The Diet List
By Martie de Castro, Kaye Santander & Joyce Villaflor
STC Mass Comm Interns
WEIGHT loss is such a huge issue for most people, whether for health reasons or to simply just get that figure they’ve been dreaming of. If you’re planning to go on a life-changing diet, it is best to consult with a practicing nutritiounist-dietician in Cebu. In the meantime, you might want to check out some diet trends from all over the globe to give you an idea what diet program might suit you, your tastes and your lifestyle.
The Zone Diet
A zone diet is a kind of diet that involves balancing fats, carbs, and protein eaten. It does not promise immediate weight loss. Weight loss is usually plain fat, not muscle nor water. On a zone diet, one eats three meals and two snacks a day each with a mix of low fat protein like skinless chicken and a small amount of good fat like olive oil and almonds. No food is completely banned in this kind of diet except the fact that it may seem challenging to carb-lovers since starches as used as condiments rather than side dishes.
South beach diet
South beach diet aims to promote a healthy lifestyle through weight loss. It teaches you about different kinds of dietary fats and discourages you from eating food that has “bad” carbohydrates. Its main focus is about healthy eating, whether one wants to lose weight or not. Sometimes called as low modified carbohydrate diet, south beach diet decrease carbohydrates intake and is higher in protein and healthy fats.
The Low Carb Diet
This kind of diet restricts carbohydrates such as those found in sugary foods like pasta and bread. It is high in protein, fat, and healthy vegetables. In this kind of diet, meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruits, and nuts are usually recommended. This kind of diet should avoid sugar, wheat, seed oils and highlt processed foods.
Gluten-free diet
This type of diet excludes gluten in their food intake, which is a kind of protein found in any grains such as wheat and barley. It is also a cure for those who are suffering non-celiac gluten sensitivity. People who are using this kind of diet only eat fruits and vegetables, fresh meat, fish and poultry, beans, and dairy products.
Atkins Diet
Atkins diet is one of the most famous diets on the market. It is a low-carbohydrate diet that claims eating as much protein and fat as you want can make you lose weight. This goes for all the meat lovers out there who want to indulge in eating bacon and eggs for breakfast, buttered pork chop for lunch, and steak for dinner. And don’t worry, despite being high in fat, it does not raise your LDL( low density lipoprotein ) or the “bad” cholesterol. Some of the high profile celebrities on the Atkins diet are Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Aniston, and Demi Moore.
DASH Diet
DASH diet or Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension helps treat hypertensive individuals and prevent high blood pressure. This diet works by reducing sodium or salt intake in your diet, and by eating a variety of potassium, calcium, and magnesium rich foods such as yoghurt, nuts, legumes, avocados and oranges, seafoods and salmon. This diet also recommends doing at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise each day to help lower your risk of cancer and heart disease,s but if you’re trying to lose weight do at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercises.
Keto Diet
A keto diet is well known for being a low carb diet, where the body produces ketones in the liver to be used as energy. By lowering the intake of carbs, the body falls into a state known as ketosis, a natural process the body initiates to help us survive when food intake is low. The main goal of this diet is to force your body into this metabolic state. This is possible through a starvation of carbohydrates. One needs to cut down on rice consumption (which means going for “unli rice” is a no-no).
Paleo Diet
Paleo Diet is also known as caveman diet or stone age diet because it is based on how early humans eat through gathering and hunting of fresh meat, fish, fruits, and vegetables. It’s basically a high-protein, high-fiber eating plan that promises you can lose weight without cutting calories. Eliminating all grains, dairy, processed foods, sugar, and more will most likely lead to weight loss, but it may be a tough plan to follow long-term due to the dietary limitations and restrictions. Some of the Hollywood celebrities on paleo diet are Miley Cyrus, Jessica Biel, and Megan Fox.
