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I didn't find this to be worth it or practical for the price. During the sign up process it says you can select your grocery store, but that didn't happen. You're paying the rather high subscription fee for basically a weekly PDF. There are plans like this available for free online. Net carbs were relatively high on the recipes I reviewed, and I honestly don't understand having sugar as an ingredient in a low carb recipe. It makes no sense and it seems like these are probably recipes they include in other plans and just happen to be low carb-ish. And there is no guidance for actual brands. For example, marinara sauce is an ingredient in more than one recipe this week, which is generally high in sugar. Anyone who eats low carb would be able to name at least one brand that is lower in sugar(for example, Rao's), so it doesn't seem like that much research goes into these for the price they're charging. It's also not possible that the net carb counts are accurate when they're not including the brands that are being used, and yours will likely end up being much higher in net carbs unless you dedicate a great deal of time to reviewing each product -- which negates the convenience. I also feel like more effort could be put into making the recipes complementary -- ie, having recipes share more ingredients. The list for this week has 50+ items when you include "staples" -- and the staples list contains things like honey, sugar, maple syrup, which are just not things you use when you're following a low carb diet. Bottom line, this isn't a time saver -- you will still need to do the research to figure out which products to buy, where these products are on sale(this is advertised as a feature, but not provided), and you will find yourself cooking a lot more often than if you just stick to simple meals and have leftovers 2-3 nights/week. You will need to put in time to adapt these recipes if you're on an actual low carb diet and not just following it loosely.
July 2016 · Unknown · verified purchase
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