The Macrobiotic Diet has been growing in popularity over the last couple of decades in the United States. The word Macrobiotic comes from Greek meaning long life. For many that practice the Macrobiotic Diet, it is not only about eating healthy, but this diet also meshes with spirituality and planetary health. The Macrobiotic Diet was [...]
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One of the biggest complaints by many individuals looking to lose weight is that most of their fat is stored in their stomach region. With summer quickly approaching, many individuals look for a way to not only lose weight, but to lose fat specifically in the stomach region to enhance a flat belly. The Flat [...]
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The Raw Food Diet is a growing food trend in America. While it can simply mean eating more fresh fruits and vegetables, many raw food purists include raw milk and many wild grains which can require some preparation. As far as weight loss goes, the Raw Food Diet can enhance weight loss by helping a [...]
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The Alkaline Diet is a diet that emphasizes unprocessed foods such as fresh fruits, nuts, vegetables, legumes and roots. This diet is based upon the idea that our hunger and gatherer ancestors ate a very different diet. Since the Western diet is much different than our ancestors, it is believed that today’s diet contributes to [...]
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The Blood Type Diet is considered to be a fad diet that was developed by Peter D’Adamo. Peter D’Adamo outlined this diet extensively in his book “Eat Right 4 Your Type”. The Blood Type Diet is based on the presumption that your blood type can be one of the most important factors in determining a [...]
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The Grapefruit Diet is also known as the Hollywood Diet where it was originally developed in the 1930’s. The Grapefruit Diet is considered to be a fad diet that can be potentially harmful. The Grapefruit Diet is based upon the fact that eating grapefruit daily can increase your metabolism and help you lose about 10 [...]
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Low fat diets are not only one of the most popular diets available; they are also a great way to lower the risk of certain diseases such as heart disease. Eating a low fat diet can be quite simple if you keep in mind the specific foods that should be eaten and those that shouldn’t. [...]
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One of the most popular types of diets today are low carb diets. Low carb diets focus on carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are sugar- both simple and complex. Simple sugars are found in fruits, candy bars and some types of breads, complex carbohydrates are found within pastas, some types of bread and other foods and usually take [...]
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One of the more popular diets for those that consider themselves body builders or athletes is the high protein diet. Protein is an important nutrient for muscle development and for those that are serious about building lots of muscle, a high protein diet looks very attractive. Do High Protein Diets Work to Build Muscle It [...]
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The Zone Diet is a diet developed by Barry Sears. Barry Sears has extensively written about his diet in many of his books which not only help to popularize the diet, but help give more detailed information regarding the diet to many on it. While not originally developed as a weight loss diet, the Zone [...]
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