based on a food's fiber, protein, and calorie content. The equation is: (grams of protein per serving + grams of fiber per serving) x 100, divided by number of calories per serving. The higher the number, the more fullness is derived from each calorie. Medifast has
been recommended by more than 15,000 doctors since 1980.