Diet and Food

o2 Diet / What you can eat

2011-02-06T14:19:00.001-08:00

On The O2 Diet plan, you'll eat plenty of fruits and vegetables as well as whole grains, low-fat dairy, lean protein, fish, beans, healthy fats, herbs, and spices. Healthy indulgences like wine and chocolate are allowed in the final phase.
Although the emphasis is on achieving 30,000 ORAC points daily, calories still count. "You can eat all the veggies you want, but you need to pay attention to the portion of fruits, lean proteins, starches, fats, and the indulgences in order to lose weight," Glassman says.
Dieters are encouraged to eliminate baked goods, fat-free and sugar-free foods, fried foods, high-fat and processed meats, soft drinks, sweets, added sugars, trans fats, and processed foods.

burn calories

2011-02-03T11:59:00.001-08:00

Thirty minutes of sex burns 85 calories or more. It may not sound like much, but it adds up: 42 half-hour sessions will burn 3,570 calories, more than enough to lose a pound. Doubling up, you could drop that pound in 21 hour-long sessions.
"Sex is a great mode of exercise," says Patti Britton, PhD, a Los Angeles sexologist and president of the American Association of Sexuality Educators and Therapists. It takes work, from both a physical and psychological perspective, to do it well, she says.

Hormone Diet

2011-02-01T09:18:00.001-08:00

The Hormone Diet starts the three-step, six-week program with a two-week detox phase where foods are removed that have the highest allergenic, inflammatory or migraine causing ability, says Turner.
Expect to lose 4-12 pounds in the first two weeks. That includes fluid loss. In the following weeks, weight loss will be closer to 2 pounds per week, similar to accepted weight loss guidelines.
Step two advises you to slowly add back foods into your diet and observe for signs of tolerance.
And finally in step three, yoga, cardiovascular and strength training exercise are included for strength, vigor, and emotional balance.

Hormones' Role in Weight Loss

A study scheduled to appear in the November issue of Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism shows that levels of appetite hormones prior to dieting may predict weight gain after dieting. But Turner goes beyond appetite, hunger, and diet-related hormones to suggest that the entire endocrine system affects your weight.
According to Turner, weight loss is directly associated with all of your body’s hormones. “Hormones dictate every aspect of weight loss, from appetite cravings to how well you burn and where you store fat, yet 80% to 90% of adults are hormonally imbalanced,” Turner says.
Pamela Peeke, MD, a diet and fitness expert who blogs for WebMD, adamantly disagrees with the overall hormone concept of the book. “This is absolutely not a credible statement, nor can it be scientifically proven, because hormones are always in a constant state of dynamic flux and to indicate that all weight is linked to hormones and most adults are imbalanced is meaningless,” Peeke says.

The Hormone Diet: What You Can Eat

The Hormone Diet promotes a clean, natural, preferably organic diet of foods free of preservatives and processed foods.
Surprisingly, only a small portion of the 471-page book is devoted to the diet. The bulk of the book is quite complicated -- more like a text book, and deals with a whole host of issues about wellness, living longer, exercise, sleep, sex, and hormones.
Foods allowed in the detox phase are gluten-free grains, vegetables (except corn), fruits (except citrus, canned, and dried), nuts, seeds, fish, meat, feta or goat cheese, olive, avocado, flaxseed and canola oils, eggs, nondairy milk, and soy products -- that’s it.
Turner also recommends lots of supplements, including a probiotic supplement, herbal cleansing formula, bowel-cleansing formula with fiber and omega 3 fish oil during detox.

Park Avenue Diet

2011-01-31T11:57:00.001-08:00

The Park Avenue Diet plan is a fairly well-balanced meal plan of three meals and one snack, totaling about 1,250-1,350 calories daily. The diet includes plenty of fruits, vegetables, lean meats, and seafood, as well as a limited amount of dairy products and whole grains.
The book is organized into daily menu plans with recipes and nutritional analysis so you can determine your exact nutrient intake. Anyone watching sodium intake should be careful, as many of the recipes are high in sodium.
All the recommended foods are readily available, and there are no gimmicks or strange food combination, even though Fischer served as the associate medical director at the Atkins Center for years. Dieters are told to forego sweets, artificial sweeteners, alcohol, fruit juice, and milk (except skim in coffee or tea). There are a few dessert recipes that can be enjoyed on occasion, but for the most part, dieters will need to satisfy any sweets cravings with the natural sweetness of fruit.
"We eliminate artificial sweeteners, sugar, and most sweets other than the few recipes included because, in my experience, sweet treats are like giving an alcoholic a drink, furthering the temptation for more," Fischer says.

The Morning Banana Diet / How it works

2011-01-30T22:23:00.000-08:00

Different versions of the Morning Banana Diet tout varying explanations of exactly how bananas work to promote weight loss. One theory suggests that certain enzymes in bananas speed up digestion and elimination, causing rapid weight loss. However, the human body already contains all the enzymes needed for digestion. It's true that foods with fiber (and bananas have some) can go through the digestive system more quickly and may not be completely absorbed, thus saving a few calories. But the calorie savings are certainly not enough to revolutionize the weight loss industry.
Another theory centers on resistant starch, a type of fiber that is supposed to promote fullness and increase fat burning. Resistant starch is found naturally in carbohydrate foods such as green bananas, potatoes, grains, and beans -- but only when you eat them cold. It resists digestion in the small intestine, where most digestion occurs, and gets passed along to the large bowel.
Studies show that the indigestible fiber may block the conversion of some carbs, but even so, bananas contain only a small amount of fiber and resistant starch. Bananas have 2-4 grams of fiber; to be considered a "good" source, a food must have 3.5-4.9 grams of fiber per serving.
Bananas, along with most fruits have long been a part of healthy diets and weight loss plans. But while they are nutritious, they do not have special weight loss properties.

Eat Clean Diet

2011-01-29T15:11:00.000-08:00

Foods allowed include a variety of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, nonfat dairy, and healthy fats -- preferably organic and eaten in proper portions every few hours.
The Eat-Clean Diet recommends avoiding all saturated fat, trans fats, overprocessed, refined foods -- especially white flour, sugar, sugar-loaded colas, juices, and alcohol.
The plan's guiding principles:

Each meal should be between 200-300 calories.
Eat a complex carbohydrate with protein (20-21 grams) at every meal.
Drink at least 8 cups of water daily.
Never miss a meal, especially breakfast.
Consume adequate healthy fats each day.

Flat Belly Diet

2011-01-28T23:22:00.001-08:00

The basic Flat Belly Diet plan is a 1,600-calorie Mediterranean-style diet with an emphasis on wholesome, unrefined foods including fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, beans, seeds, lean protein, and very little red meat (once a month).
According to the authors, the secret ingredient in the Flat Belly Diet that whittles away belly fat is the addition of a monounsaturated fat, or MUFA, at every meal. MUFAs are found in olives, avocados, nuts, seeds, dark chocolate, soybean, flax, and olive and sunflower oils.
"Research shows that MUFAs have health benefits and target belly fat. They also help control satiety, so by adding in one MUFA at meals and snacks it is easier to stick with the plan and lose belly fat," explains co-author Sass.
Before starting on the 28-day plan, dieters go on a 1,200- to 1400-calorie, four-day anti-bloat jump-start period designed to reduce bloating and get dieters in the mind-set of a healthier eating plan. During the jump-start, dieters drink 2 liters of daily "sassy water," a blend of spices, herbs, citrus, and cucumber. "We tested the diet plan on 11 volunteers and they told us the flavored water reduced bloating, constipation, helped them feel better and get rid of that sluggish feeling," explains Sass.

Body for Life

2011-01-28T09:41:00.001-08:00

Body for Life is an intense exercise and nutrition program based on the premise that you're more likely to stick with a diet and workout if you see results quickly. Indeed, founder Bill Phillips makes this promise: Follow his program for 12 weeks and you'll have the best body you've ever had. The program is challenging. It involves training with weights for 45 minutes three days a week, then alternating with aerobic exercise for at least 20 minutes three days a week.

The diet involves eating six small meals each day for six days a week, drawing from a list of healthy foods such as lean meats, vegetables, whole grains, healthy fats and fish. Meals are a combination of lean protein and healthy carbohydrates “to speed up fat loss and maintain stable energy levels”, stated on the Body for Life web site. On the seventh day, you rest -- free to eat anything you want, no restrictions, and take a day off from the rigorous workout.

Belly Fat Cure **

2011-01-27T21:43:00.001-08:00

The Belly Fat Cure eating plan consists of protein, fats, and vegetables with small amounts of sugar and complex carbs. Processed foods with sweeteners (even artificial sweeteners) are out. Wine, beer, champagne, and dark chocolate are OK -- but not cocktails or candy bars.
Much of the book consists of colorful displays of more than 100 "belly bad" meals (mostly from fast food and casual restaurant chains) made over into "belly good" recipes that are featured in the meal plans. (However, the recipes contain no nutrition information other than the grams of sugar and servings of carbs they contain – not even a calorie count.)
Five different weeklong meal plans designed for various eating styles, from carb lovers to meat-eaters, provide a framework for the eating plan.
When in doubt, dieters can follow the "no-excuses day" plan:

Breakfast: 3 eggs, 2 slices buttered toast
Snack: Handful of walnuts
Lunch: Tuna salad on one piece pita bread
Snack: 1 cup cottage cheese with honey
Dinner: Grilled chicken or steak, sautéed veggies and 1/2 cup brown rice

Dieters are advised to drink 8-10 glasses of water a day. Most fresh fruits, and beverages such as skim milk and 100% fruit juice, are depicted as "belly bad."

Have FUN luzing weight !!!!

2011-01-27T10:16:00.000-08:00

3. Sex Burns Calories

Thirty minutes of sex burns 85 calories or more. It may not sound like much, but it adds up: 42 half-hour sessions will burn 3,570 calories, more than enough to lose a pound. Doubling up, you could drop that pound in 21 hour-long sessions.
"Sex is a great mode of exercise," says Patti Britton, PhD, a Los Angeles sexologist and president of the American Association of Sexuality Educators and Therapists. It takes work, from both a physical and psychological perspective, to do it well, she says.

Fast Food Diet; What can you eat ???

2011-01-27T01:16:00.000-08:00

Dieters can enjoy grilled chicken sandwiches, chili, baked potatoes, fruit parfaits, and even junior burgers on The Fast Food Diet. But don't think for a minute that french fries or sodas sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup are part of the plan. In fact, if you follow The Fast Food Diet plan, you won't get many unhealthy trans fats -- fried foods are not allowed.
But you may not miss them. Sinatra offers suggestions for healthier substitutions for fast-food favorites, along with easy tips for reducing fat and calories while still enjoying a diet primarily from fast-food restaurants.
For example, choose vinaigrette salad dressing instead of ranch for a savings of 130 calories. (Use less of the dressing and you save even more calories.) Order seltzer with lemon instead of a sweet soda, and you save 310 calories. Forget mayonnaise and special sauces, and you can save up to 170 calories per sandwich

The Lemonade Diet

2011-01-26T21:20:00.000-08:00

The Lemonade Diet has been around for more than 50 years, but its popularity soared a few years ago after Beyonce announced she'd lost 20 pounds on the diet for the movie Dreamgirls. The Lemonade Diet, also known as the Master Cleanse, was developed by the late Stanley Burroughs as a detoxification and fasting program. Originally intended to rid the body of toxins and internal wastes brought on by "improper diet, lack of exercise, and negative mental attitude," it's now also touted as a quick weight loss plan. The plan, consisting of nothing more than a lemon juice concoction, is supposed to "help you lose up to 20 pounds, look younger, ease chronic pain, cleanse your body of internal waste, and boost your energy levels in 10 days."

Burn the Weight

2011-01-25T22:52:00.001-08:00

Burn weight with carbohydrates

When you eat complex carbohydrates like vegetables, beans, legumes, fresh fruit, whole grains and nuts, your body uses so much energy metabolizing and digesting, you expend 250 calories daily "by the simple thermic effect of converting carbohydrates into energy.

4 Day diet ??

2011-01-25T02:35:00.001-08:00

The 4 Day Diet: What It Is

Are you tired of strict diets that offer the same foods every day? If you like variety and a focus on winning mind games, The 4 Day Diet may be the diet plan for you.

You're not going to lose weight in just four days, as you might infer from the title. Instead, The 4 Day Diet plan is a series of seven phases or modules, each lasting four days, with an expected weight loss of 10-12 pounds over 28 days. During each module, you focus on specific foods or food categories (no calorie counting) and exercise recommendations.
People often quit their diets because they get bored with the monotony of eating the same foods," explains Ian K. Smith, MD, author of the book The 4 Day Diet. Smith is also a diet expert for the VHI show Celebrity Fit Club.
"The 4 Day Diet keeps things changing while focusing on helping dieters cope with food triggers, tame temptations [and] cravings, and other issues that derail efforts to lose weight and improve health," says Smith, who created the 50 Million Pound Challenge, an initiative encouraging African-Americans to unite to lose a collective 50 million pounds

Cookie Diet / How it works ?

2011-01-24T13:33:00.001-08:00

On the Cookie Diet, there are no decisions about what to eat except which flavor cookie to eat, and what to have for dinner. It's a relatively mindless diet strategy that has reportedly helped half a million of Siegal’s patients lose weight.
The cookies contain select amino acids thought to suppress hunger, fiber, and other ingredients that digest slowly to help keep you feeling full. Eating 4-6 of the cookies a day will give you somewhere around 500 calories.
Dinners are simple: Lean protein and veggies, or a light frozen dinner and a salad. The dinners range from a low of 300 to a high of about 1,000 calories each, meaning the diet has a grand total of 800-1,500 calories per day.
Anyone following an 800-calorie per day plan is sure to lose weight, but medical supervision is recommended for people following very low-calorie diets (less than 1,200 per day), as they are likely to be deficient in nutrients. Most of the very low-calorie cookie diet plans recommend a daily multivitamin to fill in the nutritional gaps. (The self-administered cookie diet plans found online recommend higher levels, of 1,400 or more calories per day).
Siegal says his patients have no problems sticking to the 800-calorie limit, and usually drop about 15 pounds per month.
"One of the greatest motivators to sticking to a diet is when you manage hunger, decrease cravings, and watch the weight come off, and virtually everyone will lose weight at 800 calories," he says.

Water Diet H2O

2011-01-23T20:18:00.001-08:00

One of the many diets out there is the water diet, and the good thing about this is that, besides water being so readily available to most people, and it being so cheap, this water diet complements other good diets that work well.
So, how much water do you need to drink? This diet encourages you to drink 64 fluid ounces of water every day, and it can be tap water, or bottled water, as long as it doesn’t have anything added to it and it is 50 degrees or cooler in temperature. The temperature of the water is an important factor here, because this is going to burn up some calories, not a lot, but hey, every calorie lost helps with that weight loss.
Now, the 64 ounces of water you need to drink should be taken over the course of a day, not all at once, so that equates to 8 glasses of water if the glass is an 8 ounce size. Now, an eight ounce glass is just one cup or half a pint, or 250 ml, which isn’t a great amount, but how this water diet works is that because the water is cold, remember it is 50 degrees Fahrenheit or colder, and the body is normally 98.6 degrees, then the body has to work to raise the temperature of the water so that it reaches the same temperature as the rest of the body. In doing this, the body uses energy, and if the rest of your diet doesn’t change at all, then you have just used up some calories that you will not replace. In other words, you have lost weight. Now do be aware that it takes about 12 calories to raise the temperature of 2 cups of water, so we are not talking about a huge number of calories here, but every few help, right?
On the other hand, maybe you could cut out that extra cookie, or walk an extra block every day, and you will use up more energy, but this water diet can be used along with other diets designed to lose weight, and as water is always said to be good for you anyway, it certainly shouldn’t hurt you.
So, if you are planning to lose weight, or you already are on a diet program, then you could add in the water diet and see whether it makes a difference to your weight loss, or to how you are feeling.

Eat to live - or live to eat

2011-01-23T10:01:00.000-08:00

Diet starts first in your head. use your will power and self controll on the quanity and quality of food you eat!

Diet

2011-01-22T11:22:00.000-08:00

At Food and Diet we understand the need to keep variety in your menu regardless of your weight loss plan or lifestyle. We have developed a recipe section that is sure to please even the pickiest eaters--allowing you to fix one meal for everyone. Our recipes are divided among three main diet types and then into ethnic styles--American, Chinese, Italian, other cultures, and Tex-Mex. To power your weight loss program and maintain your weight afterward, you can choose from:

high protein - low carbohydrate
- minimum 10 grams of protein per serving
- maximum 10 grams of carbohydrate per serving
low calorie
- maximum 300 calories per serving
low fat
- maximum 10 grams of fat per serving