A 03 Nov 2004 15:28:55 GMT,
(RedRipeApple) escribió:
I have another question. What is it about liquid diets that make them work?

There are a variety of things, I'm sure. Probably the most
obvious effect is how VLCD help reduce decision-making.

Is it the fact that they are all liquid?

The VLCD I was on had different programs. One was
all-liquid, but another was half shakes and half entrees.

What is the magic here?

The product isn't enough. The support, the medical
supervision, and the program itself are all essential
pieces.

- do you think someone could do the same thing with all protein shakes like EAS
or ISOPURE or a combo of protein shakes as opposed to doing a structured plan
like medifast, optifast, etc? Why or why not?

Those shakes aren't nutritionally complete, in the way
Optifast, Medifast and HMR are. Also, without medical
supervision, it's basically Russian Roulette. It's utterly
unsafe.


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