Although medifast and slimfast both are meal replacement plans, however there are many similarities and differences between them. The similarities include that, as both are meal replacement plans for reducing your weight. You will either replace your meal with any of medifast plan or supplement your meal with slimfast plan to get the desired weight loss.

There are a number of differences between the two medifast and slimfast. Medifast offers large number of products and you can select over 60 pre-packed meal choices. Slimfast offers regular bars and shakes, however you have varieties including oatmeal, egg supplements, puddings, soups, chili, fruit drinks, stews, lattes, crackers etc offered by medifast in addition to bars and shakes offered by slimfast.

The other major difference between medifast and slimfast is that in medifast diet plan, you replaces your meals by medifast meals, however slimfast meal diets are supplements to your regular diets. For example if you are on a medifast 5 in 1 plan, you will be taking 5 medifast meals and one lean and green meal in the evening.

So, in medifast you are only taking cooked food once a day and that too as prescribed by medifast, however if you are on slimfast, you are required to take regular food in addition to the bars or shakes provided by slimfast.

The other major difference between medifast and slimfast is the carbohydrate and protein contents. Medifast meals are lower in carbohydrates, low in fat and low calorie, however slimfast meals are generally higher in carbohydrates and sugars. Slimfast meal products are approximate twice in calorie in comparison to the medifast products.

Medifast low glycemic products are designed for fast weight loss, however as slimfast meals have higher calories, so you can't consume much meal per day. Further medifast meals are soya based and therefore contains high amount of proteins.

Further in my opinion if you want to see the other differences between medifast vs. slimfast, you can get hungry if you are on slimfast meals, however if you are on medifast you do not feel hunger especially after a couple of days. Further slimfast products are tasty than some of the medifast meals products.

If your aim is reduce a few pounds quickly, I personally feel that slimfast is better option for you, however if you want reduce weight over a period of time you should definitely select medifast plans. Here also you can reduce a small amount of weight by adopting slimfast diet plans, however you can gradually reduce higher amount of weight without affecting your muscles with medifast diet plans.

So, if we analyze the pros and cons of medifast vs slimfast, we see that both have similarities and differences, however depending on one's aim one can select a specific weight reducing diet plans from medifast or slimfast. Although medifast diet plans are cheaper and available in many choices, slimfast meal plans are more or less supplements of meals. Medifast are clinically proven and have no side effects and therefore has advantages over slimfast diet plans.