Can I use my favourite diet in place of the eating plan?
In many cases, yes. However, for best weight loss results, you should follow the reduced calorie, lower-fat diet in the alli programme. alli can work well with diets that emphasise balanced meals containing moderate amounts of fat. It does not work well with diets that encourage you to ‘save up’ fat and calorie allowances and then splurge on a high-fat meal or dessert. You would not need the capsules with a very low-fat diet because they would have little effect. However, many people find very low-fat diets difficult to sustain because of severe restrictions on the food they can eat. They’re also likely to feel far hungrier when there is little fat in the diet. The alli programme allows you to choose from a wider variety of foods, and to eat enough fat to feel fuller. At the other end of the spectrum, low-carbohydrate, high-protein diets tend to be very high in fats. Don’t use the capsule with these diets. Not adapting to a lower-fat diet can increase the chances of diet-related treatm
