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How To Pick The Best Weight Loss Plan For You:
Part 1 of a 5 Part Series:
No medical condition generates as many remedies as how to lose weight. It's a subject that everyone seems to have an answer, almost all of which have the same results-success for a few months, then failure. A year after starting the dieter is right back where he started. Over the last year the results of 3 major weight loss studies were released. They show the same results:
- You can lose weight on any diet plan with reduced food. There is nothing magical about low carb, high protein or low fat, in fact they are all the same.
- If you try to follow a diet based on food you do not like or are familiar with, such as a low-fat, high-protein or low carb plan, after 6 months you will go back to what you like to eat. So stopping wasting time trying to eat foods you don't like.
- You don't have to be skinny to be healthy. If you lose 10% of your body weight, your cholesterol and blood pressure will fall.
In this 1st of a six part series, the ground breaking results from these most recent medical studies are presented. You will see how the 100 Calorie Secret answers the issues raised in these three landmark studies: a simple way to limit the excess calories without having to eat foods that's not a part of your lifestyle or eliminate one food group from another.
The second published on February 26, 2009 again in the New England Journal of Medicine from Harvard Medical School and the Pennington Biomedical Research Center of the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and the
third, from:
The third study is from Tufts University and the Jean Mayer Institute published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2005
All Diet Plans Produce the Same Results:
Changing the amount of protein, fats, carbs or counting calories result in almost identical weight loss at the end of one year and especially two years. If all different kinds of diets yield the same results, why are we spending so much money and effort restricting one food group or giving up foods we really like?
Sucessful Dieters follow their own plan:
These ground breaking studies show the same results: successful dieters are those that tailor the plan to fit their personal food and culture preferences rather attempting to follow the newest diet trend. The proof is in, no one can follow a truly low carb diet for more than a few weeks. In the end, feelings of deprivation only lead to failure and a return to the old eating habits.
New Diet Plans for 2009:
Lets look at all of the current diet plans and see why they all have failed and how the 100 Calorie Diet Secret Plan differs from all of the rest:
A few diet plans are new for 2009, like the100 Calorie Diet Secret. Most of the others are based on low carbs, low fat, and low calories or counting on thing or another. They are simply updated old plans that offer nothing new. They did not work in the past and they will be worse for dieters due to the increased stress during 2009.
Some are impractical; a few are so complicated that no one can do them for more than a day. Many are too expensive or require eating exotic foods that the dieter does not really like, only a few offer you foods you like and almost none are really personal.
What should you look for in a diet plan?
Who is the author: MD/PhD, dietitian, trainer, celebrity, commercial plan
What is the concept? is it a fad diet, low calorie, low fat, low carb, portion control, strenuous exercise, is it persona?.
What is the proof that it will work? How complicated is it? Shopping, special foods, recipes, counting phases, multiple meals, prepared meals, shakes.
Do you like the foods it offers?
Will you be able to sustain it until you have lost all the weight?
Does it offer permanent changes for you?
Ask yourself: “Will I be able to do it forever?” - It's that simple
Here is a comparison of diets for 2009, arranged by the type of author:
MD, PhD= doctor or physician, D=dietitian, P= personal trainer,
NOTHING NEW IN THESE OLD DIET PLANS:
Flat Belly Diet: D-winner of the worst diet for 2009
Pros: Not much, unless you like Sassy Water
Cons: impractical, meat 1 a month, begins with 4 day anti-bloat, jump start period where one drinks 2 liters of” sassy water” no proof it will reduce belly over any other calorie restricted diet
The One Calorie Secret: MD
Pros: a new concept: focus on the few consistent mistakes causing the weight gain and then making few better choices. Presents the food choices in pocket menus. Relies on foods that surround you all day.The simpler the better, o recipes, no shopping, No counting, no eliminating any food for another extremely personal, and maintainable
Cons: sounds too simple and hard to believe
Volumetrics: PhD
Pros: good concept, Dr Rolls well known, energy dense plan, provides specific foods to produce fullness, a sensible diet
Cons: not sustainable for long periods, lot of recipes, no long term success, nothing new
Sonoma Diet: D
Pros: Not a proven concept, lots of pleasing foods focus on “healthy foods” Mediterranean diet need to like these types of foods
Cons: many recipes, preparations, focus on oils, whole grains, not very practical to do for permanent changes, foods can be expensive
The Dean Ornish, Eat More, Weigh Less: MD
Pros: proven effective, will reduce you cholesterol
Cons: for vegetarians, too much preparation boring, rarely offers permanent change because so highly restrictive
Biggest Loser: P
Pros: variety, natural foods,
Cons: passed on food pyramid, exercise Multiple daily meals are impractical not sustainable for long,
Fat Smash: P
Pros: it works, if you can keep on it
Cons: phases, no proof detoxification has value, 4-5 meals a day, preparation and shopping, too complicated for long not practical for most
Low Carb Diets
Atkins, South Beach, Zone D
Pros: Lots of experience, they work
Cons: Low carb with little variety, high drop out rate, unsustainable, South Beach relies on frozen meals, no exercise regimes
In the end, few of these diet plans offer a simple, inexpensive, permanent plan for weight loss. It's no wonder, all of the recent long term, well controlled studies reveal that there is little difference between plans and the dieter almost always reverts to his/ her former habits.
In part 2 of this series you will see in detail the results of the Israeli and Harvard studies and how the 100 Calorie Secret Diet Plan offers hope for success.
Review of the Ground Breaking Israeli and Harvard Diet Plans Studies |
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