eDiets is an online diet program offering special diet plans and online support. Their plans cater to most health and lifestyle needs. eDiets provide counseling by registered nutritionists or other fitness experts. eDiets offers plans which work with low fat or low carb programs such as Atkins, SlimFast, Eating for Life, and even the new Glycemic Impact Diet. You'll also find healthy plans such as low fat, heart smart, healthy soy, vegetarian, plans for the kids, and more.
| Fees | Base fee is $2.99 per week. This covers the basic diet and menu portion of the program. You'll pay extra if you want recipes, fitness, or access to the community forums. While this may seem like they are nickle and diming you, it is actually offering you a way to save money. They used to charge a higher fee for all features, but now you only pay for what you want to use. |
| Diet Specifics | The full details are there for many popular diet plans. You choose what you want to follow, be it a famous diet such as Atkins, or eDiets own program. You are not locked into a specific plan and can change diets as often as you wish. |
| Menus | You can personalize your menu, then print out a shopping lists. A handy substitution list makes switching foods easy. |
| Recipes | Your daily menu plan will include recipes for your meal choices, which generally serve one person. eDiets offers and additional 6,000 recipes, but you must pay to join the Recipe Club to access them. |
| Shopping Guide | You'll find a printable shopping list, and helpful articles in the food and news section on shopping. |
| Food Log | Updated nutrition tracker lets you keep track of every calorie you consume. Just enter the foods you eat each day and Nutrition Tracker does the rest. It counts calories, carbs, protein and fat. The more you use it, the more it can tell you. As you continue using Nutrition Tracker, it builds a personal food history that profiles your eating habits. Use this information to help identify what works for you? and what doesn't. |
| Journal | A detailed journal section lets you write down everything you eat, do, or feel. |
| Fitness | You will pay extra for a fitness option. You'll find loads of articles and advice. |
| Exercise Plan | Yes, you can get a customized exercise plan and track your progress. |
| Exercise Instruction | A combination of written instructions and animated examples makes learning the right moves easy. |
| Fitness Log | Yes, you can enter every activity and track your progress. You do not have to subscribe to the fitness option to access this feature, as it is included in the Journal. |
| Support Forum | eDiets offers a large number of support forums for various diet programs. Some are hopping, but some haven't been accessed in ages. |
| Extra Features | LOTS of articles makes learning about your health easy with eDiets. |
| Pros | Loaded with information, lets you switch diets as often as you need, until you find what works for you. Staff includes fitness experts that provide more information than other online diet services. |
| Cons | Initial sign-up was a little tricky as there were a lot of extra options auto-selected for us. Pay attention, so you just sign up for what you want or need. |
| Conclusion | We like eDiets. We think our own forums are better, but the team of experts at eDiets add an extra punch to their services. It's a great way to get started, even if you don't renew your membership. |
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