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High protein low carb diets continue to be extensively endorsed in the recent past as a successful weight loss strategy wherein the general recommendation is receipt of thirty to fifty percent of sum calorific worth from proteins.
The Paleolithis diet (caveman diet), Atkins diet, Zone diet are examples of high protein low carb diet.
How does a high protein low carb diet work?
Drastic carbohydrate restriction to just a small proportion of that present in a classic American diet makes the body go into a diverse metabolic state known as ketosis, wherein the body starts melting its own fats to produce energy. Usually, the body exhumes carbs for energy – it is the key energy source for the cardiovascular, nervous system & several organ types. An individual in ketosis obtains fuel from ketones, small carbon pieces which are the energy generated when adipose deposits are broken down. While our bodies are in ketosis, there is a lesser tendency of feeling hunger, & hence lesser [...]
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Healthy diet No discussion yet on December 31st, 2010
Editions of the vastly restrictive cabbage soup diet have managed to hog significant attention as it assures a ten lbs weight reduction in a week’s time. A dieter would be restricting himself/herself for just seven days at an instant on the plan. In case further weight reduction is intended then the dieter is suggested waiting for a while prior to getting started on another seven days on this extra-low calorific diet plan.
Cabbage Soup Diet – What could be eaten
The week-long cabbage soup diet permits one to consume as much as one can till the time one adheres to the mini listing of permissible foods on alternating days, alongside duo everyday bowlfuls of zero-fat cabbage-based soups. Fruits, veggies, skimmed milk & meats are some particular food types which are to be consumed. Every dieter is even recommended drinking plentiful water & evading intake of alcoholic drinks.
Explained herewith is a model of the diet plan:
1st Day – Cabbage-based soups plus loads of fruits [...]
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Healthy diet No discussion yet on December 17th, 2010
The festival season has its share of myriad delights & regrettably several counteracting dietetic downfalls. The most able-bodied & regimented could yield to indulgences of fatty, calorific bliss that abound this time as compared to the rest of the year. Health upshots, when behaviours are not kept under check could be fast & perturbing.
A recently conducted trial by Australian researchers noted that subsequent to merely 3 days, an exceedingly fatty, calorie-laden dietetic intake could cause a pike in blood glucose levels & insulin resistance which has the potential of augmenting chances of developing type II diabetes. Expansions in waist measurements too are noted during the holiday season eliciting self-censuring and self-blaming alongside impracticable resolution for the New Year.
However a new-fangled trial appearing in ‘The Journal of Physiology’ indicates a weight loss tip that is far unfailing & an easier retort by running or bicycling prior to eating the [...]
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Healthy diet No discussion yet on December 1st, 2010
New-fangled study shows that several diets could help in pounds loss – however in regards to weight maintenance, many of them are not crafted alike.
A dietetic intake comprising of protein-rich food forms & those having low GI index are deemed as the superlative approach for maintenance of weight following pounds loss, as per a large-scaled trial conducted in Europe appearing in the ‘New England Journal of Medicine’.
The South Beach diet is a popular weight reduction approach which has been found to have the nearest estimates to the finest diet in the trial, T.M. Larsen, trial researcher at Univ. of Copenhagen stated.
The Atkins diet has greater focus on intake of proteins while acutely restricting carbohydrates & having a more moderate outlook to fat forms one might consume.
Both the South Beach diet & Atkins diet limit carbs though good carbohydrates are permissible. However South Beach Diet followers need to bid adieu to unhealthy fats, potato, breads, fruits, cereals, [...]
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Healthy diet No discussion yet on November 22nd, 2010
Perricone Diet followers advocate that adhering to it is a fine means of feeling great, shedding pounds & looking youthful & better. Incorporation of food forms established to combat biologically & environmentally related factors which impact the manner in which a person ages – the Perricone Diet lays emphasis on melting pounds & averting diseases while proffering a healthy look to your skin as an added gain.
Perricone Diet Basics
The diet created by Doctor Nicholas Perricone lays focus on the downbeat consequences of unceasing inflammation on our body & health. One might be aware of severe inflammation – scrapes & several skin traumas that result from distress to the skin or over-exposure of the skin. But, one might not be aware of what Dr. Perricone explains as - an inner & unseen unceasing inflammation which results due to wrongly treating or abusing your body. An unwholesome dietetic intake & unremittingly being exposed to stresses lead to such [...]
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Healthy diet No discussion yet on September 20th, 2010
Nutrigenomics is a nascent science that endeavours at marrying genetics along with diet, researching the manner in which genes are interacting with foods at the molecular-level.
Genetic info of clients is presently being employed by health centres for developing customized diet to aid in preventing diseases or improving weight reduction. The procedure is astonishingly uncomplicated – taking swabs from the cheeks of clients employing custom-testing kits, dropping the swabs inside plastic bottles, sealing them and then transported them to laboratories for evaluation.
In the interim, several nutrigenomics studies are being employed for developing purposeful or fortified food forms, particularly targeting varied conditions (like arteriosclerosis-staving shake).
Candidacy for Nutrigenomics
Any person could employ the DNA diet; an array of services are obtainable on the net that have not been properly regulated or screened, but, there is diminutive supervision in this process hence it [...]
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Healthy Living No discussion yet on June 17th, 2010
Feingold program ADHD diet is vastly opted by families that have a kin member identified with the condition. Scientists have observed that ADHD is a grouping of symptoms whose onset is noted during infancy and affects an individual’s performance at school or home.
The brainchild behind this immensely effective diet was Dr. Feingold who started using the diet for treating ADHD affected kids and found that thirty to fifty percent of them showed improvement. The diet was initially known as K-P diet and following elimination of BHT, BHA petrochemical preservative types, Dr. Feingold noted that seventy percent of the kids showed improvement. Nearly fifty percent of the kids or adults do not require any other kind of intercession.
How the Simple Feingold Program ADHD Diet Works?
The Feingold Program ADHD Diet involves eradicating some detrimental food dye forms; however it could have drastic and different outcomes. The prevalently employed dye, tartrazine (FD&C Yellow#5) is an ideal [...]
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High protein low carb diet have since long been pegged as an effectual approach to shedding weight by recommendation of thirty to fifty percent of entire calorific intake from protein. It contradicts diet recommendations put forth by the National Cholesterol Education Program, American Heart Association and American Cancer Society involving dietetic intake wherein lesser proportion of calories are obtained from proteins (a source of nourishment vital to manufacturing, maintaining and repairing tissues of the body).
The Atkins diet is an exemplar of high protein low carb diet.
High protein low carb diet – Manner of Working
Radical carbohydrate restriction to just a tiny proportion of which is present in the usual American dietetic intake would make the body start burning its stored fat for producing fuel and thus going into a harmful metabolic state known as ketosis. Usually the body would burn carbs for producing fuel (the chief source of fuel for several organs of the body inclusive [...]
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Healthy diet No discussion yet on May 27th, 2010
Less fat dairy products could be a vital boosting food addition to your high protein diet.
Low or non-fat Dairy Products
Those looking for a delicious perk to your high protein diet, then don’t miss out on milk products like cheeses, milk, yoghurt that would offer requisite calcium for improving and maintaining bone and cardiovascular health. One should preferably be aiming for two to four serves of less or no fat dairy products on an everyday basis.
Protein-rich Energy and cereal bars
People falling short of time could opt for protein-rich energy bar for getting their instant protein pep up although ensuring that beyond six grams protein is not crossed and avoiding excessive sugars or fats presence.
Whole Grains for Fiber Boost
Majority of the high protein diet forms restrict whole grains to merely a few serves per day. Also one must avoid white bread or pasta which provides hardly any beneficial nutrients in comparison to whole grain bread, cereal and pasta. The high fiber [...]
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Healthy diet No discussion yet on May 25th, 2010
High protein diet borrows a snippet from the low carbohydrate craze. The intention is weight loss by consumption of larger amounts of protein rich food items that translates to eating lesser carbohydrates. The segment of overall calories obtained from protein is what characterizes a high protein diet. In a classic diet, ten to twenty percent of everyday protein intake should be derived from proteins. A high protein diet would have thirty to fifty percent daily intake of proteins.
How does a high protein diet work?
Appetite-Curbing Dons a Part
Apart from curtailing appetite, a high protein diet might additionally alter an individual’s metabolism. Severe restriction of carbohydrates elicits greater fat and fuel burn by the body – a situation known as ketosis. Although ketosis might cause weight reduction, but it could additionally be linked to irritable behaviour, feeling nauseous, cardiac palpitation, kidney problems and recurrent headache.
Getting Started on a High Protein Diet
High [...]