Bistro MD meals are deliberately designed to maximize their nutritional potential, and that goes beyond just achieving the nutrient balance most conductive to weight loss. For instance Bistro MD has worked directly with the sources that produce our vegetable side dishes. We buy at peak season, when the vegetables are richest in their natural vitamins and nutrients. Then they’re field processed for our meals as soon as they’re picked, unlike some commercial vegetable crops that are subjected to miles of shipping, heating, wilting, and wear and tear before being packaged. We select our salmon that are naturally rich with essential Omega-3-fatty acids. Bistro MD is better because we start with good food and do good things with it!
Weight loss is our national priority. Not only do we want to keep our weight down to look good, but we are painfully aware that our weight, or in some cases overweight, adds signicant health problems. It's not just a fad, but it is a national awareness that weight loss is synonomous with improved health. Weight loss programs that really work are our treasure. We feature such programs here on this site! Please take a look at our product page for all the options on a weight loss, we have a lot more to offer!.
In the extensive market of food delivery is there such a thing as diet home delivery program? Picture this: It's Wednesday evening and you are sitting at home enjoying a relaxing night. There is a knock on the door and when you answer, it is UPS with a package for you. You sit down to go through this box that has just arrived with anticipation and excitement. You sort through its contents and find heart healthy oatmeal, fluffy omelets and protein packed snack chips. You dig deeper and find mouthwatering chicken marsala, taste bud tantalizing teriyaki chicken, and delectable salmon fillet, just to name a few. The best part? It is all healthy. That's Bistro M.D.'s diet home delivery program.
Could it get any better than having a week's worth of delicious diet food delivered to your door? We don't think so either. With our diet home delivery program we take all of the guesswork, and just plain work out of dieting. No more expensive trips to the grocery store, now you can diet at home with you delivered food.
Dr. Phil Calls on Bistro MD Physician to Help In "Extreme Weight" Case
With a case of extreme obesity slowly killing a man, Dr. Phil has called in Naples bariatric physician Caroline J. Cederquist, M.D., with hopes that her expertise and her medical delivery diet can offer critical help to the situation.
On the show, set to air on January 29, Dr. Phil employs his popular team approach, and he'll have input from his usual posse of medical experts for Kevin, who at age 44 has reached the stunning weight of 715 pounds. But faced with a weight problem that extreme, not just any doctor has the depth of experience to offer meaningful help.
So Dr. Phil called in Dr. Cederquist, a board-certified family and bariatric physician who has at the core of her treatment a focus not on extreme diets or radical regimens, but on addressing the metabolic irregularities that develop in overweight people, from mild insulin resistance to full-blown Type II diabetes. These irregularities actually make it progressively easier for an overweight person to produce and retain fat, and harder and harder to for them to lose it, typically leading to a cycle of increasing gain, even if the person doesn't increase their caloric intake.
"Kevin is disabled and virtually homebound," says Dr. Cederquist. "He has gained 300 pounds in the past five years. He suffers from diabetes and severe sleep and breathing difficulties. Problems with his joints and his sheer mass make it almost impossible for him to move around, and as a result, he scarcely leaves his bed, let alone his house. Getting him from home to the Dr. Phil studios was a major undertaking."
Dr. Cederquist said Kevin had been rejected for weight-loss surgeries because the medical conditions related to his obesity make him too high-risk as a candidate for surgery. He has sunk into a depression over his worsening situation, and resorts to eating for comfort, further worsening his conditions-and his despair.
"When I met with Kevin, I felt his anguish," Dr. Cederquist says, "but it was not unfamiliar to me."
Dr. Cederquist says such despair is common, even among those with much less severe weight problems.
"These are often people who have been successful at everything else in their lives, and they cannot understand why their efforts to lose even 20 pounds are so futile," she says. "But for them, it's just not as simple as eat less, burn more. Losing weight is not just about eating less of the wrong things; it is about eating more of the right things."
Dr. Cederquist analyzed Kevin's intake logs and determined he was eating more than 4000 calories a day, mostly in low-quality junk food. Kevin had long since become diabetic and is currently injecting 600 mg a day of insulin to control his blood sugar.
"That's a massive amount of insulin. That means his metabolic abnormality, coupled with his poor-quality diet, has led to a situation where his body cells are starving," Dr. Cederquist says. "A starving organism will resist weight loss even if it is carrying 500 pounds of excess body fat, which is what is happening in Kevin's case."
Studies show that the right balance of nutrients can reverse the metabolic abnormalities of diabetes and pre-diabetes, and people can begin losing weight even before implementing an exercise program, Dr. Cederquist says. But people underestimate the amount of work it takes to plan and prepare meals every day that contain that correct nutrient balance. And that's for people without the limitations that someone like Kevin has developed.
Because Kevin's high-risk status prevents him from pursuing bariatric surgery, Dr. Phil's staff assessed a number of options for Kevin, and ultimately, Dr. Phil asked Dr. Cederquist to help with Kevin's case. She had developed a delivery diet program that specifically addresses both the practical and metabolic problems people like Kevin must overcome. The delivery diet, called BistroMD, is a home-delivered version of the diets that Dr. Cederquist prescribes for patients at her Naples clinic.
"My patients reported that they felt great, were losing weight and could reduce or eliminate their need for insulin with the dietary plans my dietitians and I created," she said. "However, it was a lot of work, and many people today have to rely on quick, convenient foods due to the constraints of their busy lives."
Kevin's life is less busy than he'd like it to be, but due to the constraints of his physical condition, he is no more able to prepare appropriate foods for himself than the busiest of dieters. The gourmet foods in Dr. Cederquist's BistroMD will help Kevin deal with both the practical and the medical challenges he faces. The meals are portion-controlled and designed to preserve lean muscle tissue as the dieter loses body fat. Because they are low in glycemic load, the foods also tend to reduce the sugar and carb cravings that lead so many to abandon their dieting attempts.
With Dr. Cederquist's supervision, and support from Dr. Phil and his team, Kevin will go on the Bistro MD diet to try to control his metabolic abnormalities so that his constant gain can be reversed. If he adheres to the diet, his insulin resistance will decrease, and his metabolic condition will stabilize and improve, says Dr. Cederquist.
"I have monitored insulin and glucose levels in my patients for many years and have been able to demonstrate improvement or normalization of abnormal, insulin-resistant lab work in as early as six weeks from the start of the diet," she says. After that normalization, weight loss becomes markedly easier, but many diets never address this need, and some radical fad diets can even exacerbate the problem. She believes Kevin could drop as much as 250 pounds over the course of a year, and a loss of that magnitude could open other options for him that could continue that progress.
While Kevin is an extreme example, his metabolic abnormalities are common and are becoming more so. Currently 70.8% of men and 66.2% of women in the U.S. are overweight. The vast majority of overweight people develop metabolic abnormalities as they gain. But insulin resistance can be improved or reversed entirely with the right nutritional program, Dr. Cederquist says, and that is the underlying principle of the Bistro MD diet. The macronutrients of the diet include adequate lean protein spread throughout the day, controlled portions of complex carbohydrates and the right amount of "good" fats. Reference Bistro MD Article
Having been in the business of medical weight loss for many years Dr. Cederquist always received feedback that her weight loss program was wonderful, but her patients felt the burden when it came to making healthy choices and cooking for themselves at home. Truly wanting her patients to succeed, Dr. Cederquist then teamed up with world class chefs to develop a healthy, delicious menu. You can reap the benefits of years of research with our diet home delivery program.
All it takes is signing up on our website or giving a quick call to our friendly customer service agents, and you will continually receive our diet home delivery program each week. With Bistro M.D. the only thing you have to loose is this weight.
Bistro M.D. is a diet home delivery program. When you join our meal delivery service, every week you will receive a diet program that will break down the science behind losing weight and you will also have free and unlimited access to our team of dietitians who will work with you to make sure you achieve your goals. Join us today by signing online www.bistromd.com/
How Many Calories in the Bistro MD Menu Plan?
The Bistro M.D. Plan provides an average of 1,200 calories per day for the full plan (3 meals and 2 snacks per day).
There is some very important information to keep in mind while looking at this number:
The calories come from lean protein and complex carbohydrates which are essential for your body to function properly, feel full and balance its chemistry so you can lose the weight. Some programs focus on calories only, but very often they are “empty calories”: simple carbohydrates and fat which do your body a major disservice
We say an AVERAGE, and this is a very important part, as we medically prove that if you stick to a strict 1200 calorie/day diet everyday of the week, your body gets used to that making it harder and harder each week to lose weight. With the slight increase and decrease of calories on a day-to-day basis your body and metabolism do not have the chance to get used to one set point. Thus, in turn the weight comes off easier and in the end it is easier to maintain your weight.
Though, even if you are getting the same amount of food every day, we are changing calories intake every day for you, ranging between 1,100 and 1,400 per day.
Is the plan appropriate for Diabetics?
Yes, it is. At Cederquist Medical Wellness Center we see dozen of patients every day and most of them are diagnosed as diabetic or pre-diabetic.
Dr Cederquist designed the Bistro M.D. program with her diabetic patients in mind, and the program fits their needs perfectly.
The program focuses on lean protein, complex carbohydrates, and low fat. The lean protein is what is going to keep you feeling full and maintain your blood sugars. We avoid any of the simple sugars like white bread, potatoes, and pasta. These are the sugars that spike your blood sugar then drop rapidly and cause you to be hungry again shortly after eating.
Also, a value of our program for diabetics is that our meals are already portioned out. You don't have TO worry about measuring food AND making sure you aren't OVER - eating. Visit our Bistro MD PLAN Options Page, AND try our program today.
Why is Bistro M.D. different from other diet programs?
For starters, Bistro M.D. is unlike any other diet program. It was not developed by a marketing company, a dietician or a food company but by a medical doctor who specializes in weight management. Dr. Cederquist has over 10 years of clinical experience in the field of weight management; she understands what it really takes to lose weight and keep it off.
Our program includes unique meals and snacks as well as a weekly information program that will break down for you the science behind losing weight.
Our meals are fully cooked, portion-controlled and perfectly balanced. Our chefs have created culinary masterpieces while working under Dr. Cederquist’s tight nutritional guidance. You will feel like having both a personal chef and a diet doctor in your own kitchen at all times! We make losing weight a delightful, easy experience.
Who is the typical Bistro M.D. customer?
There is no one typical Bistro M.D. customer. We have a wide variety of customers ranging from 18 to 80 years of age and from every walk of life. They share one common factor: most of our customers have tried different diets before joining us and understand the challenges of losing weight. They also understand why our diet will work for them.
Our program is well suited for people who want to ensure better health, save time, and save money.
How much weight will I lose by eating the Bistro M.D. meals?
Our unique program has helped thousands of people shed unwanted pounds. The amount of weight you lose depends on many factors: your age, activity level, amount of exercise, medical conditions and present weight. In general, our members lose from two to three pounds per week.
How many daily calories is the Full Plan?
The Bistro M.D. Plan provides an average of 1,200 calories per day for the full plan (3 meals and 2 snacks per day).
There is some very important information to keep in mind while looking at this number:
The calories come from lean protein and complex carbohydrates which are essential for your body to function properly, feel full and balance its chemistry so you can lose the weight. Some programs focus on calories only, but very often they are “empty calories”: simple carbohydrates and fat which do your body a major disservice
We say an AVERAGE, and this is a very important part, as we medically prove that if you stick to a strict 1200 calorie/day diet everyday of the week, your body gets used to that making it harder and harder each week to lose weight. With the slight increase and decrease of calories on a day-to-day basis your body and metabolism do not have the chance to get used to one set point. Thus, in turn the weight comes off easier and in the end it is easier to maintain your weight.
Though, even if you are getting the same amount of food every day, we are changing calories intake every day for you, ranging between 1,100 and 1,400 per day.
Is the plan appropriate for Diabetics?
Yes, it is. At Cederquist Medical Wellness Center we see dozen of patients every day and most of them are diagnosed as diabetic or pre-diabetic.
Dr Cederquist designed the Bistro M.D. program with her diabetic patients in mind, and the program fits their needs perfectly.
The program focuses on lean protein, complex carbohydrates, and low fat. The lean protein is what is going to keep you feeling full and maintain your blood sugars. We avoid any of the simple sugars like white bread, potatoes, and pasta. These are the sugars that spike your blood sugar then drop rapidly and cause you to be hungry again shortly after eating.
Also, a value of our program for diabetics is that our meals are already portioned out. You don't have TO worry about measuring food AND making sure you aren't OVER - eating.
What should I drink? How much should I drink? Can I drink coffee, tea or milk?
We recommend drinking a minimum of 64 oz (8 glasses) of water per day. This can be in the form of regular water, flavored water (like propel, fruit 2 O), decaffeinated diet soda, any of the diet fruit juices (like diet V8) and crystal light. The water helps to keep you hydrated and helps to "flush" everything out of your system.
You are allowed to drink caffeinated drinks, like diet soda, coffee, tea, but we like to limitthem to 2 per day. Indeed, caffeine is a diuretic and causes your cells to retain more water, which will slow down weight loss.
With coffee, if you drink it with a creamer we recommend the low fat creamer, and if you use sugar use a sugar substitute like splenda.
For your convenience, once you sign up for any of our meal plans you will continue to receive a shipment each week until you instruct us to stop, and will be charged accordingly. In a single shipment you will receive a week of meals based on your selection of either a five or seven day plan. Your weekly meal plan will be shipped via Fed-Ex within one week of your order. Exact delivery dates can not be guaranteed and vary based on your location. All orders are shipped in insulated coolers with enough dry ice to guarantee its freshness upon delivery.
Bistro MD has a resident expert by the name of Caroline Cederquist. A Word From The Doctor:
"I have made it my life’s work to foster healthier lifestyles for my patients. I know about today’s hectic life: with an active practice, a husband and four children, I live that way too. My staff and I deal every day with the same challenges you face. That’s why, over the years, I have developed my diet program. My program fits into the Real world, with convenient meals, of the highest quality and incomparable tastes. It has worked for thousands of people and it will work for you."
Dr. Cederquist has appeared as a weight-management expert on national television, as well as the contributing medical editor on medical and nutritional issues on NBC Ft. Myers for the past five years. Get a FREE diet analysis prepared by Dr. Cederquist Just what the doctor ordered! With her team of nutritionists and award-winning chefs, Dr. Cederquist researched and developed the complete menus you'll enjoy. Prepared from the finest raw ingredients according to unique, original recipes, these delicious, high-quality meals are unparalleled for quality and value.
Bistro MD has a resident expert by the name of Caroline Cederquist. A Word From The Doctor:
"I have made it my life’s work to foster healthier lifestyles for my patients. I know about today’s hectic life: with an active practice, a husband and four children, I live that way too. My staff and I deal every day with the same challenges you face. That’s why, over the years, I have developed my diet program. My program fits into the Real world, with convenient meals, of the highest quality and incomparable tastes. It has worked for thousands of people and it will work for you."
Dr. Cederquist has appeared as a weight-management expert on national television, as well as the contributing medical editor on medical and nutritional issues on NBC Ft. Myers for the past five years. Get a FREE diet analysis prepared by Dr. Cederquist Just what the doctor ordered! With her team of nutritionists and award-winning chefs, Dr. Cederquist researched and developed the complete menus you'll enjoy. Prepared from the finest raw ingredients according to unique, original recipes, these delicious, high-quality meals are unparalleled for quality and value.