- Many diet delivery plans were started by doctors, nurses or dietitians, as these health care providers see firsthand the effects that a poor diet can have on their patients. They started these programs as a service to their patients to manage certain health conditions. Other providers, like personal chefs and other entrepreneurs, also opened these diet delivery businesses to cater to the growing interest.
- Depending on the vendor, some diet delivery plans offer custom options for low-salt, low-carb, vegetarian or vegan diets. Many diet plans offer different calorie counts, ranging from 1,000 to 2,000 calories a day plans. Talk to the company representative to make sure the diet plan you pick follow any special requests that you have. Sometimes you can also ask for disliked foods to be omitted as well, for an additional charge.
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A sample meal plan on the My New Form diet would be: a blueberry bagel with cream cheese for breakfast; a Chinese chicken-noodle salad with a bread stick and vegetables for lunch; and roasted lemon-pepper chicken with potatoes, seasonal fruit and yogurt-covered pretzels.
A sample meal plan on SSHE Home Delivery includes: a banana muffin and fresh fruit for breakfast; a pepper jack burger with potato salad and jicama for lunch; and chicken and vegetables with low-fat Alfredo sauce with wild rice for dinner. -
My New Form charges about $16 to $22 a day for either two or three meals and one daily fresh fruit snack. You choose either a five or seven days a week plan, depending on your schedule.. If you prepay for four or 12 weeks, you will save $20 or $60. You also pay $29 for each meal shipment.
SSHE Home Delivery plan costs about $250 to $280 for two weeks worth of food and DHL shipping. You receive the first 9 meals at the beginning of the week, then you get the next 12 meals later in the week. To start meal delivery, place your order a week ahead on Friday. -
For customers, diet delivery plans eliminate the temptation that comes when eating out to order unhealthy meals. Most patients choose diet food delivery plans for the convenience, since many people do not want to go through the trouble of shopping, preparing and cooking healthy meals at home. With these meals, they just heat and eat.
Although somewhat expensive, these plans offer another option for healthy eating. Losing excess weight also helps these customers deal with health conditions like high blood pressure, heart disease or diabetes.
