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Other Benefits of High Fiber Diet

admin — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:33:49 +0000

Apart from providing weight loss, some dietitians believe that high fiber foods can make a positive

contribution towards good health by helping the food to move more efficiently through our digestive tract. In addition, many of the foods that are helpful in a high fiber weight loss diet are very good nutritionally. Many fruits, vegetables and whole grains contain large amounts of vitamins and minerals and are thought to be very good for the health, as well as beneficial to the promotion of weight loss.

There are two different kinds of fiber, soluble and insoluble fiber. Soluble fiber is found in many foods such as fruits, vegetables, pulses and beans. Soluble fiber is thought to help in keeping cholesterol down and to reduce the risk of heart disease, as per some dietitians. Insoluble fiber is usually found in whole meal foods such as flour, grains, rice and pasta, and it is thought to help with the passage of the food through the digestive tract and thus promotes good digestive health.

A person on a high fiber diet might take a little longer getting used to eating it, as with many other weight loss diets, but is easy to follow and has established itself for much longer than many of the other weight loss diets that are an ever changing feature of the bookstores. Although. the high fiber diet has many recommendations from health professionals themselves but it is always wise to consult your doctor before chancing your diet or starting a new weight loss system.

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The High Fiber Diet for Weight Loss

admin — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:26:56 +0000

The high fiber diet is one of the more familiar weight loss diets that still have a good following. This is possibly

a more gentle and easy to follow weight loss system than the more extreme diets such as Atkins. Many dietitians and nutritional consultants favor high fiber diets as they are generally considered to be a safe option that can have a positive effect on health.

It is always advisable to check worth your doctor before embarking on any weight loss diet. The high fiber diet has had very few critics in the weight loss world and is thought by some to have beneficial effects on health, as well as being a good, reliable way to lose weight.

High fiber weight loss diets generally rely on a combination of increased fiber in the diet, through more consumption of foods such as whole grains and cereals and also restricting the amount of calories in the diet. This approach allows the dieter to promote weight loss through eating less calories while eating normal amounts of food and so not getting hungry and being tempted to eat foods that are not a part of the diet. Although fiber does not contain any calories that are available to the dieter it can be beneficial as it helps you to feel full and not to always be craving more to eat, when on a calorie controlled diet. It is often this difficulty that can be faced by many individuals when on a restricted weight loss diet. Also high fiber foods can take longer to chew. Although this is not directly beneficial to weight loss, it does allow the dieter to feel as though they have eaten a more substantial meal and it also makes the meal take longer and this in turn helps.

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Eating the GI weight loss diet

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:11:17 +0000

There is a plethora of information about the glycemic values of different foods for weight loss, so there is no

problem in ascertaining the value of anything that you wish to include in your weight loss diet. The general concept of the diet is fairly straightforward. You eat more of the foods with a low GI than you do of the foods with a high GI.

This is however not the entirety of the GI weight loss system as it also encourages the dieter to limit their intake of high fat foods, even if they are also low GI foods. This aspect, of course, means that as well as being based on the glycemic index of a food; the GI diets are also, in part, a low fat diet.

The GI weight loss diet is easy to follow if you are eating standard foods that easily recognizable in the GI indexes. The problem is that many foods have different cooking or processing methods, such as ripe fruits have different GI than raw fruits.

This can, if you are not experienced with this diet be very time consuming and make the whole thing not very user friendly. It can be especially difficult when a meal is prepared with many different ingredients, to work out the GI value of the whole meal.

When you have got over this initial hurdle and are used too the different values of foods, then the whole weight loss system starts to be a lot more easy to use. And you need to spend a lot less time looking then up to see if they are within the allowed limits.

The GI weight loss system can be very healthy in that it actively encourages the dieter to eat fruits and complex carbohydrates, such as brown rice and pasta. Many health professionals believe these types of foods may contribute towards a healthier diet. It also discourages the intake of processed foods and also foods that are high in fat, such as fried foods like French fries or chips.

The GI diet can be a very healthy weight loss system and does not require you to give up the foods that you like. Although restrictive it can be a very varied and enjoyable diet as so as you get used to working out the different values of food groups.

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The Gi Weight Loss Diet

admin — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:55:39 +0000

The GI plan diet certainly seems to be taking off at the moment. Endorsed by an ever-growing band of

celebrities it seems that this is the diet of the moment. But how exactly does the GI weight loss program differ from the other diets on the market and what does GI stand for?

The Glycemic Index weight loss system is based on the fact that some sugar-based carbohydrates affect the glucose levels in the body differently to the more complex starch based carbohydrates. A nutritional expert called Dr. David Jenkins made the claimed discovery, that many sugar-based foods do not greatly affect the sugar levels in the blood, in the early 1980’s.

This means, according to the GI diet, the foods that provide a slow delivery of sugar to the body will be helpful to weight loss, in that it will prevent the dieter from feeling the need for energy and so curb hunger and the need to keep on eating.

In contrast, foods with a high glycemic index provide a sudden influx of sugar to the body that gives you energy at first, but then leaves you feeling tired and hungry, as the need for more energy kicks in. This leads to the need for more sugar to get the quick rush of glucose to replace the loss of energy, which in turn has the same effect. This constant need for more sugary food means that weight loss is not likely to be achieved.

Continue reading more about the GI weight loss diet in our next post on eating the GI weight loss diet.

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South Beach Diet-Part II and III

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:43:12 +0000

Continuing with our South Beach Diet overview, the second part of the South Beach Diet is slightly less

restrictive, in that is allows some carbohydrates and other foods that were disallowed in the fist section, back into the diet. It also allows more dairy foods. Many of the foods that were not allowed in the first section (at least the healthy ones) are allowed in the second part.

This is a very good incentive for staying with the program and encourages you towards your weight loss goal, by giving you something to work towards. The second segment is adhered to until you have attained your weight loss target. It is a less strict way of eating, but nevertheless can be effective if followed properly.

The third segment of the diet is put into practice after the weight loss has been achieved, This section is to allow you to ease off, without slipping back to old habits and regaining the weight. It also gives what some believe to be a good basis for normal, healthy everyday eating and may help to eliminate the problem of yo-yo dieting.

One of the topics that The South Beach Diet does not cover is exercise. Many practitioners consider this to be integral to the notion of weight loss as a route to a healthier lifestyle. This is of course is not a barrier to using the diet, as there is a plethora of good information on exercise available, and there is nothing to prevent you from considering this, after checking with your doctor, in conjunction with your South Beach weight loss plan. The South Beach diet is very popular weight loss plan and seems to be maintaining its place on the bookshelves of stores long after its early rush of sales.

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South Beach Diet-An Overview

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:42:36 +0000

The South Beach weight loss program became very popular in the 1990’s, as a successor to the stringency of

the Atkins diet. It was seen by many, as a more healthy and less obsessive alternative to the low carb regime of Atkins. Although it still encouraged the participant to avoid many cooked and processed carbohydrates. This included many bread pastries and cakes, and also refined carbohydrates such as sugar as in soft drinks and chocolate.

The diet was originated by Dr. Arthur Agatston, an American cardiologist. The system does not follow other diets in a single interpretation of itself as “Low fat” or “low carb”. It seeks to help the dieter to understand how to eat what is good for them, from both groups of foods so that weight loss can be achieved by eating both “good carbs” and “good fats”.

The diet is in three very distinct sections, and each one has it’s own particular function’s, first part is the stricter of the two and is designed both to give a quick start to the weight loss and also to develop the pattern of eating a healthier, more stable diet.

In the first part the dieter is encouraged to eat three proper meals a day. But foods such as many cooked carbohydrates are excluded from this, although good portions of lean meat and fish and plenty of fresh vegetables are recommended. This provides a good start to the diet and also eliminates the problem faced by many weight loss systems, hunger.

The South Beach Diet ensures that you are not plagued by the hunger pangs that ruin so many weight loss aspirations, by making sure that you have three good meals a day. This is one of the reasons that many people succeed on this diet, where they have failed on others. By making sure that you are not hungry in the early phase of the diet, The south Beach Diet gives you a head start and lessens the chance of a failure due to just being too hungry and all the associated lack of enthusiasm that goes with other dieting or diet regimens.

The first part of the South Beach weight loss plan is very limited. Although you will be able to eat three meals a day, the foods that those meals may contain, such as limited carbohydrates reduce the choices available. Part of the thinking behind this is that when the weight loss starts, you will use carbohydrates more efficiently and as such, the need for then will be at a much lower level.

We will discuss about the second and third parts of the South Beach Diet in the subsequent posts.

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