Medifast
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Medifast - Weight Loss Program Review from San Diego, California
Medifast Weight Loss Program Review
HYPOTHYRODISM - BEWARE OF MEDIFAST
Medifast meals are mostly soy. Two medical facts: Eating a lot of soy can give hypothyroidism/low thyroid function.
If you already take thyroid supplements for hypothyroidism, soy blocks absorption of the medication. I take thyroid meds. After being on the Medifast diet for five weeks my energy bottomed out, I felt bone tired and my hair fell out in handfuls. My coach originally told me not to eat soy within two hours of taking the meds.
Now I know medical research states no soy within four hours of taking thyroid medication, though the diet demands that you eat every two hours without fail to maintain blood sugar levels and regulate your metabolism.
I will never eat soy products again knowing what I know now.
So BEWARE OF MEDIFAST if you have low thyroid function. There are many other successful ways to lose weight.
Extremely helpful until after they get their money
Medifast mac and cheese stinks! awful taste!
awful! the taste is terrible..
wish they'd redo it... chicken soup excellent, chili is excellent, crab soup excellent.. drinks are good. but that mac and cheese dear god..
yuck! don't waste your money.. 17 bucks a box to find out it tastes like ***, is bad.. they should have a check it out cheap or free packet to try before wasting money!
why I need 100 words about a packet of food is beyond me.. ill just keep saying the mac and cheese is awful! awful! 20 more words to go..
its awful its expensive to find out its awful and frankly.... IT SUCKS!
Bad Food Review
MediFast caused endocrine problems
More concerned with their stats and calculations than helping me!
Medifast - Dietary Supplement Review from Boston, Massachusetts
Medifast
Medifast oatmeal package short one pack per box
Medifast Center fee a rip off
Not buying all the complaints
LIED, said they didn't receive my returned items, so no refund
Medifast...The Best Ever
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I have hypothyroidism. When I purchased a month of medifast (now Optavia) , I didn’t realize that most of the products were soy based.
I waited for the burst of energy that everyone talks about. It never came. I needed a nap almost every day. And without being too graphic, my bowels were a mess.
I called Optavia and they told me to stop eating the bars. They said that if there was another ingredient that was bothering me, it would be difficult to isolate it. For now, I’ve stopped eating all of the products to let my gut settle down.
I may finish what I have as a snack now and then. But I’m not going to go back to 5 a day.
I also take thyroid meds and had a very similar experience with Medifast. I lost 60 pounds in seven months but had to increase my thyroid dosage twice.
I ate the Medifast food close to my thyroid meds maybe 10% of the time but otherwise over four hours away from them. After seven months of Medifast, I felt slow. I couldn’t go number 2 without Ducolax and enemas. It might sound TMI, but Senna and Miralax were not sufficient over time.
I started cheating some but absolutely stayed under an average 1100 per day; it was hard to be a perfect Medifast eater for so long. In the next three years, off plan, I regained all 60 pounds and added about 17 extra.