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The Medifast Program - Does Medifast Work For Vegetarians?

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Vegetarians always need to be careful about ingredients in packaged foods. You never know when animal fats or other animal products might turn up in food, so it pays to be diligent about reading labels. That can be a bit difficult sometimes, especially when you're thinking about starting a diet based on meal replacements, such as Medifast. Thankfully, there's a pretty significant number of Medifast foods that are vegetarian. So if you've been wondering if Medifast will work for vegetarians, the answer is definitely yes.

The majority of Medifast foods are soy-based and free of both meat and meat by-products. For instance, nearly all of the drinks, including the shakes, hot drinks and ready-to-drink items, are vegetarian. The exceptions in the shakes are some of the Medifast specialty shakes, such as the Plus for Diabetics or Plus for Joint Health. Some of those contain fish.

The Medifast bars, oatmeal mixes, puddings and various flavor infusers are vegetarian as well. In fact, if you are a vegetarian the only Medifast foods you really need to avoid are the soups and chili. I believe the only soup that is vegetarian-friendly is the Cream of Tomato.

Lean & Green Meatless Options

For the Lean & Green meal that you prepare for yourself each day, Medifast has put together a list of suggested meatless options that you can eat for your protein serving. Naturally, tofu and eggs are on the list, but you also have your choice of Boca Burgers, Garden Burgers and some of the meals made by Morningstar Farms. You just need to keep the carbohydrates to less than 6 carbs per serving.

What about Vegans and Medifast?

Where you will run into problems using Medifast for dieting is if you are a vegan and avoid both dairy and eggs. While Medifast's products are essentially soy-based for their protein, most of their products also contain whey and milk proteins. While they have a short list of products that are whey-free, such as the Ready-to-Drink shakes, it will leave you with a pretty limited selection to choose from. So Medifast really works best for lacto-ovo vegetarians.

As you can see, Medifast is quite vegetarian-friendly. So if you're looking for a healthy, vegetarian weight loss plan, then the Medifast program may be just what you are looking for. Just be sure to watch out for the few non-vegetarian items mentioned, and you should be able to use Medifast without any problems.