Medifast info
It's probably so well known, if not fully understood, because of the celebrities that endorse it. Genie Francis of General Hospital fame and Kristie Swanson (who starred in Buffy The Vampire Slayer) have both been endorsing this program for years. However, there are a lot of misconceptions about it. Many people think that this is a diet that consists of just shakes and maybe some bars. There are many more than these two foods on the menu. There are well over 70, and since you need to eat six times per day, you will likely eventually come to appreciate this.
If you were to just limit yourself to liquids and an occasional bar, you would likely become bored and this would not be so healthy any way. Although five of your six meals are provided for you by the company, they do want for you to prepare one fresh meal each day to ensure that you are getting the nutrients that come from fresh foods. Of the six meals, only one each day should consists of the bars since they contain higher amounts of calories and carbohydrates. They really try to limit each meal to around 100 calories each and under 12 grams of carbs.