The Mediterranean Diet is promoted by, among others, the Mayo Clinic because it offers proven benefits to the health of the heart. Men and women living in Mediterranean countries experience far fewer heart problems than their counterparts in North America.
How does the Mediterranean Diet work?
The Mediterranean Diet is not so much a weight loss “program” [...]
Weight Watchers has been known for many years as one of the best weight loss programs available, and it is considered especially effective because it goes beyond a short term diet plan. Dieters can safely stay on the Weight Watchers plan for very long periods of time while still getting all the nutrition they need.
How [...]
The Zone Diet has had a lot of positive press in recent years, thanks to reports that celebrities use this weight loss program as a way to keep their figures. (Mentions include Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Anniston, Demi Moore and Ben Stiller.) The program is laid out in the book [...]
The Atkins diet, the most famous of the low-carb diets, has been around for some time now – since 1972. A controversial diet at the time it has held its ground, and focuses on strictly limiting the amount of carbohydrates in order to burn fat.
How does the Atkins Diet work?
The Atkins diet program features [...]
The Volumetrics diet is based on volume and making sure followers stay full, since many diets fail when people feel continuous hunger pangs. Volumetrics was created in 2000 by expert nutritionist, Barbara Rolls, PhD, a professor of nutrition and director of the Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behavior at Penn State University. The [...]
The South Beach Diet is known for it’s regimented phases which produce some fairly rapid weight loss results. It was originally designed to help prevent heart disease, created by Dr. Arthur Agatston, MD, a respected cardiologist and director of the Mount Sinai Cardiac Prevention Center in Miami Beach, Florida.
How does the South Beach Diet work?
The [...]
The Jenny Craig diet plan is one of the best known weight loss programs but what do doctors say about it? Is Jenny Craig good or bad for you?
Firstly, for those of you not too familiar with how the Jenny Craig diet works, almost all food eaten in the program is in the form of [...]
The Jenny Craig diet plan is well known for helping celebrities lose weight. Just turn on TV to see Valerie Bertinelli in her tiny blue bikini. The Jenny Craig diet resembles the Nutrisystem plan, and is heavily advertised both on television and in magazines. But is Jenny Craig the right diet for you?
How does the [...]
