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Old Mon, May-08-17, 09:25
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Originally Posted by Merpig
From the NY Times article: also from the comments:

It claims to save $14,000 in medical costs over 10 years.

But $400 a month is $4800 a year, for 10 years that is $48,000 total!


That is weird. I thought they were providing something more than... what, a "diet coach?"

Or is it what I call the Nutrasystem Effect?

One long winter evening, I stumbled into a bunch of Nutrasystem reviews, and it was fascinating. Because they believed in the "magic" of Nutrasystem; bemoaning that they could not afford it but are saving up to "do it again."

I was appalled. There was nothing special about this food. In fact, anyone with a phone calculator could cruise through the supermarket and throw prefab food into their cart and wind up with better tasting results for far less money.

But they would not do that. Or could not. Or something. These were people who seemed to have no problem just eating what they were told in this highly structured program. And lacked the ability to do it for themselves.
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