Top 10 Diets
Little Known Facts About the Top 10
Diets That Will Make You Go Hmmmm
Weight loss is so emotionally charged, isn’t it? I mean who does not get upset when someone suggests, “Hey, it looks like you have gained some weight.”
Which is why if you ask any diet warrior to list his or her top 10 diets you’ll get a variety of responses.
Naturally there will be some overlap on the lists.
How could there not be?
For sure you’d expect to see the likes of Atkins or South Beach diets, right?
Plus some, well, pretty obscure ones will show up too.
The funny thing is they all claim to work. Which may still leave you wondering just what is the best diet plan for me?
I think we could also agree that the best diet plan is the one that produces results, right?
But here again it would be hard to nail down hard and fast answers. Much less your best option. Because were you to prod anyone who’s ever been on a diet, most would probably confess that all of the diets they’ve tried worked. For a week. A month even. Maybe some worked for as long as a year. Just not forever.
Then too diets can be as trendy as designer handbags or this year’s most popular baby names. Which can be another problem for those looking to permanently lose weight.
Well the good news is you’ll find lots of easy-to-follow information about many of the top 10 diets on this site. Plus tips on how to lose weight once and for all. Which is what we all want, right?
Geez, What Is The Best Diet Plan?
Let’s briefly talk about a few of them.
For instance if you love sausage and bacon you’ll love the Atkins diet. It’s one that encourages you to focus on meats rather than carbs - without regard to fat content. Especially early on. Which some say helps you melt away the inches.
Then I’m sure you can understand the allure of the so called Negative Calorie diet. Because the claim to fame with this one is simple - the more you eat the more you lose! And who wouldn’t love a diet like that? (Just don’t expect to find anything like Haagen-Dazs ice cream on the list of foods that are claimed work this way.)
The cabbage soup diet works best for those who wake up each morning with an all consuming craving for cabbage. And who doesn’t?
A second benefit is that like other diets that focus on one thing (grapefruit, cookies, or lemonade) it’s simple to follow.
Plus the cabbage soup diet is great for those in a hurry to lose a few pounds. That’s because when you’re chowing down on lots of low calorie cabbage you’re severely restricting your calorie intake.
Of course some feel the new kid on the block can tip the scales your way. That would be the Volumetrics diet which could be called “Filling Up More With Less“.
Now were you to get on THAT dieting bandwagon you’d find yourself filling up on high fiber but low calorie delights. Which is another way of saying eating tons of fruits and veggies. All you could stomach actually. Which tend to leave your feeling full - but not deprived.
Let’s not forget the South Beach diet mentioned earlier. It takes a more balanced approach. Rather than low carb you might think of this one as sloooow carb. If you’re familiar with the term Glycemic Index then you’ve probably tried this one already.
The Zone diet is good for those who are handy with a calculator. You see there’s a formula to follow that comes down to eating 40% low fat proteins, 30% fiber rich carbs and 30% fat. So balance is the thing here.
Finally some feel Mediterranean eating is a delicious AND healthy way to go.
Where Do They Get These Names, Anyway?
If one could sum up diets, desire and losing weight (with tongue firmly planted in cheek) here is what you might say…
• We’ve got diets named for doctors - Atkins.
• One named for where the doctor practiced - South beach.
• Diet systems named for the clinic that developed them - Mayo.
• Plans named for foods, cabbage soup or grapefruit diet.
• Or regions like the Mediterranean.
• Others still go by for the region of the body targeted such as the flat belly diet.
• Or they’re simply made up names like Volumetrics.
But it’s important to remember that any fad diet is more or less a temporary fix.
That’s right. If you need to lose weight you’re got a problem that calls for a life long solution. And the only life long system I know of involves eating healthy and developing consistent exercise habits.
Sure these diets can put you on the right track. And some do claim to offer a long term solution. Still the best kept secret about diets is simple. You need to know what is what so you can pick the best dieting alternative that is closest to a life style change you can live with.
