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Restaurant Diet Menus Lying to Us?
An Independent study conducted recently found that the diet menus in restaurants actually contained many more calories and fat than what was actually advertised. They tested 23 meals from a number of restaurants such as Chili’s, Applebee’s, Macaroni Grill, and a few others. The study found that 78 percent exceeded the fat limit listed [...]
Continue reading...The Zone Diet
24. May 2008
The Zone diet is a diet popularized in books by biochemist Barry Sears. It advocates consuming calories from carbohydrates, protein and fat in a ratio of 40% / 30% / 30%. Some nutritional experts, including some of Sears’ former colleagues, have criticized his conclusions from the scientific evidence, contending that he has distorted or exaggerated [...]
Continue reading...Western Pattern Diet
24. May 2008
The Western pattern diet (also called Western dietary pattern or the meat-sweet diet) is a dietary habit chosen by many people in developed countries, and increasingly in developing countries, characterized by high intakes of red meat, sugary desserts, high fat, and refined grains. It also typically contains high-fat dairy products, high-sugar drinks, and eggs. The term [...]
Continue reading...Weigh Down Diet
24. May 2008
The Weigh Down Diet advises using spirituality to avoid overeating and has sold more than 1.2 million copies. Since that time she has written Rise Above and a devotional book called Exodus. Shamblin teaches that there are two very different needs in each person; a need for food and an emotional need. According to Ms. Shamblin, [...]
Continue reading...Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD)
24. May 2008
Very low calorie diet (VLCD) is a diet with very or extremely low calorie consumption per day. It is defined medically as a diet of 800 calories per day or less. VLCDs are formulated, nutritionally complete, liquid meals containing 3350 kJ (800 kcal) or less per day. VLCDs also contain the recommended daily requirements for [...]
Continue reading...Vegan Diet
24. May 2008
Veganism is a philosophy and lifestyle that seeks to exclude the use of animals for food. Vegans endeavor not to use or consume animal products of any kind. The most common reasons for becoming a vegan are ethical commitment or moral convictions concerning animal rights, the environment, human health, and spiritual or religious concerns. Of [...]
Continue reading...The Subway Diet
24. May 2008
The Subway diet involves replacing two meals each day with subs from the Subway restaurant chain. It gained publicity during the 1990s as part of an advertising campaign by the chain. Dieters can choose from the “Eight Under Six” section, which contains subs with 6 grams of fat or less. Jared Fogle is credited with [...]
Continue reading...Stillman Diet
24. May 2008
The Stillman Diet was created by Irwin Maxwell Stillman, M.D. in 1967. It’s an early form of the high protein and low carbohydrate diets. It differs from low-carbohydrate diets such as the Atkins Plan in that it is also a low-fat diet. It’s an extreme ketogenic diet used for rapid weight loss. The diet includes lean beef, [...]
Continue reading...Sonoma Diet
24. May 2008
The Sonoma Diet was developed by Connie Guttersen and is a derivation of the Mediterranean diet. The diet plan consists managing portion sizes and eating approved foods centered around 10 items known as the “power foods”. According to the creator of the diet these foods were chosen for their nutritional value and intense flavors. The [...]
Continue reading...Slimming World Diet
24. May 2008
Slimming World is a British company which runs over 5,500 weight loss classes a week across the UK. Adults who are seven or more pounds overweight may join a local Slimming World class and pay a weekly fee to attend classes. In 2007 the cost on joining was £10 and the weekly charge £4.50. Slimming [...]
Continue reading...Shangri-La Diet
24. May 2008
The Shangri-La Diet is a book by Seth Roberts, then an associate professor of psychology at UC Berkeley and presently emeritus professor. The book outlines a method of natural appetite suppression that can lead to substantial weight loss. Roberts developed the Shangri-la diet (perhaps more accurately referred to as a weight-loss method because it doesn’t involve [...]
Continue reading...The Sex Diet
24. May 2008
A sex diet is a lifestyle which maximizes the health benefits of regular sex. It is not technically a diet in the sense of a food-based regimen, but colloqually one in the sense of a system meant to increase health. Properly performed, sexual activity may cause a number of health benefits, such as decreasing depression and [...]
Continue reading...Scarsdale Medical Diet
24. May 2008
The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet is a low-carbohydrate, low-calorie weight-loss diet system and accompanying book by Scarsdale, New York physician Dr. Herman Tarnower and Samm Sinclair Baker. The Scarsdale Medical Diet is still popular today.
Continue reading...Rice Diet
24. May 2008
The Rice Diet is a program specializes in the prevention, treatment and reversal of obesity, hypertension, diabetes and congestive heart failure. The diet consists of fruits, grains, vegetables, beans, and olive oil with small amounts of non-fat dairy and seafood (& lean meats), which is what patients are directed to eat when they return home [...]
Continue reading...Rastafarian Diet
24. May 2008
Ital or I-tal is food approved of in the Rastafari movement. The word derives from the English word vital, with the initial syllable replaced by i. This is done to many words in the Rastafari vocabulary to signify the unity of the speaker with all of nature. Early adherents adopted the dietary laws of Leviticus and [...]
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Asides 
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25. May 2008
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