Diet Plans And Menus - The Dukan Diet:
The Dukan Diet, also known as the Protal Diet, was created by the French medical Doctor Pierre Dukan. This is a four-step diet based on natural proteins. The first phase involves a drastic change in nutrition. You’ll eat few calories and will start to lose weight fast. During the second phase you will alternate between pure proteins and a combination of proteins and vegetables. The third phase consolidates your successes. You follow the fourth phase the rest of your life. Here are some of the diet principles.
Phase 1 is one of pure proteins. Eat as much as you want of the following categories: (with some exceptions, you’ll have to get a book to follow this diet) organ meats, lean meat, skinless poultry, ham and cold cuts, eggs, fish, sea food, and low-fat dairy products. In addition eat only sugar soft drinks, coffee, tea, infusions, vinegar, pickles, chewing gum, and mustard. Drink six glasses of liquids a day. This phase usually lasts five days. During Phase 2 alternate between five days of pure proteins and five days combining proteins and vegetables. There is a long list of permitted vegetables that may be eaten raw or cooked. Use spices, fat-free yogurt, vinegar, or mustard on your vegetables but stay away from oil. Start Phase 3 when you have reached your desired weight. This phase lasts 10 days for each kilogram (2.2 pounds) of weight lost. Continue alternating as in Phase 2 but add a serving of fruit daily. Stay away from grapes, bananas, cherries, and dried fruits. Eat two slices of whole-grain bread daily. Eat 40 grams of cooked rind cheese such as Gouda daily. Eat two portions of starchy food a week. Once or twice a week eat boiled ham, leg of lamb, or roast pork. You may celebrate by eating anything you want with a glass of wine twice a week, but not the same day. And no seconds are allowed. Once a week eat a pure protein meal as in Phase 1. Phase 4 is the final stabilization phase. Once a week eat a pure protein meal. Eat 3 tablespoons of oat bran daily.
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Friday, September 30, 2011
Diet Plans And Menus - The Doctor Phil Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Doctor Phil Diet:
The Doctor Phil Diet was created by none other than Phil McGraw. He proposes a seven-step program, each step to be followed for a long time. This is an approach based on cognition and behavior. He recommends taking food supplements, in particular calcium, and vitamins C and E. Here are some of the principles.
Be positive. A positive attitude and self-mastery are important for weight control. Believe in yourself. Control your stress and you will control your weight. Place yourself in a good environment. Stay away from fast foods. Clean your cupboards and throw out dangerous food. Make a list and use it when you shop. Replace your bad habits by activities such as reading or sports. Eat slowly without looking at the TV and take small mouthfuls. Eat only foods with high energy content; these are usually natural foods such as fruits, vegetables, whole grain cereals, eggs, fish, lean meat, brown rice, and light dairy products. The diet clearly defines the number of daily portions of foods and food categories. For example, eat three portions of protein foods and four portions of vegetables. Tell people close to you that you are dieting and enlist their support. Dr. Phil even suggests that you distance yourself from those who won’t support you.
This review of the Dr Phil Diet including two Dr Phil Diet Meal Plans continues on my website.
The Doctor Phil Diet was created by none other than Phil McGraw. He proposes a seven-step program, each step to be followed for a long time. This is an approach based on cognition and behavior. He recommends taking food supplements, in particular calcium, and vitamins C and E. Here are some of the principles.
Be positive. A positive attitude and self-mastery are important for weight control. Believe in yourself. Control your stress and you will control your weight. Place yourself in a good environment. Stay away from fast foods. Clean your cupboards and throw out dangerous food. Make a list and use it when you shop. Replace your bad habits by activities such as reading or sports. Eat slowly without looking at the TV and take small mouthfuls. Eat only foods with high energy content; these are usually natural foods such as fruits, vegetables, whole grain cereals, eggs, fish, lean meat, brown rice, and light dairy products. The diet clearly defines the number of daily portions of foods and food categories. For example, eat three portions of protein foods and four portions of vegetables. Tell people close to you that you are dieting and enlist their support. Dr. Phil even suggests that you distance yourself from those who won’t support you.
This review of the Dr Phil Diet including two Dr Phil Diet Meal Plans continues on my website.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Diet Plans And Menus - The Doctor Cohen Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Doctor Cohen Diet:
The Doctor Cohen Diet was created by Jean-Michel Cohen, a French medical nutritionist. Actually it comes in two versions, the fast diet that allows 900 calories a day and the comfort version that allows 1400 calories a day. With the rapid version you may lose 6.5 to 9 pounds (3 or 4 kilograms) every two weeks. With the comfort version you may lose 9 to 11 pounds (4 to 5 kilograms) per month. Don’t follow the rapid version for a period of several months. Here are some of the principles.
There are no forbidden foods. Manage your diet yourself, for instance eat according to your hunger. Combine fiber, protein, and sugar containing foods with on your plate. Vary your food, including fruits and vegetables. Stay away from sugary and alcoholic drinks. Yogurt should always be sugarless and fat free. Eat lean meat and your choice of fish or seafood. Try to replace cheese with eggs or yogurt. Don’t eat too many eggs, and egg whites are better than egg yolks. Make sure to enjoy lots of soup; this is one way to consume more vegetables. Many people will like the principle that suggests not feeling guilty should you stray once in a while.
This review of the Doctor Cohen Diet including two Doctor Cohen Diet Meal Plans continues on my website.
The Doctor Cohen Diet was created by Jean-Michel Cohen, a French medical nutritionist. Actually it comes in two versions, the fast diet that allows 900 calories a day and the comfort version that allows 1400 calories a day. With the rapid version you may lose 6.5 to 9 pounds (3 or 4 kilograms) every two weeks. With the comfort version you may lose 9 to 11 pounds (4 to 5 kilograms) per month. Don’t follow the rapid version for a period of several months. Here are some of the principles.
There are no forbidden foods. Manage your diet yourself, for instance eat according to your hunger. Combine fiber, protein, and sugar containing foods with on your plate. Vary your food, including fruits and vegetables. Stay away from sugary and alcoholic drinks. Yogurt should always be sugarless and fat free. Eat lean meat and your choice of fish or seafood. Try to replace cheese with eggs or yogurt. Don’t eat too many eggs, and egg whites are better than egg yolks. Make sure to enjoy lots of soup; this is one way to consume more vegetables. Many people will like the principle that suggests not feeling guilty should you stray once in a while.
This review of the Doctor Cohen Diet including two Doctor Cohen Diet Meal Plans continues on my website.
Diet Plans And Menus - The Detox-Slimming Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Detox-Slimming Diet:
The Detox-Slimming Diet was created to eliminate toxins from your body. It consists of a ten-day detox phase, a stabilization phase that lasts from one to eight weeks, and life-long habits to acquire. The first day you get your body used to eating only fruits, vegetables, and grains. The second and third days you eat only one kind of fruit, but as much as you want. You will have to learn the rules that vary from day to day during the initial phase.
Your diet should include organic fruits and vegetables, fatty fish (three times a week), fiber-rich foods, dried fruit, and oils such as olive or walnut oil. Drink lots of water. Avoid foods rich in saturated fats or sugars, white bread, carbonated drinks, prepared foods, meat, and diary products. Eat at least balanced three meals a day. Reduce stress to reduce toxins. Exercise, for example, walk, run, bicycle, swim, or use cardio-vascular equipment. If you feel tired wait a week before restarting.
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The Detox-Slimming Diet was created to eliminate toxins from your body. It consists of a ten-day detox phase, a stabilization phase that lasts from one to eight weeks, and life-long habits to acquire. The first day you get your body used to eating only fruits, vegetables, and grains. The second and third days you eat only one kind of fruit, but as much as you want. You will have to learn the rules that vary from day to day during the initial phase.
Your diet should include organic fruits and vegetables, fatty fish (three times a week), fiber-rich foods, dried fruit, and oils such as olive or walnut oil. Drink lots of water. Avoid foods rich in saturated fats or sugars, white bread, carbonated drinks, prepared foods, meat, and diary products. Eat at least balanced three meals a day. Reduce stress to reduce toxins. Exercise, for example, walk, run, bicycle, swim, or use cardio-vascular equipment. If you feel tired wait a week before restarting.
This review of the Detox-Slimming Diet including two Detox-Slimming Diet Meal Plans continues on my website.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Diet Plans And Menus - The Dissociated Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Dissociated Diet:
The Dissociated Diet is based on the theory of equilibrium between acids and bases. It works according to the laws of digestion. The idea is not to eat the three major food groups at the same time, as this is said to wreak havoc on the digestive system. These three groups are glucides, proteins, and neutral foods. Here are some of the principles.
Eat a breakfast rich in glucides and in proteins or one that is rich in fruit. If you have fruit for breakfast, that’s all you’ll have. For lunch have a protein dish, such as meat, ripe cheese, soy products, fish or seafood, berries, citrus fruits, or fruit juice, and eggs. Accompany your choice with vegetables and salad. Or you could select a neutral food such as vegetables, milk, whole milk products, ripened cheese with over 45% butterfat, raw and smoked meat or fish, and vegetable or animal oils such as mayonnaise or butter. For supper eat either a glucide-rich dish or a neutral dish. Eat snacks. The mid-morning snack may come from any of the three groups. The mid-afternoon snack may be rich in glucides or in neutral elements but should not be based on proteins. Drink a lot, about 2.5 liters or quarts. And practice a sport such as bicycling or walking. Start slowly but do it on a regular basis.
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The Dissociated Diet is based on the theory of equilibrium between acids and bases. It works according to the laws of digestion. The idea is not to eat the three major food groups at the same time, as this is said to wreak havoc on the digestive system. These three groups are glucides, proteins, and neutral foods. Here are some of the principles.
Eat a breakfast rich in glucides and in proteins or one that is rich in fruit. If you have fruit for breakfast, that’s all you’ll have. For lunch have a protein dish, such as meat, ripe cheese, soy products, fish or seafood, berries, citrus fruits, or fruit juice, and eggs. Accompany your choice with vegetables and salad. Or you could select a neutral food such as vegetables, milk, whole milk products, ripened cheese with over 45% butterfat, raw and smoked meat or fish, and vegetable or animal oils such as mayonnaise or butter. For supper eat either a glucide-rich dish or a neutral dish. Eat snacks. The mid-morning snack may come from any of the three groups. The mid-afternoon snack may be rich in glucides or in neutral elements but should not be based on proteins. Drink a lot, about 2.5 liters or quarts. And practice a sport such as bicycling or walking. Start slowly but do it on a regular basis.
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Diet Plans And Menus - The Carbohydrate Addicts Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Carbohydrate Addicts Diet:
The Carbohydrate Addicts Diet was created by Doctors Richard and Rachel Heller. As its name may suggest, an objective of this diet is reducing dieters’ dependence on carbohydrates, or in less technical terms, sugars. The body transforms carbohydrates into glycogens and converts the excess into fatty tissue. After a meal containing carbohydrates the blood sugar level increases and insulin acts to bring it down, making the individual feel hungry. By diminishing insulin secretion and so absorbing less carbohydrates the body burns more fat. This diet has two phases, a base phase and a stabilization phase. The first phase lasts 14 days but may be extended for additional weight loss. The second phase also tries to lower your insulin level. It lets you adapt to your new lifestyle. Here are some of the principles.
Phase 1. Reward yourself with a special meal once a day. This meal may be breakfast, lunch, or supper. It’s a large green salad and a plate divided into three equal parts: protein-rich food such as meat, poultry, fish, cheese, or tofu; vegetables (starchy vegetables such as potatoes are excluded); and carbohydrate-rich food such as potato chips, cookies, fruit or fruit juice, and sweets. Finish your meal in less than an hour. Your other meals should contain half protein-rich foods and half fiber-rich vegetables. Weigh yourself once a day. Phase 2 continues phase 1 and add one of several options that include physical activity, glutamate reduction, stress control, caffeine reduction and others. The list is long and fairly complicated.
An extended review of the Carbohydate Addicts Diet and two Carbohydrate Addicts Diet Meal Plans appear on my website.
The Carbohydrate Addicts Diet was created by Doctors Richard and Rachel Heller. As its name may suggest, an objective of this diet is reducing dieters’ dependence on carbohydrates, or in less technical terms, sugars. The body transforms carbohydrates into glycogens and converts the excess into fatty tissue. After a meal containing carbohydrates the blood sugar level increases and insulin acts to bring it down, making the individual feel hungry. By diminishing insulin secretion and so absorbing less carbohydrates the body burns more fat. This diet has two phases, a base phase and a stabilization phase. The first phase lasts 14 days but may be extended for additional weight loss. The second phase also tries to lower your insulin level. It lets you adapt to your new lifestyle. Here are some of the principles.
Phase 1. Reward yourself with a special meal once a day. This meal may be breakfast, lunch, or supper. It’s a large green salad and a plate divided into three equal parts: protein-rich food such as meat, poultry, fish, cheese, or tofu; vegetables (starchy vegetables such as potatoes are excluded); and carbohydrate-rich food such as potato chips, cookies, fruit or fruit juice, and sweets. Finish your meal in less than an hour. Your other meals should contain half protein-rich foods and half fiber-rich vegetables. Weigh yourself once a day. Phase 2 continues phase 1 and add one of several options that include physical activity, glutamate reduction, stress control, caffeine reduction and others. The list is long and fairly complicated.
An extended review of the Carbohydate Addicts Diet and two Carbohydrate Addicts Diet Meal Plans appear on my website.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Diet Plans And Menus - The Delabos Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Delabos Diet: The Delabos Diet was invented by doctor Alain Delabos in 1986. It is based on the chrononutrition principle; foods must be eaten at the right time of day according to a biological clock. Eat fatty foods in the morning, heavy foods at noon, sweet foods in the afternoon, and nothing or very little in the evening. Eat breakfast in the first hour after getting up, wait five hours for lunch, and another five hours before eating a sweet snack. Wait at least 90 minutes after your snack before eating supper. If you aren’t hungry skip supper. And don’t eat for at least 90 minutes before going to sleep.
It is important to eat the right foods at the right time. Breakfast means bread, cheese, butter, and sometimes bacon and eggs. For lunch eat meat or fish, and perhaps starchy foods and green vegetables. Eat fruits or fruity foods and vegetable oils such as peanuts, avocado with dressing, or olives at snack time. For supper you may eat green vegetables, fish, seafood, or white meat in small quantities. The Delabos Diet very clearly defines portion size based on your height. You’ll need to consult the documentation to know exactly what to eat. For example, dieters eat 1 to 4 eggs. Two meals a week are completely unrestricted.
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It is important to eat the right foods at the right time. Breakfast means bread, cheese, butter, and sometimes bacon and eggs. For lunch eat meat or fish, and perhaps starchy foods and green vegetables. Eat fruits or fruity foods and vegetable oils such as peanuts, avocado with dressing, or olives at snack time. For supper you may eat green vegetables, fish, seafood, or white meat in small quantities. The Delabos Diet very clearly defines portion size based on your height. You’ll need to consult the documentation to know exactly what to eat. For example, dieters eat 1 to 4 eggs. Two meals a week are completely unrestricted.
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Diet Plans And Menus - The Cretan Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Cretan Diet: The Cretan Diet is inspired by the menu of Crete, one lovely Greek isle. It is based on a regime rich in vegetables, fruits, grains, olive oil, some dairy products, fish, and seafood. Foods rich in saturated fats such as red meat, cold cuts, sunflower seed oil, and butter and rapidly digested sugars such as pastries, ice cream, and carbonated drinks should be avoided as much as possible.
Cretan dieters eat a lot of unsaturated fatty acids such as linoleic and alpha-linoleic acids that are thought to help prevent cardio-vascular incidents. It is recommended to eat fish two or three times a week. Wine has several positive properties such as reducing infection and being an antioxidant. So dieters are encouraged to drink a small glass of red wine with meals. Wine is recommended, it is not mandatory. They should get 25 to 30% of their calories from lipids, 55% from glucides, and 15% from proteins.
An extended review of The Cretan Diet and two Cretan Diet Meal Plans appear on our website.
Cretan dieters eat a lot of unsaturated fatty acids such as linoleic and alpha-linoleic acids that are thought to help prevent cardio-vascular incidents. It is recommended to eat fish two or three times a week. Wine has several positive properties such as reducing infection and being an antioxidant. So dieters are encouraged to drink a small glass of red wine with meals. Wine is recommended, it is not mandatory. They should get 25 to 30% of their calories from lipids, 55% from glucides, and 15% from proteins.
An extended review of The Cretan Diet and two Cretan Diet Meal Plans appear on our website.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Diet Plans And Menus - The Creole Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Creole Diet:
The Creole Diet, based on Creole cuisine, was created by Marie-Antoinette Séjean-Ortolé. It proposes balanced, protein-rich menus during three phases. During the initial phase that lasts ten days eat at least three meals a day, drink a lot, undergo three shock days in which you eat 300 grams (about 10 ounces) of meat or fish, 300 grams of white cheese containing from 0% to 20% butterfat or two yogurts with a small quantity of light cheese, as much green salad as you wish, and three bowls of green soup or 300 grams of green vegetables. Spread this food over the whole day. Cook your food without any grease or oil, but you may season your salad with a light dressing. Days 1, 5, and 8 are the special days. The menus for the remaining days are very well defined.
Phase 2 lasts for 20 days. The shock days are days 1, 8, and 15. On these days add 150 to 200 grams (about 5 to 7 ounces) of soy bean sprouts to the previous choc day menus. And replace the 300 grams of meat or fish with 300 grams of fish broth. Once again, the menus for the other days are very well defined. At the end of phase 2 make sure to practice a sport such as speed walking, swimming, or bicycling. Exercise at your rhythm for 40 minutes, three times a week. Phase 3 is stabilization. You are now allowed one or two glasses of wine with meals.
This review including two Creole Diet Meal Plans appears on my website.
The Creole Diet, based on Creole cuisine, was created by Marie-Antoinette Séjean-Ortolé. It proposes balanced, protein-rich menus during three phases. During the initial phase that lasts ten days eat at least three meals a day, drink a lot, undergo three shock days in which you eat 300 grams (about 10 ounces) of meat or fish, 300 grams of white cheese containing from 0% to 20% butterfat or two yogurts with a small quantity of light cheese, as much green salad as you wish, and three bowls of green soup or 300 grams of green vegetables. Spread this food over the whole day. Cook your food without any grease or oil, but you may season your salad with a light dressing. Days 1, 5, and 8 are the special days. The menus for the remaining days are very well defined.
Phase 2 lasts for 20 days. The shock days are days 1, 8, and 15. On these days add 150 to 200 grams (about 5 to 7 ounces) of soy bean sprouts to the previous choc day menus. And replace the 300 grams of meat or fish with 300 grams of fish broth. Once again, the menus for the other days are very well defined. At the end of phase 2 make sure to practice a sport such as speed walking, swimming, or bicycling. Exercise at your rhythm for 40 minutes, three times a week. Phase 3 is stabilization. You are now allowed one or two glasses of wine with meals.
This review including two Creole Diet Meal Plans appears on my website.
Diet Plans And Menus - The Blood Type O Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Blood Type O Diet:
The Blood Type O Diet is one of a group of diets that depend on the individual’s blood type. These 4 diets are all said to promote weight loss, eliminate toxins and fat from the organism, fight against some illnesses, and slow the aging process. Blood type O, in which O stands for origin, is the most common one. These people tend to move a lot and are meat eaters. They should be physically active and avoid grains, dairy products, and legumes, food that makes them gain weight. Here are some of the diet principles.
Blood Type O dieters should eat small quantities of lean meat. In general, red meat, seafood, liver, laminar (an algae), and vegetables such as spinach help them lose weight. Nuts and grains may be avoided for rapid weight loss. Whole wheat is a problem food. This diet comes with a long list of foods to eat and foods to avoid. Even among the favored food groups such as fish and vegetables there are plenty of items to avoid. For example, stay away from cabbage, potatoes, corn, black olives, eggplant, avocados, and regular and shiitake mushrooms. Good choices include leafy green vegetables, garlic, beets, turnips, onions, sweet potatoes, parsnips, red peppers, leeks, dandelions, horseradish, and Jerusalem artichokes. You should probably take vitamin B, calcium, and small quantities of iodine supplements. Clearly you won’t be able to follow this diet without a book. Three times a week perform cardiovascular exercise such as walking, bicycling, or swimming.
This review of the Blood Type O Diet continues on my website, including two Blood Type O Diet Meal Plans
The Blood Type O Diet is one of a group of diets that depend on the individual’s blood type. These 4 diets are all said to promote weight loss, eliminate toxins and fat from the organism, fight against some illnesses, and slow the aging process. Blood type O, in which O stands for origin, is the most common one. These people tend to move a lot and are meat eaters. They should be physically active and avoid grains, dairy products, and legumes, food that makes them gain weight. Here are some of the diet principles.
Blood Type O dieters should eat small quantities of lean meat. In general, red meat, seafood, liver, laminar (an algae), and vegetables such as spinach help them lose weight. Nuts and grains may be avoided for rapid weight loss. Whole wheat is a problem food. This diet comes with a long list of foods to eat and foods to avoid. Even among the favored food groups such as fish and vegetables there are plenty of items to avoid. For example, stay away from cabbage, potatoes, corn, black olives, eggplant, avocados, and regular and shiitake mushrooms. Good choices include leafy green vegetables, garlic, beets, turnips, onions, sweet potatoes, parsnips, red peppers, leeks, dandelions, horseradish, and Jerusalem artichokes. You should probably take vitamin B, calcium, and small quantities of iodine supplements. Clearly you won’t be able to follow this diet without a book. Three times a week perform cardiovascular exercise such as walking, bicycling, or swimming.
This review of the Blood Type O Diet continues on my website, including two Blood Type O Diet Meal Plans
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Diet Plans And Menus - The Carbohydrate Addicts Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Carbohydrate Addicts Diet:
The Carbohydrate Addicts Diet was created by Doctors Richard and Rachel Heller. As its name may suggest, an objective of this diet is reducing dieters’ dependence on carbohydrates, or in less technical terms, sugars. The body transforms carbohydrates into glycogens and converts the excess into fatty tissue. After a meal containing carbohydrates the blood sugar level increases and insulin acts to bring it down, making the individual feel hungry. By diminishing insulin secretion and so absorbing less carbohydrates the body burns more fat. This diet has two phases, a base phase and a stabilization phase. The first phase lasts 14 days but may be extended for additional weight loss. The second phase also tries to lower your insulin level. It lets you adapt to your new lifestyle. Here are some of the principles.
Phase 1. Reward yourself with a special meal once a day. This meal may be breakfast, lunch, or supper. It’s a large green salad and a plate divided into three equal parts: protein-rich food such as meat, poultry, fish, cheese, or tofu; vegetables (starchy vegetables such as potatoes are excluded); and carbohydrate-rich food such as potato chips, cookies, fruit or fruit juice, and sweets. Finish your meal in less than an hour. Your other meals should contain half protein-rich foods and half fiber-rich vegetables. Weigh yourself once a day. Phase 2 continues phase 1 and add one of several options that include physical activity, glutamate reduction, stress control, caffeine reduction and others. The list is long and fairly complicated.
This review of The Carbohydrate Addicts Diet and two Carbohydrate Addicts Diet Meal Plans continues on my website.
The Carbohydrate Addicts Diet was created by Doctors Richard and Rachel Heller. As its name may suggest, an objective of this diet is reducing dieters’ dependence on carbohydrates, or in less technical terms, sugars. The body transforms carbohydrates into glycogens and converts the excess into fatty tissue. After a meal containing carbohydrates the blood sugar level increases and insulin acts to bring it down, making the individual feel hungry. By diminishing insulin secretion and so absorbing less carbohydrates the body burns more fat. This diet has two phases, a base phase and a stabilization phase. The first phase lasts 14 days but may be extended for additional weight loss. The second phase also tries to lower your insulin level. It lets you adapt to your new lifestyle. Here are some of the principles.
Phase 1. Reward yourself with a special meal once a day. This meal may be breakfast, lunch, or supper. It’s a large green salad and a plate divided into three equal parts: protein-rich food such as meat, poultry, fish, cheese, or tofu; vegetables (starchy vegetables such as potatoes are excluded); and carbohydrate-rich food such as potato chips, cookies, fruit or fruit juice, and sweets. Finish your meal in less than an hour. Your other meals should contain half protein-rich foods and half fiber-rich vegetables. Weigh yourself once a day. Phase 2 continues phase 1 and add one of several options that include physical activity, glutamate reduction, stress control, caffeine reduction and others. The list is long and fairly complicated.
This review of The Carbohydrate Addicts Diet and two Carbohydrate Addicts Diet Meal Plans continues on my website.
Diet Plans And Menus - The Blood Type B Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Blood Type B Diet:
The Blood Type B Diet is one of a group of diets that depend on the individual’s blood type. These 4 diets are all said to promote weight loss, eliminate toxins and fat from the organism, fight against some illnesses, and slow the aging process. Blood type B, in which B stands for barbarian, probably started in the Himalayas. Most people with this blood type are located in that general area. Here are some of the diet principles.
You may eat a wide variety of food. Try to avoid nuts and grains. Eat pasta, corn, and buckwheat in moderation. Make sure to eat at least one fruit a day. This diet comes with a long list of foods to eat and foods to avoid. Even among the favored food groups such as fish and vegetables there are plenty of items to avoid. For example, stay away from crustaceans, shellfish, anchovies, eel, bass, barracuda, smoked salmon, and frogs. Good choices include fatty fish and white fish. You should probably take magnesium supplements. Clearly you won’t be able to follow this diet without a book. Three times a week perform strenuous exercise, which increases your cardio-vascular capabilities. Relax with meditation, yoga, or tai chi twice a week.
An extended review of the Blood Type B Diet and two Blood Type B Diet Meal Plans appear on my website.
The Blood Type B Diet is one of a group of diets that depend on the individual’s blood type. These 4 diets are all said to promote weight loss, eliminate toxins and fat from the organism, fight against some illnesses, and slow the aging process. Blood type B, in which B stands for barbarian, probably started in the Himalayas. Most people with this blood type are located in that general area. Here are some of the diet principles.
You may eat a wide variety of food. Try to avoid nuts and grains. Eat pasta, corn, and buckwheat in moderation. Make sure to eat at least one fruit a day. This diet comes with a long list of foods to eat and foods to avoid. Even among the favored food groups such as fish and vegetables there are plenty of items to avoid. For example, stay away from crustaceans, shellfish, anchovies, eel, bass, barracuda, smoked salmon, and frogs. Good choices include fatty fish and white fish. You should probably take magnesium supplements. Clearly you won’t be able to follow this diet without a book. Three times a week perform strenuous exercise, which increases your cardio-vascular capabilities. Relax with meditation, yoga, or tai chi twice a week.
An extended review of the Blood Type B Diet and two Blood Type B Diet Meal Plans appear on my website.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Diet Plans And Menus - The Sonoma Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Sonoma Diet: The Sonoma Diet, also called the California Diet, is inspired by the eating habits of people on the Mediterranean and in Sonoma County. Most of the time you’ll be eating vegetables and vegetable products. Sonoma County is wine country, and this diet suggests that you enjoy a glass of wine with your meals. The diet is divided into three phases.
The first phase lasts ten days. During this phase you will change your eating habits and go for more healthy nutrition, eat less, reduce your sugar dependence, and start physical exercise. No fruits, wine, or second helpings during this phase. In the second phase your choice of food is expanded. Fruits and wine are now allowed. The grapes in wine have an antioxidant effect, which is said to be good for the heart. Those who don’t want to drink wine may enjoy unfermented grapes. The third phase is the life-long maintenance phase. Continue to avoid foods such as fatty meat, fruit juice, potatoes, whole milk, hydrogenated fats, and refined cereals. You’ll need a book to master the extensive list of suggested foods and forbidden ones.
An extended review of the Sonoma Diet and two Sonoma Diet Meal Plans appear on my website.
The first phase lasts ten days. During this phase you will change your eating habits and go for more healthy nutrition, eat less, reduce your sugar dependence, and start physical exercise. No fruits, wine, or second helpings during this phase. In the second phase your choice of food is expanded. Fruits and wine are now allowed. The grapes in wine have an antioxidant effect, which is said to be good for the heart. Those who don’t want to drink wine may enjoy unfermented grapes. The third phase is the life-long maintenance phase. Continue to avoid foods such as fatty meat, fruit juice, potatoes, whole milk, hydrogenated fats, and refined cereals. You’ll need a book to master the extensive list of suggested foods and forbidden ones.
An extended review of the Sonoma Diet and two Sonoma Diet Meal Plans appear on my website.
Diet Plans And Menus - The Blood Type AB Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Blood Type AB Diet: The Blood Type AB Diet is one of a group of diets that depend on the individual’s blood type. These 4 diets are all said to promote weight loss, eliminate toxins and fat from the organism, fight against some illnesses, and slow the aging process. Blood type AB is the rarest blood type, englobing only some 5% of the total population. Here are some of the diet principles.
Some meat is allowed, but be careful about the types and quantities that you eat. Most foods are allowed. Start the day with a glass of hot water that may contain lemon juice. This diet comes with a long list of foods to eat and foods to avoid. Even among the favored food groups such as meat and vegetables there are plenty of items to avoid. For example, stay away from pork, duck, beef, goose, chicken, and veal. Good choices include lamb, turkey, rabbit, and mutton. There is also a list of suggested supplements. Clearly you won’t be able to follow this diet without a book. Suggested activities include yoga and meditation.
An extended review of the Blood Type AB Diet and two Blood Type AB Diet Meal Plans appears on my website.
Some meat is allowed, but be careful about the types and quantities that you eat. Most foods are allowed. Start the day with a glass of hot water that may contain lemon juice. This diet comes with a long list of foods to eat and foods to avoid. Even among the favored food groups such as meat and vegetables there are plenty of items to avoid. For example, stay away from pork, duck, beef, goose, chicken, and veal. Good choices include lamb, turkey, rabbit, and mutton. There is also a list of suggested supplements. Clearly you won’t be able to follow this diet without a book. Suggested activities include yoga and meditation.
An extended review of the Blood Type AB Diet and two Blood Type AB Diet Meal Plans appears on my website.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Diet Plans And Menus - The Soup Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Soup Diet: The rigorous phase of the Soup Diet, also known as the Cabbage Soup Diet, lasts only seven days. During this period dieters rely on a homemade vegetable soup to lose weight, both by melting the fat away and by eliminating excess water from the body. After the initial phase, dieters undergo a seven-day stabilization phase. Here are some of the diet principles.
Eat as much of the fat burning soup as you want. Have some of this soup for breakfast, lunch, supper, and even the mid-morning snack. The recipe follows. For three liters (about three quarts of water) cook for about an hour the following cut-up vegetables: Three large onions, 1 or 2 cans of peeled tomatoes, a green cabbage, 2 eggplants, 2 bell peppers, 3 asparagus, 1 stalk of parsley, 3 bay leaves, 4 cloves of garlic, salt, pepper, curry, and other spices to taste.
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Eat as much of the fat burning soup as you want. Have some of this soup for breakfast, lunch, supper, and even the mid-morning snack. The recipe follows. For three liters (about three quarts of water) cook for about an hour the following cut-up vegetables: Three large onions, 1 or 2 cans of peeled tomatoes, a green cabbage, 2 eggplants, 2 bell peppers, 3 asparagus, 1 stalk of parsley, 3 bay leaves, 4 cloves of garlic, salt, pepper, curry, and other spices to taste.
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Diet Plans And Menus - The Blood Type A Diet
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The Blood Type A Diet is one of a group of diets that depend on the individual’s blood type. These 4 diets are all said to promote weight loss, eliminate toxins and fat from the organism, fight against some illnesses, and slow the aging process. Blood type A, in which A stands for agriculture, originated in Asia and the Middle East. Here are some of the diet principles.
Reduce to a minimum your consumption of meat, especially red meat. Eat fish three or four days a week. Stay away from whole milk. Put an accent on vegetable proteins such as legumes. Whole grains are also good for you. Eat three fruits a day. Start the day with a glass of hot water that may contain lemon juice. This diet comes with a long list of foods to eat and foods to avoid. Even among the favored food groups such as fish and vegetables there are plenty of items to avoid. For example, stay away from whitefish, herring, anchovies, catfish, and several other fish and seafood. Good choices include salmon, trout, snails, cod, sardines, perch, and mackerel. There is also a list of suggested supplements. Clearly you won’t be able to follow this diet without a book. Suggested activities include yoga and meditation.
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Monday, September 19, 2011
Diet Plans And Menus - The Bikini Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Bikini Diet: The Bikini Diet was created by Maggie Greenwood-Robinson. Its very name should give you an idea of the diet’s objectives. The first phase lasts for 30 days. During the second phase lasting 14 days dieters may lose weight even faster. Then there is a stabilization phase. Because the daily calorie intake is between 900 and 1100 calories dieters lose weight relatively quickly. Learn to make the Bikini soup to deal with raging hunger. It’s fairly simple: simmer for an hour in a large pot 2 yellow squash, 1 large onion, 3 celery stalks, 800 grams (a little less than 2 pounds) of tomatoes, one half cabbage, 1.2 liters (about 1.25 quarts) of chicken bouillon, salt, and pepper. I know if I were consuming only 1100 calories a day, I’d be hitting this soup often.
Here are some of the Bikini Diet principles: Drink 8 to 10 glasses of water a day. Eat lots of proteins. Take supplements such as antioxidants, calcium tablets, and lineolic acid. Practice a sport such as weight lifting.
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Here are some of the Bikini Diet principles: Drink 8 to 10 glasses of water a day. Eat lots of proteins. Take supplements such as antioxidants, calcium tablets, and lineolic acid. Practice a sport such as weight lifting.
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Diet Plans And Menus - The Beverly Hills Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Beverly Hills Diet: The Beverly Hills Diet is also known as the Hollywood Diet because of the number of movie stars who followed it. This diet lasts 4 to 6 weeks and may provide 400 calories a day. If that doesn’t set off danger signals, I don’t know what will. The first phase lasts three weeks. During the first week you only eat fruit and must absolutely respect the selected foods for the given day. This is a detoxification week. During the next two weeks you progressively reintegrate foods. The second phase lasts two weeks and leads to a balanced diet. The final phase lasts one week. You are even allowed pizza and popcorn but don’t overdo it. Here are some of the principles.
Respect the given menus, to the letter. During Phase 1 every day has its own specified food or fruits. For example, the very first day of the diet you are allowed pineapple and two bananas. On the third day of week three you eat zucchini in the morning, green beans and mushrooms at noon, and broccoli or cauliflower at supper. Phase 2 is also very well defined. For example, you start the day with two tablespoons of untreated bran and an unsweetened hot drink. Then wait 45 minutes for breakfast. You’ll need a book to get the full list of foods, day by day.
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Respect the given menus, to the letter. During Phase 1 every day has its own specified food or fruits. For example, the very first day of the diet you are allowed pineapple and two bananas. On the third day of week three you eat zucchini in the morning, green beans and mushrooms at noon, and broccoli or cauliflower at supper. Phase 2 is also very well defined. For example, you start the day with two tablespoons of untreated bran and an unsweetened hot drink. Then wait 45 minutes for breakfast. You’ll need a book to get the full list of foods, day by day.
This review of the Beverly Hills Diet along with two menu plans continues on my website.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Diet Plans And Menus - The Best Life Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Best Life Diet: Diet Plans And Menus
The Best Life Diet was created by Bob Greene, but became popular thanks to Oprah Winfrey who used it to lose weight. This diet includes three phases, which progressively lead you to change your eating habits and engage in physical exercise. In Phase 1 you eat as you have been doing but take up physical exercise on a regular basis. In Phase 2 you start to change your eating habits and increase the intensity of your exercise sessions. In Phase 3 you maintain your weight thanks to habits acquired in the previous phases.
Here are some of the Best Life Diet principles: In Phase 1 eat three meals a day including a good breakfast and perhaps a snack. Integrate athletic activity into your daily life. Don’t eat within two hours of going to bed. Drink water all day long and take supplements if necessary. In Phase 2 follow the good habits acquired in Phase 1 and increase your physical activities. Be sensitive to hunger signals. Eat reasonable portions. Eliminate the following foods from your diet: carbonated drinks, foods with trans fats as often found in prepared dishes, fried foods, white bread and standard pasta, and whole milk products. Substitute them with whole grain bread and pasta and skim milk products. In Phase 3 continue to follow the principles of the preceding phases. Increase your level of athletic activity and your consumption of whole grain products. Reduce your consummation of sugar, salt, and saturated fats.
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The Best Life Diet was created by Bob Greene, but became popular thanks to Oprah Winfrey who used it to lose weight. This diet includes three phases, which progressively lead you to change your eating habits and engage in physical exercise. In Phase 1 you eat as you have been doing but take up physical exercise on a regular basis. In Phase 2 you start to change your eating habits and increase the intensity of your exercise sessions. In Phase 3 you maintain your weight thanks to habits acquired in the previous phases.
Here are some of the Best Life Diet principles: In Phase 1 eat three meals a day including a good breakfast and perhaps a snack. Integrate athletic activity into your daily life. Don’t eat within two hours of going to bed. Drink water all day long and take supplements if necessary. In Phase 2 follow the good habits acquired in Phase 1 and increase your physical activities. Be sensitive to hunger signals. Eat reasonable portions. Eliminate the following foods from your diet: carbonated drinks, foods with trans fats as often found in prepared dishes, fried foods, white bread and standard pasta, and whole milk products. Substitute them with whole grain bread and pasta and skim milk products. In Phase 3 continue to follow the principles of the preceding phases. Increase your level of athletic activity and your consumption of whole grain products. Reduce your consummation of sugar, salt, and saturated fats.
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Diet Plans And Menus - The Automatic Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Automatic Diet: The Automatic Diet was created by Charles Stuart Platkin, a medical doctor. One of its major principles is eating less. During the first three days of this diet, dieters analyze their food intake to determine exactly what they are eating. They read food labels and then choose foods that are low in calories, lipids, and glucides. Another principle is increasing their athletic activity. Dieters should avoid as much as possible saturated fats, often found in meat, dairy products, and egg yolks. Don’t cook food in oil but in a Teflon pan or steam them.
For your diet to be automatic, you must assume good alimentary habits. To do so, increase your protein intake and consume as little lipids (fats) as possible. Consume foods low in starch including vegetables. Foods to avoid include cold cuts, dairy products, sugary cereals, and foods rich in fat and sugar such as chips, pizza, cookies, cakes, ice cream, and other sweets. Another principle is having a good breakfast. Enjoy balanced, nutritious snacks and eat only when hungry. Engage in sports and remember that it is more efficient to exercise during three ten minute sessions a day than once a day for thirty minutes.
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For your diet to be automatic, you must assume good alimentary habits. To do so, increase your protein intake and consume as little lipids (fats) as possible. Consume foods low in starch including vegetables. Foods to avoid include cold cuts, dairy products, sugary cereals, and foods rich in fat and sugar such as chips, pizza, cookies, cakes, ice cream, and other sweets. Another principle is having a good breakfast. Enjoy balanced, nutritious snacks and eat only when hungry. Engage in sports and remember that it is more efficient to exercise during three ten minute sessions a day than once a day for thirty minutes.
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Diet Plans And Menus - The Atkins Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Atkins Diet: The Atkins Diet is one of the most famous ones out there. It is composed of four phases, the induction phase, the ongoing weight loss phase, the pre-maintenance phase, and the lifetime maintenance phase. The induction phase lasts two weeks. In this phase you will burn off your fat reserves and free yourself from food dependencies. It is very important to avoid forbidden foods such as bread, pasta, fruits, and certain vegetables. Be sure to quit eating when you are no longer hungry. Your daily consumption of glucides must not exceed 20 grams a day. The ongoing weight loss phase lasts for several weeks. In many ways it resembles the previous phase. Now your food intake may include small red fruits or berries, cheese such as cottage cheese or mozzarella, or nuts such as almonds or walnuts. Another choice is sunflower seeds. You may also add lemon juice or tomato juice to your diet at this point. Pay strict attention to the quantities of all these additional foods and do not add more than 5 grams of glucides to your daily intake.
Your consumption of glucides increases by 10 grams a week during the pre-maintenance phase. During this phase you have to add foods one at a time to your diet. Each week you add 10 grams to your daily glucide intake. Permitted fruits include kiwi, peach, apples or grapefruit, (half an apple or grapefruit per day), or a third of a banana. Other choices include lentils, dried green beans, chick peas, long grain brown rice, oatmeal, potatoes, and carrots. Among the principles to follow in the lifetime maintenance phase are: avoid prepared foods (they tend to contain excessive glucides), stay away from sugar, practice sports or exercise a half hour a day, and moderate your caffeine and alcohol consumption.
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Your consumption of glucides increases by 10 grams a week during the pre-maintenance phase. During this phase you have to add foods one at a time to your diet. Each week you add 10 grams to your daily glucide intake. Permitted fruits include kiwi, peach, apples or grapefruit, (half an apple or grapefruit per day), or a third of a banana. Other choices include lentils, dried green beans, chick peas, long grain brown rice, oatmeal, potatoes, and carrots. Among the principles to follow in the lifetime maintenance phase are: avoid prepared foods (they tend to contain excessive glucides), stay away from sugar, practice sports or exercise a half hour a day, and moderate your caffeine and alcohol consumption.
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Diet Plans And Menus - The Astro Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Astro Diet: The Astro Diet relies on the signs of the Zodiac. This diet divides people into two groups, the Salties and the Sweeties. The salties group includes people born under the following signs: Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius. The sweeties group includes Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, and Pisces. Food guidelines are different for each group, and there is a food horoscope for each sign of the Zodiac.
The salties are advised to eat more fruits, legumes, starchy foods, and cereals. They should avoid potato chips, peanuts and cold cuts. Suggested foods include soy sauce, smoked salmon, and plain yogurt. The sweeties may lose weight by eating foods whose sugar digests slowly. They shouldn’t eat foods rich in glucides between meals. Carbonated drinks, fruit juice, ice cream, dry cookies, and jams are no-nos. On the plus side are bread, tomatoes, and wine. As a Sagittarius I am counseled to reduce my consummation of animal protein, grease, heavy starches, and alcohol. On the other hand, I should eat more vegetables, apples, and sushi and drink more green tea. I am counseled not to eat too much fat at dinner. You won’t find me following this diet.
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The salties are advised to eat more fruits, legumes, starchy foods, and cereals. They should avoid potato chips, peanuts and cold cuts. Suggested foods include soy sauce, smoked salmon, and plain yogurt. The sweeties may lose weight by eating foods whose sugar digests slowly. They shouldn’t eat foods rich in glucides between meals. Carbonated drinks, fruit juice, ice cream, dry cookies, and jams are no-nos. On the plus side are bread, tomatoes, and wine. As a Sagittarius I am counseled to reduce my consummation of animal protein, grease, heavy starches, and alcohol. On the other hand, I should eat more vegetables, apples, and sushi and drink more green tea. I am counseled not to eat too much fat at dinner. You won’t find me following this diet.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Diet Plans And Menus - The Apfeldorfer Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Apfeldorfer Diet: The Apfeldorfer Diet comes from Gérard Apfeldorfer, a psychiatrist specializing in eating disorders. This diet is directed at overeaters, especially those suffering from bulimia. Unlike many other diets, this one is life long. The first step in this diet is asking yourself fundamental questions such as: why am I dieting? This diet requires you to keep a log of what you eat. Among the information to be noted are what and how much you eat, and also with whom you consumed the meal or snack. And perhaps most importantly, you have to note the emotions associated with each meal.
Instead of totally avoiding those special foods that you’re just dying to eat enjoy them, perhaps in very small quantities, especially if they are calorie rich. The trick is to take those forbidden foods, cut them into unequal portions, throw out the larger portion and eat the rest. Another major principle of the Apfeldorfer Diet is listening to your body’s hunger signals. Only eat when you are hungry. Spend twenty to thirty minutes a day pampering yourself, maybe a massage. Other principles include not letting others get you down and practicing a sport that you like.
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Instead of totally avoiding those special foods that you’re just dying to eat enjoy them, perhaps in very small quantities, especially if they are calorie rich. The trick is to take those forbidden foods, cut them into unequal portions, throw out the larger portion and eat the rest. Another major principle of the Apfeldorfer Diet is listening to your body’s hunger signals. Only eat when you are hungry. Spend twenty to thirty minutes a day pampering yourself, maybe a massage. Other principles include not letting others get you down and practicing a sport that you like.
An extended review of the Apfeldorfer Diet and two Apfeldorfer Diet Meal Plans appear on my website.
Diet Plans And Menus - The Abdos Diet
Diet Plans And Menus - The Abdos Diet: The Abdos Diet was created by David Zinczenko and Ted Spiker, journalists for Men’s Health magazine. This diet focuses on three important points: nutrition, physical activity, and motivation. It is addressed to men and women in good health who want to increase their muscle mass. This diet lasts six weeks and the projected weight loss is up to 9 kilograms (20 pounds). Unlike many other diets, the Abdos diet requires a steady schedule of physical activities in which participants perform muscle development exercises, cardiovascular exercises, and exercises to strengthen their abdomen.
The Abdos Diet gives a central place to the following foods: Proteins, because they have several beneficial properties including appeasing hunger and favoring muscle gains. Your best sources of protein are turkey, beef, fish, tofu, and nuts. Fats, because they contribute to testosterone production. Put the accent on polyunsaturated fats such as omega-3 (found in fish) because they protect the heart from cardiovascular diseases. Put an equal accent on monounsaturated fats, because they are able to lower the rate of bad cholesterol. They are found in a wide variety of nuts, in olive oil, in colza oil, in peanuts, and in avocados.
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The Abdos Diet gives a central place to the following foods: Proteins, because they have several beneficial properties including appeasing hunger and favoring muscle gains. Your best sources of protein are turkey, beef, fish, tofu, and nuts. Fats, because they contribute to testosterone production. Put the accent on polyunsaturated fats such as omega-3 (found in fish) because they protect the heart from cardiovascular diseases. Put an equal accent on monounsaturated fats, because they are able to lower the rate of bad cholesterol. They are found in a wide variety of nuts, in olive oil, in colza oil, in peanuts, and in avocados.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Popular Diets - The Weight Watchers Diets
Popular Diets - The Weight Watchers Diets: Weight Watchers is an international company specializing in dieting and weight maintenance...
It was founded in Brooklyn, New York in 1963 and now operates in some 30 countries around the world. The company defines a minimum weight requirement (based on a member’s height) to protect against anorexia. The member may choose a target weight, perhaps determined in consultation with his or her doctor.
When members reach their target weight, they move on to the maintenance stage. Over a period of six weeks, they learn to maintain their target weight. Then they become “Lifetime” members. Lifetime members must weigh themselves at least once a month. Members who weigh more than 2 pounds (0.91 kg) above their target weight are charged the weekly fee until they return to their target weight range. Lifetime members who remain within that range may attend weekly meetings for free.
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It was founded in Brooklyn, New York in 1963 and now operates in some 30 countries around the world. The company defines a minimum weight requirement (based on a member’s height) to protect against anorexia. The member may choose a target weight, perhaps determined in consultation with his or her doctor.
When members reach their target weight, they move on to the maintenance stage. Over a period of six weeks, they learn to maintain their target weight. Then they become “Lifetime” members. Lifetime members must weigh themselves at least once a month. Members who weigh more than 2 pounds (0.91 kg) above their target weight are charged the weekly fee until they return to their target weight range. Lifetime members who remain within that range may attend weekly meetings for free.
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Popular Diets - The Vegetarian Diet
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The vegetarian diet excludes meat, fish, and poultry...
The vegetarian diet excludes meat, fish, and poultry...
Some vegetarians do not eat eggs or dairy products while others do. A vegan diet excludes all animal products. Lacto-vegetarians consume dairy products but not eggs, ovo-vegetarians consume eggs but not dairy products, and lacto-ovo-vegetarians consume both eggs and dairy products. Some vegetarians reject products using animal ingredients such as cheeses employing animal rennet, which is gelatin made from animal skin, bones, and connective tissue. Other no-nos include cane sugar and alcohol prepared with animal, fish, or seafood products.
There are several reasons that people become vegetarians or vegans. The major one is animal rights. Many vegetarians are quite concerned about the environment. After all, it takes eight pounds of grain to produce one pound of meat. Cattle burping is a major source of methane gas that pound for pound has a greater impact on the greenhouse effect than does carbon dioxide.
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Friday, September 9, 2011
Popular Diets - The Vegan Diet
Popular Diets - The Vegan Diet: Popular Diets
The Vegan Diet
Veganism is a diet and lifestyle eliminating the use of animals for food, clothing, or any other purpose...
Vegans believe in animal rights and are usually quite concerned about the environment. They reject animal testing, even for medical purposes. While some accept insect products such as honey and silk, most are opposed to circuses, rodeos, and zoos.
The word vegan was originally derived from vegetarian in 1944 in response to the practice of vegetarians eating dairy products. In the United States an estimated 4% of adults consider themselves as vegetarians, but only 5% of vegetarians call themselves vegans. However, in a 2006 survey of one thousand adults well over 1% said they never eat meat, poultry, fish, seafood, dairy products, or eggs in effect making them vegans.
Vegans and vegetarians should eat at least three servings of vegetables a day, including dark green, leafy vegetables such as broccoli, and dark yellow and orange such as carrots; five servings of whole grains (bread, rice, pasta); three of fruit; and two of legumes (beans, peas, lentils). Diets avoiding meat tend to have lower levels of saturated fat, cholesterol, and animal protein, and higher levels of carbohydrates, fiber, magnesium, potassium, folate, and antioxidants, such as vitamins C and E. Some claim that people who avoid meat have lower death rates from ischemic heart disease; lower blood cholesterol levels; lower blood pressure; and lower rates of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and prostate and colon cancer. But some studies find equivalent mortality rates for vegans and meat eaters.
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The Vegan Diet
Veganism is a diet and lifestyle eliminating the use of animals for food, clothing, or any other purpose...
Vegans believe in animal rights and are usually quite concerned about the environment. They reject animal testing, even for medical purposes. While some accept insect products such as honey and silk, most are opposed to circuses, rodeos, and zoos.
The word vegan was originally derived from vegetarian in 1944 in response to the practice of vegetarians eating dairy products. In the United States an estimated 4% of adults consider themselves as vegetarians, but only 5% of vegetarians call themselves vegans. However, in a 2006 survey of one thousand adults well over 1% said they never eat meat, poultry, fish, seafood, dairy products, or eggs in effect making them vegans.
Vegans and vegetarians should eat at least three servings of vegetables a day, including dark green, leafy vegetables such as broccoli, and dark yellow and orange such as carrots; five servings of whole grains (bread, rice, pasta); three of fruit; and two of legumes (beans, peas, lentils). Diets avoiding meat tend to have lower levels of saturated fat, cholesterol, and animal protein, and higher levels of carbohydrates, fiber, magnesium, potassium, folate, and antioxidants, such as vitamins C and E. Some claim that people who avoid meat have lower death rates from ischemic heart disease; lower blood cholesterol levels; lower blood pressure; and lower rates of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and prostate and colon cancer. But some studies find equivalent mortality rates for vegans and meat eaters.
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Popular Diets - Religious Aspects Of Vegetarian Diets
Popular Diets - Religious Aspects Of Vegetarian Diets: Be sure to go to the appropriate sources for further information. Should you desire to become vegetarian or vegan plan your diet with a dietician or nutritionist.
Some major Hindu groups consider vegetarianism as an ideal. Their reasons include: the principle of nonviolence (ahimsa) applied to animals; the intention to offer only pure (vegetarian) food to a deity and receive it back as prasad; and the belief that non-vegetarian food is detrimental for spiritual development and the mind itself. Most Hindu vegetarians are lacto-vegetarians; consuming milk and dairy products.
Most followers of Jainism are also lacto-vegetarians. They stress the principle of all-round non-violence. They won’t eat honey because collecting honey is seen as violence against bees. Some Jains will not eat roots and bulbs to avoid killing tiny animals during the harvest. Some Jains are fruitarians, eating only fruit. Both Hinduism and Jainism teach vegetarianism as moral conduct. According to some Buddhists, the Buddha himself ate meat and he did not prohibit it for his followers. Others teach that he instructed his followers to avoid meat. Observant Sikhs are also divided on the question of consuming meat. Many Sikh Gurus prefer a simple diet that may include meat.
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Some major Hindu groups consider vegetarianism as an ideal. Their reasons include: the principle of nonviolence (ahimsa) applied to animals; the intention to offer only pure (vegetarian) food to a deity and receive it back as prasad; and the belief that non-vegetarian food is detrimental for spiritual development and the mind itself. Most Hindu vegetarians are lacto-vegetarians; consuming milk and dairy products.
Most followers of Jainism are also lacto-vegetarians. They stress the principle of all-round non-violence. They won’t eat honey because collecting honey is seen as violence against bees. Some Jains will not eat roots and bulbs to avoid killing tiny animals during the harvest. Some Jains are fruitarians, eating only fruit. Both Hinduism and Jainism teach vegetarianism as moral conduct. According to some Buddhists, the Buddha himself ate meat and he did not prohibit it for his followers. Others teach that he instructed his followers to avoid meat. Observant Sikhs are also divided on the question of consuming meat. Many Sikh Gurus prefer a simple diet that may include meat.
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Thursday, September 8, 2011
Popular Diets - The Raw Food Diet
Popular Diets - The Raw Food Diet:
Don't ask these raw food dieters what's cooking? .
Believers feel the higher the percentage of raw food in the diet, the greater the health benefits. Many raw food eaters are vegan, and don’t eat any meat, fish, or dairy products but others eat raw meat and fish. By the way, when these people say raw they means food that hasn’t been cooked higher than 115 °F (46 °C), some put the limit at 104 °F (40 °C).
Raw food followers believe that eating uncooked foods encourages weight loss and prevents or heals many illnesses and chronic diseases. The medical evidence is mixed. To inject a personal note, as a college student I breakfasted on raw eggs which I downed with a glass of water. My objective was to save time, I don’t even know if the raw food movement existed in those days. I wouldn’t eat raw eggs today because I think they are filthy and might transmit illnesses. By the way, I am not a doctor or other health-care professional.
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Don't ask these raw food dieters what's cooking? .
Believers feel the higher the percentage of raw food in the diet, the greater the health benefits. Many raw food eaters are vegan, and don’t eat any meat, fish, or dairy products but others eat raw meat and fish. By the way, when these people say raw they means food that hasn’t been cooked higher than 115 °F (46 °C), some put the limit at 104 °F (40 °C).
Raw food followers believe that eating uncooked foods encourages weight loss and prevents or heals many illnesses and chronic diseases. The medical evidence is mixed. To inject a personal note, as a college student I breakfasted on raw eggs which I downed with a glass of water. My objective was to save time, I don’t even know if the raw food movement existed in those days. I wouldn’t eat raw eggs today because I think they are filthy and might transmit illnesses. By the way, I am not a doctor or other health-care professional.
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Popular Diets - The Pescetarian Diet
Popular Diets - The Pescetarian Diet: Pescetarianism is a diet in which a person eats any combination of vegetables, fruit, nuts, beans and fish or seafood, but does not eat mammals or birds...
Some pescetarians eat eggs and dairy products, while others do not. The most recent Merriam-Webster Inc.’s dictionary includes a new entry pescetarian, which they define as a "vegetarian whose diet includes fish." The word itself blends the Italian word “pesce” which means fish and the English word "vegetarian". Most vegetarians do not eat fish and will not consider pescetarians to be true vegetarians in spite of any dictionary or word origin.
Some pescetarians see their diet as a sort of halfway house on the way to becoming a vegetarian or even going vegan. They choose not to “go all the way” in one fell swoop. Many people believe that eating fish is healthier than eating meat, which contains high levels of saturated fats. Eating some kinds of fish can raise your HDL (high-density lipoproteins) levels, and remember that another name for HDL is “good cholesterol.” Some people claim that HDL protects against cardiovascular diseases. Another benefit of eating fish, especially oily fish, is the increase in omega-3 fatty acids, said by many to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and cancer, in particular breast, colon, and prostate cancer. On the dark side, fish may contain toxins such as mercury and PCBs.
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Some pescetarians eat eggs and dairy products, while others do not. The most recent Merriam-Webster Inc.’s dictionary includes a new entry pescetarian, which they define as a "vegetarian whose diet includes fish." The word itself blends the Italian word “pesce” which means fish and the English word "vegetarian". Most vegetarians do not eat fish and will not consider pescetarians to be true vegetarians in spite of any dictionary or word origin.
Some pescetarians see their diet as a sort of halfway house on the way to becoming a vegetarian or even going vegan. They choose not to “go all the way” in one fell swoop. Many people believe that eating fish is healthier than eating meat, which contains high levels of saturated fats. Eating some kinds of fish can raise your HDL (high-density lipoproteins) levels, and remember that another name for HDL is “good cholesterol.” Some people claim that HDL protects against cardiovascular diseases. Another benefit of eating fish, especially oily fish, is the increase in omega-3 fatty acids, said by many to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and cancer, in particular breast, colon, and prostate cancer. On the dark side, fish may contain toxins such as mercury and PCBs.
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Popular Diets - The Paleolithic Diet
Popular Diets - The Paleolithic Diet: The Paleolithic Diet
The Paleolithic diet (abbreviated paleo diet or paleodiet) is also called the caveman diet, Stone Age diet, and the hunter-gatherer diet...
It tries to emulate the diet of wild plants and animals that various human species ate during the Paleolithic period. This period started some 2.5 million years ago and only ended about 10,000 years ago when agriculture developed. In common usage the Paleolithic diet also refers to the actual ancestral human diet. Today’s Paleolithic diet is mostly composed of lean meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, roots, and nuts. As you may guess it excludes grains, dairy products, salt, refined sugar, and processed oils.
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The Paleolithic diet (abbreviated paleo diet or paleodiet) is also called the caveman diet, Stone Age diet, and the hunter-gatherer diet...
It tries to emulate the diet of wild plants and animals that various human species ate during the Paleolithic period. This period started some 2.5 million years ago and only ended about 10,000 years ago when agriculture developed. In common usage the Paleolithic diet also refers to the actual ancestral human diet. Today’s Paleolithic diet is mostly composed of lean meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, roots, and nuts. As you may guess it excludes grains, dairy products, salt, refined sugar, and processed oils.
This review of the Paleolithic Diet continues on my website.
Popular Diets - The 100-Mile Diet
Popular Diets - The 100-Mile Diet: The 100-Mile Diet is a diet based on a book, published in Canada as The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating and published in the United States as Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally, written by Alisa Smith and J. B. MacKinnon...
Smith is a freelance journalist who has taught non-fiction writing. MacKinnon wrote the award-winning historical non-fiction book Dead Man in Paradise and was an editor of Adbusters magazine. This book describes the experiences of an urban couple that, starting in March, 2005, spent a year eating only foods whose ingredients all came from within 100 miles of their home in Vancouver, Canada. The couple are longtime vegetarians and environmentalists who took the 100 mile challenge in response to the average 1500 mile journey North American food from the farm to the grocery store. They could find little local food at grocery stores, so they shopped at farmer's markets and farms. Their diet included berries, corn, chicken, root vegetables, and seafood, but they had to do without cooking oil, rice, and sugar.
This review of the 100-Mile Diet continues on my website.
Smith is a freelance journalist who has taught non-fiction writing. MacKinnon wrote the award-winning historical non-fiction book Dead Man in Paradise and was an editor of Adbusters magazine. This book describes the experiences of an urban couple that, starting in March, 2005, spent a year eating only foods whose ingredients all came from within 100 miles of their home in Vancouver, Canada. The couple are longtime vegetarians and environmentalists who took the 100 mile challenge in response to the average 1500 mile journey North American food from the farm to the grocery store. They could find little local food at grocery stores, so they shopped at farmer's markets and farms. Their diet included berries, corn, chicken, root vegetables, and seafood, but they had to do without cooking oil, rice, and sugar.
This review of the 100-Mile Diet continues on my website.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Popular Diets - The Master Cleanse Diet
Popular Diets - The Master Cleanse Diet: The Master Cleanse Diet, which is also known as the Lemon Cleanse Diet and the Maple Syrup Diet, was created by Stanley Burroughs in 1941...
Some will say, if it's good enough for Beyonce...
It was popularized by Peter Glickman in his 2005 book Lose Weight, Have More Energy and Be Happier in 10 Days. According to Burroughs this diet is a detoxification program that also serves to lose weight, and cure ulcers and "every kind of disease."
The Master Cleanse Diet claims to rid the body of toxins and remove the cravings for drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and junk food. Instead of drinking coffee, tea, and colas, you’ll drink lemonade made from fresh lemons or limes, maple syrup, water, and Cayenne pepper. During the cleansing process you won’t eat any solid food. This process is said to be easier on the body than a true fast because you will be drinking some essential vitamins and minerals. The master cleanse is recommended for a minimum of ten days, but some people persist for up to six weeks.
This review of the Master Cleanse Diet continues on my website.
Some will say, if it's good enough for Beyonce...
It was popularized by Peter Glickman in his 2005 book Lose Weight, Have More Energy and Be Happier in 10 Days. According to Burroughs this diet is a detoxification program that also serves to lose weight, and cure ulcers and "every kind of disease."
The Master Cleanse Diet claims to rid the body of toxins and remove the cravings for drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and junk food. Instead of drinking coffee, tea, and colas, you’ll drink lemonade made from fresh lemons or limes, maple syrup, water, and Cayenne pepper. During the cleansing process you won’t eat any solid food. This process is said to be easier on the body than a true fast because you will be drinking some essential vitamins and minerals. The master cleanse is recommended for a minimum of ten days, but some people persist for up to six weeks.
This review of the Master Cleanse Diet continues on my website.
Popular Diets - The Macrobiotic Diet
Popular Diets - The Macrobiotic Diet:
The term macrobiotic diet (also known as macrobiotics), comes from the Greek words "macro" meaning large or long and "bios" meaning life...
A macrobiotic diet is one based on eating grains supplemented with natural foods such as vegetables and beans. This diet rejects highly processed and refined foods.
Hippocrates, the founder of western medicine, was the first person to use the term macrobiotics in describing long-lived, healthy people. Other classical writers including Aristotle employed this term. The macrobiotic way of life was a part of many traditional cultures including the Incas, the Chinese, and the Japanese. But it became popular in North America only towards the end of the 1950s.
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The term macrobiotic diet (also known as macrobiotics), comes from the Greek words "macro" meaning large or long and "bios" meaning life...
A macrobiotic diet is one based on eating grains supplemented with natural foods such as vegetables and beans. This diet rejects highly processed and refined foods.
Hippocrates, the founder of western medicine, was the first person to use the term macrobiotics in describing long-lived, healthy people. Other classical writers including Aristotle employed this term. The macrobiotic way of life was a part of many traditional cultures including the Incas, the Chinese, and the Japanese. But it became popular in North America only towards the end of the 1950s.
This review of the Macrobiotic Diet continues on my website.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Popular Diets - Low Sodium Diet
Popular Diets - Low Sodium Diet: A low sodium diet is one including from 2 to 3 thousand milligrams (mg) of sodium per day...
(One teaspoon of salt is approximately 2.3 thousand milligrams of sodium.) For people following a vigorous or moderate exercise schedule the recommended sodium intake limit is 3 thousand milligrams per day. People who have suffered moderate to severe heart failure are usually advised to limit their sodium intake to 2 thousand mg per day. Putting these figures in perspective, the typical adult daily sodium requirement is 5 hundred mg less than one-tenth of typical, uncontrolled sodium consumption.
Sodium occurs naturally in most foods. Its most common form is sodium is chloride, table salt. Foods that naturally contain sodium include milk, beets, and celery. Even drinking water contains sodium; the amount depends on the source. Sodium is added to many foods. Fast foods are often rich in sodium, even as they lack nutrients. I just checked the packaging of Japanese Rice Cracker snacks that I really like. They contain 150 mg of sodium per 30 gram (half cup) serving.
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(One teaspoon of salt is approximately 2.3 thousand milligrams of sodium.) For people following a vigorous or moderate exercise schedule the recommended sodium intake limit is 3 thousand milligrams per day. People who have suffered moderate to severe heart failure are usually advised to limit their sodium intake to 2 thousand mg per day. Putting these figures in perspective, the typical adult daily sodium requirement is 5 hundred mg less than one-tenth of typical, uncontrolled sodium consumption.
Sodium occurs naturally in most foods. Its most common form is sodium is chloride, table salt. Foods that naturally contain sodium include milk, beets, and celery. Even drinking water contains sodium; the amount depends on the source. Sodium is added to many foods. Fast foods are often rich in sodium, even as they lack nutrients. I just checked the packaging of Japanese Rice Cracker snacks that I really like. They contain 150 mg of sodium per 30 gram (half cup) serving.
This review continues on my website.
Popular Diets - Kosher Dietary Laws
Popular Diets - Kosher Dietary Laws: Food in accord with halakha (Jewish law) is termed kosher in English. Food that does not conform to these dietary laws is known as treif which literally means torn. Meat may be torn when an animal is not killed by ritual slaughter, for example killed by another animal or with a dull knife.
Many basic laws of kashrut are derived from the Biblical Books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, with their details subsequently codified. There are various explanations for these laws. Some look to religious and philosophical reasons, others to questions of hygiene and health. The Islamic dietary and ritual slaughter laws are similar to but distinct from kashrut. Some observant Moslems will eat kosher food, others will not. Jews who follow kashrut will not eat halal food.
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Many basic laws of kashrut are derived from the Biblical Books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, with their details subsequently codified. There are various explanations for these laws. Some look to religious and philosophical reasons, others to questions of hygiene and health. The Islamic dietary and ritual slaughter laws are similar to but distinct from kashrut. Some observant Moslems will eat kosher food, others will not. Jews who follow kashrut will not eat halal food.
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Friday, September 2, 2011
Popular Diets - The Ketogenic Diet
Popular Diets - The Ketogenic Diet: Popular Diets
The Ketogenic Diet is a high fat, moderate protein, low carbohydrate diet that is mostly used to control difficult cases of epilepsy in children...
This diet forces the body to burn fat rather than carbohydrates. Given the relative lack of carbohydrates, the liver converts fats into fatty acids and ketone bodies. This leads to a situation known as ketosis which has an anticonvulsant effect. This diet was first developed in the 1920 but lost popularity when effective anticonvulsant drugs became available.
In the mid-1990s a two-year old epileptic boy was not responding to anticonvulsant drugs or alternative therapies. He underwent the Ketogenic Diet at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland and rapidly became seizure free. His father, the Hollywood producer Jim Abrahams, created the Charlie Foundation to help promote this treatment. The 1997 TV movie …First Do No Harm starring Meryl Streep is a fictionalized account of the diet and its effects. The movie is available on DVD in some stores and through the Charlie Foundation. Partly because of the movie and television exposure, there has been renewed scientific research in this diet. Some evidence exists that epileptic adults may benefit from this diet, or a less rigorous one such as a modified Atkins diet.
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The Ketogenic Diet is a high fat, moderate protein, low carbohydrate diet that is mostly used to control difficult cases of epilepsy in children...
This diet forces the body to burn fat rather than carbohydrates. Given the relative lack of carbohydrates, the liver converts fats into fatty acids and ketone bodies. This leads to a situation known as ketosis which has an anticonvulsant effect. This diet was first developed in the 1920 but lost popularity when effective anticonvulsant drugs became available.
In the mid-1990s a two-year old epileptic boy was not responding to anticonvulsant drugs or alternative therapies. He underwent the Ketogenic Diet at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland and rapidly became seizure free. His father, the Hollywood producer Jim Abrahams, created the Charlie Foundation to help promote this treatment. The 1997 TV movie …First Do No Harm starring Meryl Streep is a fictionalized account of the diet and its effects. The movie is available on DVD in some stores and through the Charlie Foundation. Partly because of the movie and television exposure, there has been renewed scientific research in this diet. Some evidence exists that epileptic adults may benefit from this diet, or a less rigorous one such as a modified Atkins diet.
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Popular Diets - The Inuit Diet
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The Inuit are an Artic people who inhabit parts of Canada, Greenland, Russia, and the United States...
Their diet is based on foods that they hunt, fish, or gather. This diet is particularly suited to the challenges they face in such a difficult climate.
The major component of the Inuit diet is seal meat. The seals include harp seal, harbor seal, and ringed seals. Seals need to breathe air. When they break through the ice to get air they are vulnerable to hunters armed with harpoons. Walrus are usually hunted in the winter and spring. Because of their great size the walrus hunt is a group effort. A mature Bowhead whale may weigh over 150 tons. That’s a lot of blubber. One such whale can feed a community for almost a year. The young whales are safer to hunt than the adults and are said to have tastier skin. The harpoon is the preferred weapon for Bowhead whale hunting.
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The Inuit are an Artic people who inhabit parts of Canada, Greenland, Russia, and the United States...
Their diet is based on foods that they hunt, fish, or gather. This diet is particularly suited to the challenges they face in such a difficult climate.
The major component of the Inuit diet is seal meat. The seals include harp seal, harbor seal, and ringed seals. Seals need to breathe air. When they break through the ice to get air they are vulnerable to hunters armed with harpoons. Walrus are usually hunted in the winter and spring. Because of their great size the walrus hunt is a group effort. A mature Bowhead whale may weigh over 150 tons. That’s a lot of blubber. One such whale can feed a community for almost a year. The young whales are safer to hunt than the adults and are said to have tastier skin. The harpoon is the preferred weapon for Bowhead whale hunting.
This article on The Inuit Diet continues on my website.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Popular Diets - Islamic Dietary Laws
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Islamic dietary laws provide a set of rules defining what Muslims may eat in their diet and related issues...
These laws specify which foods are halal (lawful) and which are haram (unlawful) based on rules found in the Koran and according to some, declarations by religious leaders.
Animals used for food must be slaughtered ritually according to Islamic law. Islamic ritual slaughter involves cutting the jugular veins and carotid arteries as does kosher ritual slaughter. Some Moslems deem kosher meat to be acceptable, others do not. Hunted animals may also be eaten. Their carcass must hang upside down to let the blood drain out.
This article about Islamic Dietary Laws continues on my website.
Islamic dietary laws provide a set of rules defining what Muslims may eat in their diet and related issues...
These laws specify which foods are halal (lawful) and which are haram (unlawful) based on rules found in the Koran and according to some, declarations by religious leaders.
Animals used for food must be slaughtered ritually according to Islamic law. Islamic ritual slaughter involves cutting the jugular veins and carotid arteries as does kosher ritual slaughter. Some Moslems deem kosher meat to be acceptable, others do not. Hunted animals may also be eaten. Their carcass must hang upside down to let the blood drain out.
This article about Islamic Dietary Laws continues on my website.
Popular Diets - The Fruitarian Diet
Popular Diets - The Fruitarian Diet:
A number of people consider themselves to be fruitarians even if their diet is not 100% fruit. Such individuals usually follow a vegan diet. When discussing food, the term "fruit" usually refers only to those plant fruits that are sweet and fleshy (for example, apples, plums, and oranges). Botanists consider other foods such as bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, nuts, and grains to be fruits.
Some fruitarians restrict their diet to fruits that fall, or would naturally fall from a plant. The idea is to eat only foods that can be harvested without killing the plant. Such foods are mostly fruits, nuts, and seeds. Some fruitarians do not eat grains, believing it is unnatural to do so, and some feel that people should not eat seeds. Others believe they should eat only plants that spread seeds when the plant is eaten. Still others eat seeds and selected cooked foods. Additional diet options include beans and peas, green leafy vegetables, and root vegetables.
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A number of people consider themselves to be fruitarians even if their diet is not 100% fruit. Such individuals usually follow a vegan diet. When discussing food, the term "fruit" usually refers only to those plant fruits that are sweet and fleshy (for example, apples, plums, and oranges). Botanists consider other foods such as bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, nuts, and grains to be fruits.
Some fruitarians restrict their diet to fruits that fall, or would naturally fall from a plant. The idea is to eat only foods that can be harvested without killing the plant. Such foods are mostly fruits, nuts, and seeds. Some fruitarians do not eat grains, believing it is unnatural to do so, and some feel that people should not eat seeds. Others believe they should eat only plants that spread seeds when the plant is eaten. Still others eat seeds and selected cooked foods. Additional diet options include beans and peas, green leafy vegetables, and root vegetables.
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