Medifast products are the main foods you will eat every day. So you should not put much thought into them. You just choose five Medifast meals and you’re ready. What questions arise when allowed time to think about the food you lean and green. Because you prepare it yourself at home, you will need to do some shopping. Sure you want to know what’s in the shopping list.
Such as name, eating lean and green, guide, you will take a lot of protein and vegetables. So let’s look at each side of the plate.
Protein
Slender part of your diet consists of lean protein. You have meat and vegetarian options here. Portion size depends on the fat content of protein you choose. So, if you choose certain types of fish, you can have 7 ounces, but beef or pork will limit your choices to 5 ounces. Poultry falls right in the middle in 6 oz.
For vegetarian options, choices range from 14 egg whites or 3 whole eggs, whole eggs clearly contain more fat. Other vegetarian options include items such as Boca Burgers, Morningstar Farms bread and Tofu.
The portion of Green
Green side of your plate made up of green leafy vegetables and other colorful vegetables. Eliminated is the food like potatoes, corn, carrots and other vegetables high carbohydrate. Serving size, for your vegetables, is determined by the level of carbohydrates.
So, for example, you can have 1 cup servings of almost all green vegetables such as lettuce or spinach, but only 1 / 2 cup servings of cauliflower, asparagus. Serving the entire Green is three portions, keeping in mind the restrictions portion. So you can have three cups of green vegetables, or one cup of leafy greens and 1 / 2 cups portabella mushrooms and 1 / 2 cup bell pepper to make a salad, a nice colorful.
Extra Fat
Finally, Medifast also add some extra fat to your daily diet and the amount depends on how much fat protein choices you make. Fat is added because some vitamins and minerals that are soluble in fat only, so fat is an important part of a healthy diet.