Nutrisystem for Diabetics

Turkey Sausage Egg Muffin

Apple Walnut Oatmeal

Nutrisystem D plans, and even regular Nutrisystem, offer a long list of great menu options. Menu items include selections for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. With this plan, you can choose to have meals that are pre-selected by the chef or choose your own meals based on your personal preferences.

There are more than two dozen options for diabetic-friendly breakfasts on the menu. Some examples of what you will find on the breakfast menu include Apple Walnut Oatmeal, a Turkey, Sausage & Egg Muffin, Biscotti Bites, and Homestyle Pancakes. Each of these meals is lower in carbs while being higher in fiber and protein.

There are more than 30 menu options for lunch selections, but some of these include meal replacement bars. The BBQ Chicken Burrito, Classic Hamburger, and Mushroom Parmesan Soup with Chicken top the list of diabetic-friendly lunch favorites.

Dinner offers the most variety and choices in the program. There are more than 40 diabetic-friendly choices on the menu, and they all look delicious. Favorites include the Italian Sausage and Pepperoni Pizza, Santa Fe Style Chicken, and Artichoke & Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breast. You can control diabetes, lose weight, and not even feel like you’re on a diet with choices like these.

Classic Hamburger

BBQ Chicken Burrito

We don’t want to neglect the snacks! Nutrisystem offers more than 30 snacks that you’d never know were specially designed for diabetes patients. Think along the lines of orange cream bars, toffee crunch cookies, honey mustard pretzels, and other snack foods that you’ll love to eat.

Nutrisystem is a program that is primarily designed for weight loss, featuring healthy meals that help you reach your goals. The menu for Nutrisystem D is only slightly different from other Nutrisystem plans and offers plenty of variety.

With Nutrisystem, you also have the choice of meals that are frozen or not frozen, and you can apply a filter for preparation style, meaning if they should be prepared in the microwave, on the stovetop, toaster oven, or conventional oven. These types of options win Nutrisystem some points in this category.

One thing to note is that Nutrisystem is very good at what it does, but its focus isn’t as much on meeting other types of special dietary needs. For example, you can choose gluten-free or dairy-free meals, but only a few of these options are on any menu. If you have other special dietary preferences, this may reduce the number of meals to choose from, but you can easily apply filters to find the meals that fit into your diet.

The quality of ingredients weighs heavily on the taste and quality of the finished products. Nutrisystem doesn’t say where they source their ingredients, but they claim to strive to use the best possible ingredients in their meals. According to Nutrisystem diet reviews, most customers are satisfied with the quality of ingredients that go into their meals.

Some important things to know about Nutristyem and ingredient quality are that they use some genetically modified ingredients, and there’s no way to filter out non-GMO foods from the rest. Also, the overwhelming majority of Nutristyem meal options are preservative-free due to the type of processing method they use. If you wish to completely avoid any preservatives in your food, you can contact a nutrition coach directly for guidance.

Nutrisystem does not use MSG in their products, but you will find some products that contain inherent glutamate. These foods include soy, yeast extract, and hydrolyzed protein.

Homestyle Pancakes

Turkey Ham and Cheese Omelet

Now we come to one of the most important factors – taste. It doesn’t matter if you’re using the Nutrisystem D meal plan to aid in the treatment of diabetes or to lose weight (or both). We all know that if the food tastes great, the plan is easier to stick to.

One of the best features of Nutrisystem for diabetics is the variety. Sometimes with other diets and meal delivery services, it’s easy to get stuck eating the same thing day after day. Even if the food tastes great, the boredom can easily get to you. Nutrisystem for diabetics offers enough variety in their meal choices that this shouldn’t be an issue. There’s something here for all tastes.

Overall, customers are pleased with the taste of the Nutrisystem program. You do want to keep in mind that these meals are also lower in sodium, but they do try to make up for it with flavor from other spices. If you feel that your meal needs a little perking up, a bit of seasoning from your own cupboard should do the trick.

Taste can also vary depending on the type of Nutrisystem D meal that you choose. The frozen meal options seem to have a better overall taste than the shelf-stable meals, but still, the taste is better than many other comparable options you’d find at the store.

The bottom line for taste is that Nutrisystem probably won’t blow you away with flavor, but they’re not going to disappoint either.

Nutrisystem for diabetics offers three different plans, each with a different price point. The key differences between the plans really focus around how much you want to depend on Nutrisystem D and their diet plans to eat healthier and control blood sugar.

Each plan option is designed to support healthy changes for four weeks. Of course, you can stay on Nutrisystem D for longer than this, but four weeks is the starting point. The Basic Diabetes plan includes 5 Nutrisystem breakfast, lunch, dinners, and snacks each week. With the Basic plan, you have access to a slightly limited menu, but you still have more than 100 choices overall.

The mid-level plan, which is also the most popular, is called the Uniquely Yours Diabetes plan. With this plan, you still get five breakfasts, lunch, dinners, and snacks, each week but your menu choices jump to over 150. This plan is great for people who like a little more variety in their food choices.

The upper-tier, most expensive plan is called the Uniquely Yours Ultimate Diabetes plan. With this plan, all your meals and snacks are covered for seven days instead of five. This plan is intended for diabetics whos are really looking to get a handle on their diet and offer meals that are packed with the right balance of nutrients every day of the week. Plus, you have unlimited access to the menu, which equals more choices.

When ordering Nutrisystem for diabetics, you’ll also choose whether you want a program designed for men or women. There’s a slight price difference between the two, but the reason is that men typically have a higher average daily caloric intake, so the men’s plan includes more snack options.

Overall, we give Nutrisystem D high marks in the pricing department. Considering what you’d pay to eat out or even do your own shopping and cooking, Nutrisystem really is a good deal.

Shipping is free on all Nutrisystem orders, so that’s a huge plus. There’s nothing worse than loading up a cart, thinking you know what you’re paying, and then having a large shipping fee added on at the end, especially if you’re receiving weekly shipments.

With packaging, two things are most important. First, you want the packaging to be robust enough to protect your delivery and keep it at the optimal temperature during delivery. Second, you want packaging materials that are easy to dispose of and hopefully recyclable so that they don’t sit around in landfills for decades.

Nutrisystem does a pretty good job on both of these issues. They pack their deliveries with dry ice to keep frozen meals at the right temperature until they arrive at your doorstep. Nutrisystem estimates that your delivery should stay frozen for 4-6 hours after it arrives at your door. If you choose shelf-stable meals, this isn’t really as much of an issue.

Nutrisystem has also switched to an eco-friendly cooler system. Their coolers are made with eco-friendly materials that can be recycled with other polystyrene products at your local recycling center. If by chance, these coolers don’t make it to the recycling bin, they will break down about 92% within four years.

Nutrisystem wins points for their customer service on a few different issues. First, we really like that they offer a full money-back guarantee. Granted, there are a few caveats to this. The money-back-guarantee applies for the first 14 days only, is available only to new customers, and has a limit of one full refund per customer. Still, if you order one of the programs, try it out but decide within 14 days that it just isn’t for you. You really haven’t lost anything at all.

Second, we like that Nutrisystem offers unlimited chat with certified diabetes educators. Keep in mind that these communications aren’t meant to replace professional medical advice. Still, it is a nice feature when you have questions, like suggestions for a sample menu, which food items to avoid, whether you need to stay away from high sodium foods, and how to create a meal plan that’s specifically designed for you.

If you need to customize or delay one of your auto-shipments, you can do this online, or you can call customer service if you’d rather speak to a real person about it. One feature that we’re not so fond of is that you have to call them directly if you want to completely cancel your auto shipment.

You can return or exchange meals at any time. Just keep in mind that you have to physically send the meals back and that it usually takes an average of 14 days to receive replacements.

Overall, we give Nutrisystem for diabetics a good review. We like how they can get you started on the right track with a diet designed for diabetes and weight loss. We love the variety and their scientifically proven approach to improving the health of diabetes patients.

While we love the variety, we’re not crazy about the idea that you have to pay more to choose from the full menu, and many of their food choices are processed. Ther the fact that you also have to call them directly to cancel is inconvenient.

All that said, we have no problem sticking our seal of approval on the Nutrisystem D program. It’s nutritious food that helps you gain control of your life and reduce the need for medications and insulin, and there’s nothing more important than taking care of yourself.