What is the Counterweight Diet? All you need to know about the weight loss programme
The Counterweight Plus Diet is claimed to be a 'proven solution for those with a higher starting weight' and has a goal of achieving long term, stable weight loss
IT is an internationally recognised diet programme that many people have successfully followed.
But what is the Counterweight Diet and what does it entail? Here's the lowdown.
What is the Counterweight Diet and who is it for?
The Counterweight Plus Diet is claimed to be a "proven solution for those with a higher starting weight".
The diet is a 12 month healthy eating and lifestyle plan with the goal of achieving long term, stable weight loss.
The diet plan is recommended for people fitting the below guidelines:
- Adults aged 18 and over
- Those with a BMI over 25
- Those who are at the right stage if behaviour change to undertake a new weight management plan
According to , the dietary advice given out in the Counterweight-Plus programme is not very different from that given by the NHS more generally.
What is different is the counselling that goes with it - which aims to help people break out of their bad habits around food.
Can the Counterweight plan reverse diabetes?
According to an article in The Guardian, the "radical diet can reverse type 2 diabetes".
The plan involves an initial phase of consuming around 850 calories a day for three to five months.
This is then followed by a second phase of two to eight weeks where calorie intake is slowly increased.
Participants are then encouraged to attend monthly advice meetings - with the aim of maintaining their weight loss.
In a recent study, conducted by , it was found that people on the Counterweight Plan lost 10kg on average - with around a quarter achieving the target of losing 15kg or more.
Half of those on the plan went into diabetes remission
