I was listening to the radio on Sunday morning and Dr John Darcy Health Matters was on.  He was talking about a new Healthy Weight for Life Program, that was scientific and he reported to be the best on the market.  So I thought I'd check it out.  I am appalled that Dr John Darcy, reputable health spokesperson could even think that this product is good for the Australian people.  The so called ingredients are no different to the other meal replacements that adorn the pharmacy shelves.  They are a concoction of chemicals including such dubious colours that have been banned from other countries around the world with 48 hidden chemicals in flavour, and MSG lurking behind the word sodium caseinate to name just a few. 

It is time we stop looking at the nutritional label and we start looking at what we are consuming.  Following is a list of the ingredients and my question to you is "can you make this in your kitchen"  becuase if you can't then it has been made in a chemical laboratory and is not a real food.

Cyndi O'Meara
Nutritionist and Health Advocate
www.changinghabits.com.au
0438 77 00 72
 
 
KicStart Very Low Calorie Diet Vanilla Bean
Ingredient Declaration
 
Whey Protein Concentrate, Fructose, Calcium Caseinate (From Milk, Contains Soy), Beverage Whitener [Glucose Syrup Solids, Vegetable Oil, Sodium Caseinate (From Milk), Mineral Salts (340, 451, 452), Emulsifiers (471, 481), Soy Lecithin, Anti-caking Agent (551), Flavour], Soy Flour, Inulin, Minerals (Potassium Citrate, Magnesium Oxide, Zinc Sulphate, Selenium Yeast, Copper Gluconate, Manganese Sulphate, Chromium Picolinate, Potassium Iodide, Sodium Molybdate), Skim Milk Powder, Sodium Bicarbonate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Carrageenan, Flavour, Marine Oil (Refined Tuna Oil, Sodium Caseinate, Dextrose, Maltodextrin, Sodium Ascorbate, Mixed Natural Tocopherols, Soy Lecithin, Dl-alpha Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate), Dextrose, Vitamins (Vitamin C, Niacin, Vitamin E, Riboflavin, Pantothenic Acid, Pyridoxine, Thiamin, Vitamin A, Folate, Vitamin K, Biotin , Vitamin D, Vitamin B12)
 
KicStart Very Low Calorie Diet Pumpkin & Herb.
Ingredient Declaration
 
Soy Isolate, Pumpkin Powder (Pumpkin, Wheat Starch, Maltodextrin), Beverage Whitener [(Glucose Syrup Solids, Vegetable Oil, Sodium Caseinate(From Milk), Mineral Salts (340, 451, 452), Emulsifiers (471, 481), Soy Lecithin, Anti-caking Agent (551), Flavour)], Wheat Cereal Protein, Soy Flour, Sucrose, Minerals (Potassium Citrate, Magnesium Oxide, Zinc Sulphate, Ferrous Sulphate, Selenium Yeast, Copper Gluconate, Manganese Sulphate, Chromium Picolinate, Potassium Iodide, Sodium Molybdate), Inulin, Dicalcium Phosphate (341), Skim Milk Powder, Flavour (Contains Wheat), Onion Powder, Pumpkin Dry Flavour, Spices, Sodium Chloride, Modified Food Starch (1442), Marine Oil [Refined Tuna Oil, Sodium Caseinate (from Milk), Dextrose, Maltodextrin, Sodium Ascorbate, Mixed Natural Tocopherols, Soy Lecithin, Dl-alpha Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate], Dextrose, Herb, Vitamins (Vitamin C, Niacin, Vitamin E, Riboflavin, Pantothenic Acid, Pyridoxine, Thiamin, Vitamin A, Folate, Vitamin K, Biotin , Vitamin D, Vitamin B12),Colour (102, 110)
 
 

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