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The 5 Factor Diet is described as simple, yet powerful weight-loss nutritional program.
This diet goes together with short, but effective exercises that are not supposed to take up more than 25 mins each day.
Harley Pasternak originally created his 5-Factor Diet for celebrities. He was reportedly challenged to create brief (yet incredibly effective) workouts for actors, training them during their short breaks on movie sets.
He had to create healthy meals in a matter of minutes (literally), using simple (and only few) ingredients, so they could fit in the mini fridge on a set. Those factors proved strong motivators for creating a supposedly inventive and efficient 5-factor weight-loss plan…
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Actual Customer Feedback:
Overview:
Online membership to the 5-Factor Diet grants users access to a variety of online tools which dieters may find helpful, including:
- Meal planners
- Recipe box
- Activity journal
- Recipes
- Weight tracker
- various Message boards for participants to exchange experience and get support from other active 5-Factor followers.
After "proving" himself by allegedly helping a number of celebrities get in good shape, through relatively little effort, Pasternak released his 5-Factor Diet, claiming to reveal his "unique" methods to the general public.
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The Five 5s to follow:
- 5-week plan - encouraged to eventually become a way of life
- 5 meals a day following 5-Factor recipes - no skipping of meals and starvation
- 5 ingredients in each meal - a lean protein, a complex carbohydrate, fiber, a "good" fat, and a sugar-free drink. (The food choices Pasternak recommends are based on the Glycemic Index (GI), rating foods according to their effect on blood sugar levels.)
- 5 minutes to prepare meals - using only those five ingredients
- 5 cheats – every week, one is allowed to choose a day to indulge into ice cream, French fries, or even pizza.
Food & Recipes:
The membership to the 5-Factor Diet grants access to hundreds of recipes. An example of a meal would be - baked chicken, mixed vegetables with some olive oil, a half cup of lentils, with a glass of sparkling water.
Exercise:
Every day, participants are encouraged to allow 25 minutes for exercise (5 different exercises of 5 min each), which should be relatively easy to maintain even for busy people.
Pros:
- Provides cheat days,
- Easy to understand eating guidelines and examples
- Beginner-friendly (short) exercises, max 25 min a day
- Does not promote supplements or "artificial" foods
- There is an online support community
Cons:
- Does not address emotional eating, which can be an issue.
Common misspellings: 5Factor Diet, 5FactorDiet, 5 FactorDiet, 5 Factor Deit
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"...between my husband and I, we have lost over 60 pounds. But it didn't happen in a month, and it certainly didn't happen in a week. We followed the plan, exactly as written, for five entire weeks. This plan improved the way I FELT, because I was smarter about my eating choices; losing weight was a bonus! I felt so good that I MADE it work for my crazy busy life, and I'm delighted!"
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"I lost about 40 lbs and have kept it off for about a year now, but have been stuck with about 8 lbs to go."
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"I am really enjoying the food. He absolutely does NOT skimp on flavor and textures. I get plenty to eat. It eliminates cravings. I feel very good on it. Plenty of energy. When you use a variety of the menus, it is well balanced in fruit and vegetable intake..."
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"My sister-in-law was on it. It's a very healthy diet and the weight loss is slow, which is healthy too. She loses about two pounds a week."
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