NHS Soups and Shakes

[Woods268]

I've just had my referall go through to start the NHS soups and shakes diet have many people do it on here? What am i to expect? How easy or hard is it? And any general advice?

So say the least i am fairly nervous about it but i have the drive to do it.

Thanks Richard

 

[LancashireLass]

Unfortunately my referral for this was declined, so I can't help sorry, but am interested to see what other folks think about it

 

[Deb_l]

Possibly not what you want to hear. I've known two work colleagues complete this plan. Both did really well and lost a huge amount of weight while they were on the plan. Unfortunately neither were given long-term dietary advice going forward and both put all the weight back on once they had stopped.

One lady retired so I don't know what happened to her, the second opted for bariatric surgery and lost the weight again.

I was offered it by my GP back in January '23 but declined as I love my food way too much to restrict myself to this level.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I've just had my referall go through to start the NHS soups and shakes diet have many people do it on here? What am i to expect? How easy or hard is it? And any general advice?

So say the least i am fairly nervous about it but i have the drive to do it.

Thanks Richard

Hope it goes well for you @Woods268

We’ve had a few members who have found it very helpful as a ‘kick start’ to their weight loss. Or as a short term intervention to try to clear visceral fat from around organs in the abdomen. Though it is important to maintain the lost weight when the short-term restricted diet ends.

One of our members @Kreator wrote about his experiences with Oviva, one of the NHS providers, in this thread:

NHS Low Calorie Diet - Type 2 Remission Programme - Oviva (aka Newcastle)

Hi All, 25/08/2021 - Link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/diabetes/treatment-care/low-calorie-diets/ - Includes links at the bottom to DiRECT Year 1, DiRECT Year 2 & DROPLET Trials ;) 25/08/2021 - Link: https://oviva.com/uk/en/programme/diabetes-remission/#join - This explains the programme...

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