One meal a day diet...

We have heard our grandmothers and great grandmothers advising us not to forego meals. Their statements are justified and appreciated. But what we must understand that since thousands of years and even during the caveman dwellings, humans have stayed without food for more than 3 to 4 days. Only when they were able to hunt and find something, it was possible to partake meals. After the introduction of farming, humans realized that they needed food every few hours and then the concept of eating food every 4 to 5 times become a routine. Our metabolism is designed in such a way that even if we do not eat for some hours together, we would not die of hunger. This is the reason why we gain on weight very easily because we keep eating every few hours whether the body requires food or not.

In the good olden days, man had to hunt and find food. This involved walking long stretches of land and it also involved lot of physical activity. But in today’s world, machines do most of our routine jobs, leaving us with very little physical activity. This means our calories are not burnt and the food we take just goes and gets accumulated as fat in the body. The new diet program which is grabbing everyone’s attention is the ‘one meal a day’ program. It is very clear that if you want to shed off those extra pounds of flesh which as begin to show on your body, you need to undergo some discomfort as well as sacrifice something for getting back your original figure. The concept of 1 meal a day diet program goes something like this.

Breakfast is a normal routine one which is healthy. It includes a toast accompanied with a cereal. You need to skin your lunch. Just keep having lots of water and keep some waffles or some biscuit crackers handy so as to give your tummy a full feeling. A brisk walk for about 30 minutes would do wonders. The lunch is the simplest part of the meal and you can sacrifice this without much difficulty.

Once you are back home at around 1730 hrs, do not gulp down you coke or cola which you would have done in the normal course. Eat something which is healthy and fills your stomach, but avoid deserts and sweet drinks. The reason for this is:

Firstly, you are focused on preparing the meal of your choice

Secondly you would happily eat the meal

Thirdly you would not be able to eat much since the stomach would start sending out signals that it is full. This way calorie intake can be controlled. Even though the 1 day meal takes some time to get fitted in your daily lifestyle, it is worth it. You can still enjoy all the favorite food items and also achieve your goal.

Raw Food Diet...

This diet program is so uncomplicated. You are not supposed to eat anything that is cooked. This calls for lot of willpower and punctual as regards the diet. This diet program would definitely take a lot of your time and money. Many individuals want to opt for this RAW diet, with the intention of getting cured of an illness or just for the sake of feeling healthy. People with health problems like high blood pressure and diabetes also want to stick to this type of diet. The diet mainly includes lot of fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds as well. The diet comprises of about 75% raw food. The food should not be processed or heated and dairy products should also be avoided.

The Hallelujah diet follows the 85/15 plans. This diet follows the 85:15 ratio. You can have one cooked meal in the evening. The remaining part of the day you have to eat only raw food. 15% of the food is fruit which includes drinks as well. 15% is cooked food and 70% of it is vegetables.

The Hallelujah diet includes vegetables sandwiches, 2 slices of bread (preferably whole grain), some lettuce leaves, and slices of tomatoes, thinly sliced onions, carrot grates, cucumber slices and red pepper choppings. You could also add other vegetables of your choice. This form of diet appears to be very practical and can be easily incorporated daily. It is the right combination of diet and exercise. The enrollment charges for this program are 250 dollars.

People experience some side effects while on this diet program. They get a feeling of the body getting cleansed. The raw diet cleanses your entire system. Both the skin and body feels healthy and there is a sheen added to your skin. People who had consumed lots of meat, cheese, caffeine and sugary foods might experience a dizzy feeling or a nauseatic feeling. This would slowly disappear. But it is always better to consult your doctor or family physician

Who should avoid raw food diet?

Children, anemic people, people suffering from osteoporosis, lactating mothers and pregnant women should not venture out for these raw diets.

Lot of information about raw diet is available on the internet. But it is always advised that one seeks professional advice before enrolling for this program. Use caution when it comes to the source of information. A nutritionist would be able to guide you perfectly as to the amount of raw intake which is advised for your body. This program can be continued for a period of 30 days or even less depending on the progress. Everybody has a different constitution and all diets would not suit everyone. Health issues and past medical history also need to be taken into consideration before going in for this diet program. But what can be concluded of the Hallelujah diet is that it is the only diet which has a perfect blend of both health and balanced diet.

Good Diet Plans For All...

With so much of talk about weight reduction and people getting health conscious, it becomes imperative that nutritionists, dieticians and doctors are forced to develop new techniques and diet charts for people. Weight loss has become a prerogative not only of the high class but also simple middle class people. Everyone wants to lose weight and look healthy. The diet plans charted out talk of reducing starches and taking refuge in fresh vegetables, fruits and proteins. But what it lacks is the lack of imagination. Diet plans are properly programmed and categorized under 4 parts. It has been vouched by scientists, mathematicians, not notch doctors and dieticians. Most of them are attracted to this Diet –Democratic Diet.

Denominator Diets

The Alphabet, the Chromatic and the Decibel diets are the most interesting ones of the Denominator diets. The Alphabet diet extends to about 26 days.

Day One.

Breakfast consists of apple juice or an apple. Lunch would be some Avocado salad or some soup. You could also include apricot juice for lunch. Dinner comprises of antipasto, asparagus, and apple sauce. For desert you could have almond ice-cream or an Angel food cake. Chromatic diet limits the intake of particular colored foods. Foods can be taken in the rainbow order. In the Decibel diet, the food is selected on the noise levels. Loud noise producing foods are Cheetos, chips, apples and rice. The actual participants prefer Krispies. The silent foods like mashed potato and ice cream is very much liked by everyone.

Democratic Diets

Democratic diets basically address the political feature of eating. The most common democratic diet is a vegetarian diet. Vegetarians tend to cut off meat from the diet. They make a hue and cry about slaughtering animals. Non vegetarians on the other hand raise an issue about plants being slaughtered and refuse to include vegetables in his diet. The migrant worker prefers the grapeless diet. The Homeless diet comes to rescue at this point. This diet has to be adhered to only for a short duration because it would put excess strain on the metabolism of the body. So it is advised that you do not live like those homeless for a lengthier period.

The Fodder diet is also one of the diet programs and you need to follow this program also for some time. This would help you in reducing weight substantially and also achieving your goals.

A sample of the week’s menu could be something like:

Sunday –To start with you could go in for a bowl of meow mix., Monday – you could opt for 2 gainesburgers; Tuesday – have a saucer of milk; Wednesday – Suet (only 1 pound); Thursday – fish pellets (only 3)

Friday – Hay (1 bale); Saturday – Some table scraps

Didactic Diets

These diets are for all those postgraduates who ultimately have to enroll in health spas for reducing all those extra pounds gained during their study at the hostel. Whatever diet these individuals choose be it the Détente, Bertlitz or the Historical diet, they would definitely show positive results by losing a couple of pounds. The Historical diet boasts of diet programs which nobody would even want to eat. It goes something like this. Breakfast would be something like whey and curds. Lunch would be some gruel with treacle and grog, Dinner could be slightly better with some Manna and Mead.

3 Day diet programs...

So much has been talked about a 3 day diet. Is it really effective? Does one really shed those extra pounds in 3 days? Is it a safe method to lose weight? Won’t those extra pounds get back to the body once you discontinue the program? The 3 day diet boasts of a quick weight loss program. It does not emphasize on a safe weight loss. It is like any other fad dieting program. Drink at least 4 glasses of water daily. In case you do not like the bland taste of water, opt for diet drinks. There are no restrictions on sale, lemon, herbs, soy sauce or mustard.

Day 1

Breakfast includes either tea or coffee with any sugar substitute. A piece of toast (dry one). You could top it up with some peanut butter. Lunch comprises of half a cup tuna and one piece of toast (dry) along with some tea and coffee. For dinner you could have some lean mean and a cup of beans (green). You can also have an apple and a desert which normally would be a cup of any ice cream of your choice. It is advised to avoid chocolate ice creams. Go in for vanilla ice creams. Day 2 and Day 3 follow the same routine by making slight changes in the fruits. You could opt for bananas instead of apples.

Some of the disadvantages in this diet program are as follows:

It is very difficult to eat peanut butter early in the morning. The dieter is provided only 500 calories a day. This means that he or she is basically starving the whole day. The metabolic activity slows down and the body feels that there is a crisis. It is not provided the necessary nutrients required for its functioning. Day 2 talks of eating eggs and bananas. The dieter would have tremendous gas problems because both eggs and bananas have lot of gas in them. Just imagine if peanut butter was also to be included along with these. It would be like a gas leak Lunch is cottage cheese and tuna. Fish and dairy products do not gel well and your stomach would have a problem. It is advised that one opts for greens like lettuce, celery, some sprouts. You could top this with some chips. This would feel as if you have eaten a healthy lunch.

Day 2 :

Dinner comprises of franks. This means that your tummy would be filled with tremendous gas. The body is in a state of confusion. It does not get the daily nutrients required. It is stressed and does not know how to react.

Day 3 :

It is definitely better. Apples are very good substitutes for caffeine. But apples are also gassy. We also have eggs for lunch. That means there is more gas to it. Cheese would help in reducing the effects of gas but it is nullified since we have some dry toast for dinner. On Day 3 the body gets very less calories. The dieter would have been so exhausted that he would eat anything that comes in his way. What we can conclude for this is that the 3 day diet is not a very healthy diet and it has resulted in many health problems.

Diabetic Diet Plans...

What exactly is Gestational Diabetes?   Let us put it in simple words. It is a condition when the blood sugar level is high when a woman is carrying. Once the baby is born, it goes away. It could reappear once again during her second delivery. There are diet programs for controlling this condition. You need to follow a gestational diabetes diet. It helps in effectively controlling intake of additional calories. Gestational diabetes depends on many factors. Keeping a track of carbohydrate count helps a lot. It can be tracked on daily basis. Make sure the carbohydrate intake is adhered to everyday following the same time. Consistency in the diet schedule and maintaining a daily routine helps the body in curbing diabetes to a great extent. Make sure the amount of calories you are ingesting everyday is controlled. A woman suffering from this condition should keep a check on this. Pregnant women need to put on weight and is prescribed at least 300 to 400 calories extra for weight gain. The time during which the food is eaten plays a very important role.

Your dietician or nutritionist would be the best person to guide in case you are suffering from this condition. Your gynecologist should be able to refer you to a nutritionist cum dietician who would chart out your diet plan based on your condition. This is very necessary for you to maintain good health during your pregnancy. A dietician who has enough knowledge about gestational diabetes would be a safer option since he or she would know exactly what your requirements are.

Some of the tips which a pregnant women suffering from gestational diabetes should follow are:

Make sure to eat three meals daily. Include 1 to 3 snacks daily. This will enable in keeping your blood sugar right. A snack before retiring for the night would be beneficial. This is necessary because when you are resting your blood sugar needs to be maintained at the right level. Some women are also prescribed snacks throughout the day with a gap of 2 hours between two snacks. Maintain the same time and maintain a consistency between two snacks. This would allow the body to get into a schedule. The diet also focuses on foods which you need to avoid completely. Sugary foods, molasses and honey need to be wiped out from your list. This would have negative effects on your diet as well as on your health.

On the whole, a gestational diabetes diet is good and one way to keep your diabetes in control. If proper precautions are taken, it would help in controlling the blood sugar levels. If treated at the right time, it would not pose a very big problem during the woman’s delivery. The patient should be guided by a professional nutritionist in order to be on the right track

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Healthy Natural Diet...

This diet plan is very effective in shedding pounds very easily. It has been scientifically proven that an individual looses about 10 pounds in a period of 3 days. The weight lost is actually fluid loss, so let us not mistake it with loss of fat. It is recommended that the diet plan be followed for a period of 3 days and then slowly extended for about 4-5 days. Then you could eat a normal diet. These 3 days should include only natural food and no processed foods are allowed. The natural foods are mixed and matched so as to add some variety to it.

Some of the key features of this diet plan are:

1. Most of the natural foods are available at your kitchen counter itself. So you need not spend excess money in procuring costly foods.
2. You could also save considerable money since you would not have to purchase any frozen food.
3. It effectively helps in weight reduction at a fast pace.
4. It helps in increasing energy in the body.
5. The skin gets sheen, it becomes supple and healthy. Allergic people would be greatly benefited by this diet program and it also helps you perform better sexually.
6. It does not take much of your valuable time. You need not spend hours on planning those meals and lengthy schedules. It is practical and workable and humanly achievable.
7. It is a low calorie food designed in such a way that you are able to lose calories very easily. It is simple and natural food. It helps to flush out the toxic material from the body.
8. It does not involve difficult mix and match of foods and it is easy to remember and implement in daily life.
9. This diet is very low in carbohydrates. Since there is water retention in the body, initially you tend to shed weight very easily. Carbohydrates have the tendency to store water in the body. Since you have cut down on your intake of carbohydrates, it becomes easier for the body to lose water.

The above has given us insight into the advantages of this 3 day plan. It is possible for an individual to lose weight since there are strict restrictions on the diet intake. It is a very effective way to lose weight the natural way. The body is able to adapt to this change in diet very easily. This diet plan also does not have any side effects. You would require lot of will power and willingness to opt for this 3 day diet plan, because it calls for lot of punctuality and discipline as regards the diet.

What exactly happens is when you cut down on your intake of carbohydrates, the body is not able to retain water and hence you do not look bloated. More than 25% of water in the body is lost which was retained due to the intake of carbohydrates. This is where the initial weight loss occurs.

Good Diet Food...

Irrespective of diet plan that is chosen to reduce weight and stay healthy, there is a feeling among majority of dieters that they have been prevented from eating their favorite foods. Some of their favorite foods are delicious but have high calorie content and hence have to be avoided as per one plan or the other. To sort out this problem, there are eighteen friendly foods that can be alternated so as to enjoy favorite foods as well as avoid gaining weight.

1. Switch to water packed tuna instead of favorite pork chops and fried catfish as they have too much calorie and fat. This offers 25 grams of protein and less than a gram of fat.
2. Boiled shrimps can be opted as they have Omega-3 fatty acids.
3. Try lean roasted turkey breast as it provides healthy doses of zinc, vitamin B-12 and iron and has less than a gram of fat.
4. A skin-less chicken which is broiled or cooked in microwave owen provides enough protein and has less than 3 gm of fat per 3 ounce.
5. Seafood can be spiced up by adding condiments and herbs. A salsa with toppings which is fat-free is an ideal choice when garnished with mustard and horseradish.
6. To take care of carbohydrates in your diet, add pasta dish with low fat sauce toppings. A cup of pasta provides more than 180 calories but has only one gram of fat. Select vegetable base or whole wheat base for pasta which has less fat and more fiber.
7. Make sandwich from tuna or turkey breast using wheat pita bread and have it will a cup of tomato soup.
8. Add fruits to your diet that are low in fat and increase taste like cantaloupe which provide more beta carotene and vitamin C than orange juice, but less calories and fat.
9. A fresh pear and strawberries provide fiber and potassium along with 140% of the daily recommended vitamin C.
10. Eating banana provides fiber and less calorie and fat along with providing feeling of fullness.
11. Whipped cream can be added to berries and fruits which have less fat and calories.
12. You can snack on candy like Tootsie Pop which has less calories and fat but great taste. Opt for Butterscotch flavor.
13. If you are interested in snacking on cookie, try fortune cookies that are baked using whole grain.
14. Eat pretzels if you crave for salty snacks. They have less fat and calories, but great taste and crunchiness.
15. Protein smoothie is great snack that can be made by blending some frozen fruit, yogurt, soy, almond and milk.
16. Prepare egg snack with hardboiled eggs and adding little pepper, crackers, toast and ketchup to them.
17. A tomato juice which is non-alcoholic is a great way to start a day.
18. Make egg omelet or vegetable omelet which provides enough calories.

Thus, by diversifying you can satisfy your taste buds and stay slim and healthy.