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I get a lot of emails from people asking me if just eating lean cuisine meals regularly is as effective as being on the nutrisystem diet. I don't think that it even comes close for many reasons. Listing all of the reasons would make this article too long. But in a nutshell, I think that nutrisystem is far superior to lean cuisine because I believe that the science behind that one makes it far more effective. The foods are typically much lower in calories, fat, carbs, and sodium and this makes them more effective and worth the effort. I will expand on this further by comparing the pizza products from both diets in the following article.

Nutrisystem Sourdough Cheese Pizza Versus Lean Cuisine's French Bread Cheese Pizza: So that I'm comparing like products, I'm just going to be using cheese versions of both lines. In terms of the taste of the cheese and the sauce, these are relatively comparable. However, I prefer the sourdough crust since it's a bit more like the crispy and thinner crust that I generally prefer outside of a diet. Both of these pizzas are decent tasting and I would have no problems with consuming either, although as I said I like the crispier crust a little better. The french bread crust is crunchy also, but not in the same way because the crust is so very thick.

Now, let's look at the calories, fat, etc. of these pies. Because honestly, taste isn't the only consideration here. If either of these fall short of helping you to lose weight, what is the point anyway? So, first up, let's take a look at the lean cuisine product. It has 340 calories, 8 grams of fat, 17 grams of protein, and 53 grams of carbohydrates.

Now, let's look at the nutrisystem product. It has much less calories at only 220 (a savings of 120 calories, which is significant.) It has 8 grams of fat, 9 grams of protein and only 28 grams of carbs (which is a savings of 25 grams of carbs.) The main things that strike me here is that this one has significantly less calories and carbs.

This really can make a huge difference into the over all effectiveness for your diet and weight loss. If, let's say you consumed both products three times per week, you would be taking in 360 additional calories and 75 additional grams of carbohydrates when using lean cuisine. It's my opinion that you would have a hard time getting in ketosis (or fat burning mode) taking in this many carbs and calories. To me, it just appears to be too much to really be effective.

Also, lean cuisine just does not have the amount of choices to give you much variety in terms of dinner, snacks and desserts. Consuming one of these meals in a pinch probably is not going to be a deal breaker. But, having your entire diet made up of these products may not give you a low enough amount of calories and carbs to be all that effective.

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Posted in: Comparison, Cuisine, Nutrisystem, Products on Saturday, August 14, 2010 at at 6:04 PM