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In this section we compare some of the most popular diets, listing the principles behind them and sample menus for some, for each diet plan we will weigh up the pros and cons to help you make a decision which one may be right for you.
Although most of the diets are not long term solutions they can help to give you the kick start you need.
For long term weight loss and weight maintenance we recommend a healthy balanced diet and regular exercise.
The Atkins diet is the most common low carb diet, it was created in the 1970’s by Dr Robert C Atkins, the basic principle of this is to cut out most of the carbohydrate you eat while eating as much fat and protein as you want and still lose weight.
Slim Fast is a meal replacement plan and has been proven to be a structured weight loss programme that really works. It has come a long way from the days of just having milkshakes.
The weight watchers programme was developed by Weight Watchers International. Not only does it provide a diet plan, it also offers a complete health program that promises to help people lose weight and keep the pounds off. This is one of the most popular diets all over the world.
This diet was devised by Dr Peter D'Adamo, he believes a persons blood group determines how their bodies deal with different nutrients. It is based on the idea that each blood group has its own unique antigen marker (a substance that the body recognises as being alien) and this marker reacts badly with certain types of foods.
The idea behind this diet centres on eating the right foods at the right time. The initial Beverly Hills Diet began with a restrictive 42 day induction phase. The new one is far less extreme and according to the author meets the recommended standards for a weekly balanced diet.
The negative calorie diet works on the premise that certain foods contain negative calories meaning that it takes more calories to digest than is in them. So you can literally eat these foods in abundance.
It works on the premise that our ancestors were meat eaters and lived on a meat based diet, as we have evolved carbohydrate have been introduced into our diet more and more causing an imbalance and leading to weight gain.
There is no calorie counting no weighing food portions and no more feeling deprived from good tasting satisfying food. Not only will you be able to have three normal size meals a day also snacks will be allowed.
This is a very low calorie diet, there isn’t an official version but there are a number of versions revolving around eating as much soup as you want but not much else. This diet is aimed at people who want to drop a few pounds in a short space of time for a special occasion.
Atkins diet foods are many and varied, so much so that many people are surprised at just how many different kinds of foods are allowed on the Atkins diet food plan. You still have the responsibility to select appropriately and double check the actual carb content of different foods, but you will quickly learn just how varied and interesting a low carb lifestyle can be.
Proper diet and exercise are only half of what is required to maintain a healthy weight - the physical half. It's the other half: the mental and emotional challenges, resistance to change, and difficulty in breaking habits and routines, which keep us overweight.
The Low Carb diet (Or Atkins diet as more commonly known) features in many online diet sites and diet books. You should be aware that this diet has many health experts shaking there heads in dissaproval and its certainly not a long time diet.
This simple diet, created by personal trainer Harley Pasternak, is designed to last five weeks. It consists of five small meals a day, combined with 25 mins of exercise broken down into five five-minute bursts.
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