Dietitians cull 40% of frozen meals for I Love This Diet
I Love This Diet is a US-based, dietitian-designed, weight loss plan that uses low-calorie frozen meals from popular brands found in supermarkets. It advertises itself as a low-cost alternative to Jenny Craig.
Dieters are assigned one of five calorie levels between 1300 and 1850 calories per day, based on their gender and current weight. As they lose weight, their calorie level changes accordingly.
Members access a personalised I Love This Diet online food journal where they can browse and select all approved foods with a click (or a tap on their mobile device). The food journal continuously counts their calories for them and lets them know when they've met their nutritional requirements for the day.
When dieters aren't in the mood for a frozen meal, they may select from one of the Salad Guide or Recipe Guide options. I Love This Diet also allows members to choose from a wide variety of tasty, low-calorie snacks from popular manufacturers.
To ensure healthy weight loss, dieters are required to eat fruit, vegetables and dairy (or dairy substitutes), as well as I Love This Diet approved breakfasts.
The company claims to be completely independent with no relationships with any of the manufacturers of the frozen meals and other foods used in the diet plan.
I Love This Diet has just reviewed more than 1000 frozen meals for its 2017 edition.
Over 400 meals from Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice, Smart Ones, EVOL, Amy's, Kashi, Michelina's, Luvo, President's Choice, VH Steamers, Simply Balanced (Target brand) and Eating Right (Safeway, Albertsons, Vons) were approved, while more than 600 other frozen meals from numerous manufacturers were rejected for rating poorly on nutritional screens created by I Love This Diet's Registered Dietitians.
Meals were examined for calories, sodium, saturated fat and sugar content. Those that passed this initial screening were included as approved meal options in the I Love This Diet program. Each approved meal is then given a more specific nutritional grade, and rated for taste and how filling it is.
Many of the approved frozen meals and their I Love This Diet ratings can be found at: http://bestdiettips.com/best-frozen-meals-for-weight-loss.
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