Be aware: this is only the goal of this diet, not necessarily its outcome. Results vary from person to person. Consult your doctor or dietician before starting this (or any other) diet.
The Almased Diet is a diet where you exchange meals for protein-rich meal replacements (shakes). Depending on the phase you are in (phase 1 to 4) you replace 1 to 3 meals a day with these shakes.
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When you follow the Almased diet, you use Almased shakes. These you make yourself, using around 50 grams of Almased powder per shake. The quantity depends on your height. If you are shorter than 1.68 m, you use a little less powder (~37.5 grams) per shake and if you are taller than 1.83 m you use a little more (~62.5 grams). You mix the Almased powder with water and a little olive oil (or walnut oil, for example) or with (skim) milk.
The shake contains a relatively high amount of protein. In addition, the shake has a low glycemic index, according to the inventors. In short, a low glycemic index means that the carbohydrates in the shake cause the blood sugar level to rise only slightly (over a longer period of time). Read more about the glycemic index here.
The inventors of the diet claim that the shake helps to keep your metabolism active (or even to increase it). In addition, the shake should make you feel full, support a good blood sugar level and help maintain muscle mass.
The Almased diet has four phases: the start phase, the reduction phase, the stability phase and the life phase. Below, these phases are briefly described.
The starting phase is also called the 'Fasting Phase' and lasts 3 to 14 days. During this phase, you drink 3 shakes a day to replace all meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner). You drink water and possibly vegetable broth or juice.
In the second phase you will reduce the amount of shakes to 2 shakes. The 3rd shake is replaced by 1 normal meal per day. Lunch is preferred as the 'normal' meal. This means that you will continue to replace breakfast and dinner with a replacement meal shake. Snacks are allowed, but it is recommended to keep them to a minimum. Fruits should also be eaten in moderation.
You stay in phase 2 until you have reached your goal weight.
The third phase starts when you have reached your goal weight and lasts for a few weeks. The idea of this phase is that you continue to lose weight slowly to avoid the yo-yo effect.
In this phase, you replace one meal with an Almased shake. The preferred meal here is dinner. Hence, you will eat a normal breakfast and a normal lunch.
The final phase should last for the rest of your life. Hence the name 'life phase'. In this phase you eat normal meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) plus one Almased shake per day. The shake is meant to keep your metabolism active, according to the inventors.
Besides the regular diet, there is the 'Bikini emergency plan'. This is a short version (2 weeks) of the diet, in which you replace all your meals with shakes during the first week (so 3 shakes a day) and replace 2 meals during the second week (so 2 shakes a day). In the second week you eat lunch as a normal meal. Here, it is recommended you eat, for example, vegetables or a salad with chicken, fish or tofu.
Examples of other diets that use meal replacement shakes are the NovaShops protein diet and the FormaFast diet.
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