Diet Divas

Update Dec '04 - It appears the Diet Divas have gone offline.

If you have ordered something from them, you can try contacting your credit card company - who can usually reverse the charge.

Diet Divas was a on-line weight loss program with a high-protein (and lower carb) diet plan. The program is run by two women (the "diet divas"), who use a plan authored by MD Oscar Espinosa. The program claims quick weight loss of 2-5 pounds per week.

A significant part of the program are the food products sold by the "divas" (protein shakes, bars, snacks, soups, et al).

The program is subscription based with two levels of membership - monthly fee-based (gold), or one-off lifetime fee (premier). Membership provides you with access to message boards, on-line counseling, and a personalized meal plan.

Diet Divas - our take

The premise of the Diet Divas program is a fun community-based diet plan that will bring about weight loss.

We have a few reservations about this plan:

The weight loss may be a little fast (and therefore harder to maintain over the long term).
There seems to be some ambiguity over what is required for the plan. The Diet Divas sell a line of foods, and it appears that you have to purchase these food items as part of the plan. This will obviously increase the costs quite dramatically, but it is unclear just how much you have to buy. (See comment from the Diet Divas below).
Plans that rely on branded, or in house supplements are not necessarily sustainable over the long term (unless you have lots of disposable $$$).
Be very wary of exactly what you sign up to with DietDivas - otherwise you could find unforeseen bills!

Our Recommendations

Diet Divas have been around for a while, with a number of positive testimonials, but we feel there are better choices out there for weight loss.

Slim Fast is a similar program (based around additional food products) but with a lot more options.
Also see our recommendation for the best weight loss diet.

Diet Diva Responds

We received the following email from the Diet Divas responding to our review:

"...The only thing wrong is that DietDivas is not expensive because the snacks are not mandatory. You can join and have your personal one on one counselor and never buy another thing. The unique part of DietDivas is that we are the ONLY online weight loss center that give you a real person to write to 20 times a day. Not a computer generated message. We have been around for a long time and we certainly give the best care.

Thanks Again,
Paula Altare
Director
DietDivas.com"

Last updated 18 Apr 05