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Diet Comparisons
One of the most important things people want to know when they think the time
has come to reduce some of their daily food consumption is which diet will work
best for them. Although we are all different by nature, we all share the same
goal: a diet that can work quickly and efficiently. Some miracle drug or Change
of eating plans that makes fat go away forever. That’s actually the second part
of the big wish: how to make sure that all the weight lost through dieting stays
gone for years to come.
The more articles published in magazines and on the Internet on diets, the
more people become confused about what the true meaning of dieting is all
bout and the right way of getting your body back in shape. The
growing number of obese people have turned to the weight loss
industry like never before the weight loss industry has a growing market each
and every year. Now days all one needs is a tangible idea and an imagination
for marketing in order to make a lot of money or gain a lot of popularity by
proposing some sort of odd weight loss program, despite the lack of
professional Knowledge in this field.
There are many diets to choose from, So we are discussing only the top four
best known diets, since reviewing all of the diets would be beyond the scope of
this article.
Atkins
So let’s start with one of the latest fads of the dieting world: the Atkins diet.
Pretty much everybody’s head of the Atkins diet, largely due to the flood of
articles praising the extraordinary results, not to mention the loads of good mail
from satisfied customers. The biggest thing in favor of this diet is that it lets you
eat high fat dairy products like cheese and butter. However, the Atkins diet has
fallen from its lofty perch over suspicions of increasing the risk of heart
diseases, not to mention the proved fact that bigger number of followers
complain of diarrhea, weakness, muscle cramps and rashes. The debate over
the scientific fundamentals of this diet is still raging.
Jenny Craig
The Jenny Craig diet is next on the list. One of the longest running diets, Jenny
Craig started this business in the early 1980s and it’s still around. The basic
idea of this diet is a trade off: you don’t have to choose recipes, do the
shopping and the cooking, but you have to buy the Jenny Craig prepackaged
food. And that runs to some $100 per week. Plus the membership costs. Plus
the vegetables and fruits which are not included in the prepackaged food. If
you can afford it and if you can stick to it, the diet is pretty good. However,
similar low-calorie foods can be bought at the grocery store and you don’t have
to discuss this with a Jenny Craig expert that insists on your eating the
prepackaged food because he gets a percentage of the sale price.
South Beach
From sunny Florida comes the South Beach diet. This one has the right idea
and wrong approach combination down pat. Don’t get me wrong, a lot of
people have managed to lose weight with this diet and it actually works. But the
question is: can you really stick to it? The first phase of the diet will eliminate
most foods containing carbohydrates from your daily consumption. Fortunately,
this phase lasts two weeks. Unfortunately, second phase focuses on a half-
hearted return of whole grains and fruits and lasts… as long as necessary. If
reaching the desired weight takes you one year, then that’s exactly how long
this phase is going to last. And if you don’t like the foods allowed by this diet
then you’re out of luck. There are no alternatives.
Weight Watchers
And yet another veteran dieting program around is Weight Watchers. This is
actually one of the best diets around because it puts all the management tools
in the hands of the user. If you are really committed to losing weight, you have
all the information you need to do it. And a lot of people who are going through
the same thing are going to be there to help you. If having company during
difficult times helps your willpower, then you are probably going to lose all that
extra weight. If, on the other hand, you don’t like the idea of being constantly
under peer pressure, then this diet is not for you.
As you can see from this short review, there are a lot of diets out there, dozens
more than we have been able to cover here. The best thing to do when
choosing a diet is to do as much research as possible. See what people who
tried it have to say. Then seek the professional advise of a doctor and/or
dietitian to see what they have to say about it. You should pay special attention
to what the doctors have to say. If they tell you a certain diet will put your body
to risk then do your research before trying it.
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