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The Scoop on the Best Selling Diets. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. VOLUMETRICS . Balanced plan -- fills you up on high water and high air volume foods (fruits, veggies, grains, poultry, soups) Shaves off 500 calories daily if plan is followed 1-2 pounds off per week -- 70% keep it off
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The Scoop on the Best Selling Diets The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
VOLUMETRICS • Balanced plan -- fills you up on high water and high air volume foods (fruits, veggies, grains, poultry, soups) • Shaves off 500 calories daily if plan is followed • 1-2 pounds off per week -- 70% keep it off • Easy to use and healthy, but does require kitchen time
DIETING FOR DUMMIES • Balanced plan • 1200, 1500 or 1800 calorie plans to choose from • 1 -2 pounds per week lost -- 70% keep it off • Easy to use and healthy • No specific meal plan -- uses lowfat foods • Offers tips on cravings, fitting in exercise and use of 7 condiments that add flavor, not fat
WEIGHT WATCHERS • Group support program • 1200 to 1500 calories daily • 1-2 pounds per week -- 70% keep it off • Easy to use and healthy -- Duchess of York promotes • Can become expensive -- membership fees, sign-up fees, boxed foods • Program uses point system -- foods are worth so many points/ exercise earn points to “spend” • Detail oriented, but provides social interaction
JENNY CRAIG • Counselor support program -- required eating plan • 1,000 to 2,300 calories daily • 1 to 2 pounds a week -- 70% keep it off • Healthy but more difficult program to use • Must purchase “Jenny’s” foods and supplement with your own F,V and Dairy • Start with boxed foods, then switch to exchange plans • Teaches portion sizes
CHOOSE TO LOSE • Focuses on cutting fat -- basically use of fat budgeting theory • 1,000 to 2,200 calories daily • Use of a variety of low-fat foods • 1-2 pounds per week lost • Healthy but difficult to monitor all those numbers
ORIGIN DIET • Claims that women should eat like their pre-historic ancestors • 1/3 protein and 2/3 plants and grains • Basically healthy diet with a little cave painting as garnish • Encourages exercise
DR. SHAPIRO’S PICTURE PERFECT WEIGHT LOSS • Visual guide to how many calories different foods contain • No set amount of calories daily • Variable weight loss due to above -- less than 50% keep it off • Fairly healthy and easy • Structured, but visual -- use book of comparison pictures -- not planning • Really helps with portion control
EAT MORE, WEIGH LESS (Ornish Diet) • Extremely low fat vegetariandiet • 1250 calories • 1-2 pounds lost weekly -- less than 50% keep it off • Borders on not healthy and not easy to use • Uses fiber rich carbs, F, V, and nonfat dairy -- low in calcium • Very hard to stay with this plan long
THE ZONE • Must follow correct ratio of carbs to protein to fat (40:30:30) • Supposedly keeps insulin levels “in zone” • Low fat protein, F,V, only olive or canola oil • Low in grains and calcium • 1,000 calories daily -- only 30% keep it off
THE PRITIKIN PRINCIPLE • Cutting calories density • 1,500 to 2,200 calories daily • 30% keep it off • F, V, pasta, oatmeal, soups, salads, low-fat dairy -- limited lowfat poultry and meat and dry foods • Low in calcium
EAT RIGHT FOR YOUR TYPE • Eat certain foods based on your blood type • 1,150 to 1250 calories daily • 2-3 pounds per week -- less than 10% keep it off • Not too healthy, difficult to use • Difficult to live with others and stay on this plan
THE BURN RATE DIET • First cyberdiet -- must log onto book’s no-fee website to figure out what they should eat to maximize their “burn rate” (BMR) • Ignores overeating and lack of exercise • Very difficult rules to live by
Sugar Busters! • Low carb, high protein diet that bans sugar and starch, including most veggies • 1300 calories daily, with 1 pound loss weekly • No one has kept weight off • Not healthy but not to difficult to use • Trading sugar for fat is not smart
SUZANNE SOMERS’ GET SKINNY ON FABULOUS FOOD • High protein plan that eliminates starches and has elaborate food rules • 1,700 calories daily • 203 pounds per week • less than 20% keep it off, not healthy and can be difficult • Weird rules (eat fruit separately to avoid spoiling in gut)
PROTEIN POWER • Low carb, high protein • 1,100 calories daily • up to 10 pounds a week -- mostly water • Few keep it off, not healthy, difficult • Fancy formulas to calculate protein needs • Only allows 30 to 50 grams of carbs (2 apples)
THE CARBOHYRDRATE ADDICT’S DIET • Very low carb, high protein plan • 1400 to 2000 calories • 1 to 2 pounds lost weekly • Few keep it off, very unhealthy, but easy to use • Leads to bingeing
ENTER THE ZONE • Low carb, high protein plan consisting of specific amount of protein, fat and carbs to prevent the “zone” • 800 to 1200 calories daily • up to 10 pounds lost per week • Few keep it off, very unhealthy and moderately difficult • No such zone exists
DR. ATKIN’S NEW DIET REVOLUTION • Low carb, high protein, high fat diet • 1400 to 2000 calories daily • Up to 10 pounds lost weekly, mostly water • Few keep it off, very unhealthy and very difficult to use • Puts you in danger of ketosis -- bad breath and constipation • Low in calcium and fiber