Optifast Review

What You Should Know

Optifast is a weight loss programme that uses meal replacement products to help people lose weight. The Optifast meal replacement products are produced by the famous dessert giant Nestlé, of all companies! The Optifast meal replacement products consist of Ready to Drink Shakes, Powders, Soups, Nutrition Bars, High Protein Drinks, and a Optifast Vitamin and Mineral Supplements. Nestlé says that the Optifast weight loss programme, as well as involving meal replacements, also incorporates, medical monitoring to assess your progress and offer encouragement.

List of Ingredients

Apart from for the Optifast Vitamin and Mineral Supplements, there were no comprehensive ingredients that we could find for the Optifast replacement meal products.

The ingredients listed for the Optifast Vitamin and Mineral List are, Vitamins, A, C, D, E, K, B6, and B12, Folic Acid, Acid Biotin, Pantothenic Acid, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin,Calcium,Iron, Phosphorous, Iodine, Magnesium, Zinc, Selenium, Copper, Manganese, Chronium, Sodium.

Product Features

The Optifast weight loss programme, as well as including meal replacement products, also consists of medical monitoring. Nestlé says that if you subscribe to the programme you will also have a thorough medical examination at the beginning of the program, and any necessary laboratory tests to rule out any risk factors and to determine your health status. There will also be medical monitoring of your progress, and you will be given a personalized activity plan. You will also be able to partake in discussion groups and have the opportunity to have one-on-one counselling with a registered dietician, lifestyle counsellor, or a physician. There is an official Optifast website, but it seems that in order to access the weight loss programme you will have to make an appointment at an Optifast Clinic. The website does not give any details of the price of the programme, nor the price of the meal replacement clinics.

Advantages

• There is an official website for Optifast.
• The programme includes medical monitoring.
• The website is sophisticated and easy to navigate.

Disadvantages

• The website does not give details of the cost of the weight loss programme.
• You cannot order the meal replacements on line.
• You can only undertake the Optifast weight loss programme in conjunction with an Optifast Clinic.
• Having to stick to a pre-prepared diet of Optifast products could become difficult.
• Though few details are given, it sounds like frequent clinic visits could become time consuming.

Conclusion

The Optifast weight loss programme does seem to be one of the more serious weight loss programmes on the market. If what the official website says is correct, the program involves careful medical monitoring and emotional support, as well as a strictly controlled diet. The website does not give any details of the cost of the programme, so we do not know if it is easily affordable or what expenses are involved in subscribing to the programme. Considering all of the attention users receive from trained professionals, we would imagine it’s relatively expensive. Additionally, the program does not allow for much freedom in a user’s diet. While all of this attention could be beneficial to obese users who need to lose weight badly, those looking to drop a few pounds for aesthetic reasons may want to find something simpler and cheaper.