Do it yourself or homemade VLCDs.

Hi Everybody,

We have noted the growing trend in homemade VLCD's. While MiniMins is open to all diets, we do have to have certain restrictions on what diet routines can be posted on the site. We have to do this as we do not want to allow these diets on the site, as by doing so we feel that we may be giving out the wrong signals and encouraging people to participate in potentially dangerous diets.

Any diet 800 calories and below per day must be a sanctioned product like that of Cambridge Diet, Lipotrim, Lighter Life, etc, etc.

Pierce

yeah thats a good point and ppl really need to e careful x be slim but be safe ppl x

That's scary that some people think its ok to do DIY vlcds

I totally understand why minimins would do this. lighter life, Cambridge diet and lipotrim insure that dieters get a healthy balance of nutrients are supported by doctors and/or councillors

It's also a concern as to how many people post to say they're doing such and such a plan, but they'll only have 3 packs in stead of 4 etc! Surely if these plans were safe to do with the reduced number of packs, then they would be sold that way :confused:

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sorry if this is a stupid question but whats a vlcd?

A Very Low Calorie Diet, things like Cambridge, Exante, Slim & Save which are meal replacements where you have around 500/600 kcals a day. Diets like these are carefully constructed so theyre safe but a lot of people think they can make up their own VLCDs and get the same results, theyre the ones we dont allow :)

Definitely need to slim safely x

Doing your own under 800 cal a day diet, is what doctors would refer to as anorexia.