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The Rock Has Added Some New Items To His Under Armour Collection – Men’s Journal

Posted: March 3, 2020 at 6:50 am

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Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, is one of the most iconic personalities in the world. Not just because hes filled to the brim with charm. But because he is a physical phenomenon. One look at the guy and your mind almost bends in half trying to imagine how a human body can get to that size.

So its no surprise that Dwayne Johnson has become not just one of the biggest actors in the world. But hes also something of a physical fitness guru. And it isnt just routines and diets that can help you out. Your wardrobe can also play a key role in your fitness.

How can your wardrobe affect your fitness? Simple. If you are uncomfortable when youre working out, you wont go as hard as you should. Even if its a subtle decrease in effort, it will affect your progress. You need to go hard at all times, and comfort will help you out.

For a few years now, Johnson has teamed up with Under Armour to deliver some of the best workout attire you can ask for in the Project Rock Collection. These are high-quality clothes that will keep you relaxed the entire time you work out. And they look so good, you can wear them out when youre hanging with friends.

A bunch of items have just been added to Project Rock. So much so, that we have gathered some of our favorites below to show you all that is awaiting when you head to the Under Armour store.

So check out our favorites in the new batch below.

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How to Lower Your Carbs on a Plant-Based Diet – The Beet

Posted: March 3, 2020 at 6:50 am

Is it possible to go low-carb a plant-based diet? Eating fewer carbs is indeed harder when you're plant-based since when you first give up animal products, there's a tendency to pile on processed foods and carbs, and fill up on pasta, rice, cereal and crackers or chips. People tend to go overboard on the carbs when they go vegetarian, plant-based, or even flexitarian, says Bonnie Taub-Dix, MA, RD, CDN, author of Read It Before You Eat It.Its easy to fill up on our favorite food group. Hereshow to avoid the carb trap, and stay fit, healthy and lean on a plant-based diet.

One of the reasons plant-based dieters are likely to overdo the carbs is that theyre really easy to make, find, and eat, says Taub-Dix. Especially for people who are on the go. Muffins, crackers, bread or rolls are the kind of the foods thatyou reach for, because they're so easy, portable, and their prep is basically nonexistent.

In some cases, the economic ease of eating carbs is a factor. A carb-heavy snack like pretzelsis less expensive thannuts, or another plant-based snack. Of course seeds and nuts or a piece of fruit (even though it has carbs is full of fiber) would be a better choice.

One of the main reasons we all love carbs is that they are the king of comfort, says Taub-Dix. When you eat carbohydrates, especially carbohydrates that are pure, like a piece of whole-grain toast, the carbohydrates get absorbed and stimulate the release of the feel-good brain chemical serotonin, which provides comfort feelings. Thats why youre more likely to reach for a carb snack when youre feeling stressed, rather than carrots and hummus. Your body is wired to crave carbs for that serotonin release that will improve your mood.

When you first decide to reduce carbs from your plant-based diet, assess how many grams youre eating daily so you know how much you need to dial it back. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans say that 45 to 65 percent of your diet should be carbohydrates (about 225 to 325 grams per day). Thats if youre following a 2,000-calorie diet, which is often used as an example. If you're eating less than 2,000 calories, dial it down accordingly.

Not everyone needs a 2,000-calorie diet, says Taub-Dix. And for some people, 325 grams is a lot of carbs each day and not necessary. If youre trying to lose weight, experiment within the lower end of the range. Download an app that will help you track carb counts to find a range you feel satisfied with while creating balanced meals. We like MyFitnessPal, Carb Manager, Senza, and Macros to name a few.

Remember that carbs arent just grains, potatoes, pasta, and rice. Sources of naturally occurring carbs include fruits, vegetables, dairy, nuts, seeds, and legumes. Choose carbs that are high in fiber, unprocessed, and filling, like carrots, broccoli, artichokes, and beets.

The most important thing to calculate when choosing carbs are "net carbs" which are the carbs absorbed by the body. To calculate your net carbs, subtract the fiber in your food from your carbs. That is the number of carbs that your body uses as fuel, or if you don't use them (walking, running, commuting or just sitting at your desk) those carbs are the ones slated to be stored as fat.

To calculate net carbsin processed foods, subtract the fiber and a portion of the sugar alcohol on the label (which also does not get absorbed the same way as carbs) from the total carbohydrates listed. In general, most processed food is lower in fiber than natural whole foods, so if you're eating carbs, eat complex carbs in the form of grains, vegetables, and fruits.

Some plant-based meal delivery services allow you to choose meals that are lower in carbs, when you sign in and choose the menu choices, such asPurple Carrots Spaghetti Bolognese with zucchini noodles and ground beef crumbles, Macro-Mediterraneans Roasted Tomato and Black Walnut burgers on their weight loss program, or one of Thrive Foods Directs meals. Learn to cook this way as you go: Those zoodles have fewer net carbs than regular pasta because the fiber content in the zucchini counts in your favor.

Cutting down on your carbs without feeling like youre eliminating them altogether is the key to success. Just by slicing your current carbohydrate consumption in half and doubling up on vegetables, you'll add the necessary fiber to lower the carb impact on your body.

For breakfast, cook 1/3-cup of dry oats with low-carb fruits, like blueberries, to round out yourmeal and give you slow-burning energy to start your day.

Make your lunch sandwich open-faced and chooseabread that has at least 3 grams of fiber per slice.Portion out a -cup of brown rice at dinner since brown rice has more than four times the fiber of white rice.

Youre patting yourself on the back for following a plant-based diet, but if most of your veggie intake is potatoes, corn, and peas, you could be making smarter choices. Pile your plate with leafy greens, peppers, zucchini, asparagus, tomatoes, and green beans. Lose thestarchy vegetables (potatoes) and instead opt for cauliflower, broccoli and brussels sprouts. Choose avocadoes and berries as low-carb fruits instead of bananas which have 27 grams of carbs each.

In order for you to feel satisfied and full while reducing carbs, you may want to increase the amount of fat and plant protein youre eating. A study published in The Lancet found that study subjects who ate low carb diets and replaced their calories withcalories from animal-derived fat had a higher mortality rate. Those who replaced the calories with plant-based fats had a lower mortality rate.

To quote the study:

"Low carbohydrate dietary patterns favoring animal-derived protein and fat sources from sources such as lamb, beef, pork, and chicken, were associated with higher mortality, whereas those that favored plant-derived protein and fat intake, from sources such as vegetables, nuts, peanut butter, and whole-grain bread, were associated with lower mortality, suggesting that the source of food notably modifies the association between carbohydrate intake and mortality."

So the bottom line is: choose carbs that have high fiber content. And round out your dietwith low-carb sources like nuts, seeds, tofu, nut oils, nut butter, chia seeds, and hemp seeds.

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The evolution of football nutrition: from chocolate to ‘Kevin Carbonara’ – The Guardian

Posted: March 3, 2020 at 6:50 am

When Arsne Wenger arrived in England in 1996 he was alarmed at the diet or more accurately, lack of diet among his Arsenal players. Wenger banned chocolate immediately, causing senior members of the squad to bristle with resentment. He recalls the resistance en route to his first game: We were travelling to Blackburn and the players were at the back of the bus chanting: We want our Mars bars! Almost 25 years later, the landscape has changed dramatically in English football. Clubs now provide detailed nutritional advice to their players, with the richest clubs even employing full-time nutritionists.

Shortly after Jrgen Klopp moved to Liverpool in 2016, Mona Nemmer joined the club as head of nutrition from Bayern Munich, where she had worked with Pep Guardiola for three years. She quickly established individual dietary plans for every player in the first-team squad. Her sphere of influence does not stop at the clubs training ground, but extends to what players consume on the team bus, in the hotels they use for away games and even their homes. Some players like to cook for themselves, some like to take away a packed bag with food in, but here we like to react individually, she says. If the player wants a cooking lesson, or their wives or girlfriends do, we are free in the sense to help them with whatever they need. A Liverpool FC recipe book was even mooted but it has yet to see the light of day.

Some players go to the extent of hiring their own personal chefs. Harry Kane started working with his own chef a few years ago. It kind of clicked in my head that a football career is so short. It goes so quickly, you have to make every day count, he said in 2017. I have a chef at home to eat the right food, helping recovery. You cant train as hard as youd like when you have so many games, so you have to make the little gains elsewhere, like with food. Hes there every day, Monday to Saturday, and leaves it in the fridge for Sunday. I hardly ever see him because Im at training, but hell cook the food and leave it in the fridge. Weve got a good plan going.

Kevin de Bruyne, Ilkay Gndogan, Luke Shaw, Paul Pogba and Phil Jones are among the Manchester-based players who use the services of Jonny Marsh, a private chef who was trained by Raymond Blanc before working for billionaires and on private yachts. Marsh started working in football when Manchester City contacted him to ask whether he would make Christmas dinner for De Bruyne.

De Bruyne is particularly fond of carbonara, so Marsh spent a few months developing a recipe for the dish that tastes right but has none of the usual ingredients. The players love simple food. Kevin De Bruynes favourite dish is the Kevin Carbonara - which is not bad for you at all, writes Marsh in his food column for the Mirror. The attention to detail that goes into something that looks so simple is huge. Making sure Im using natural anti-inflammatory and recovery agents from food on specific days enables players to recover quicker, making sure that players with certain deficiencies are able to eat normal food without having to ram certain foods down them. I make sure that snacks, desserts and breakfasts, fuel, recover and aid them in their days.

The way it works is, I ask what they want that week and then me and my chefs will start prep on a Monday and get everything ready for everyone. Then we deliver all over the country to players. Its mad though word gets out if someones playing well and suddenly everyone wants to eat what they had.

Marsh liaises closely with club nutritionists, such as Tom Parry at Manchester City, to ensure menus are specifically tailored towards the players requirements. Nutritional advice will differ depending on the players age, metabolism, position and even taste, says Dr Mayur Ranchordas, a nutrition consultant who currently works with Wolverhampton Wanderers. We are dealing with a variety of different cultures and different tastes. So we create diverse menus suitable for a Mediterranean diet, as well as English or South American ones. You have to make allowances for that. Wolves employ several chefs to cater for the individual tastes in their squad.

Ranchordas has worked in football for decades and has noticed how attitudes have changed over time. Nutritional support was brought in as and when it was needed, rather than being a service that is required on a day-to-day basis, Ranchordas says. Nuno [Espirito Santo] is very open to anything we can do to help players from both a performance and recovery perspective. It has become more holistic. Ten years ago players would pay attention to what you were saying, but they werent that fussed about applying the info. Whereas now players are so much more receptive and open-minded as they realise what impact good nutrition can have on their performance, recovery and injury prevention and will act upon it accordingly.

The technology available to nutritionists has also improved, with everything from heart rate and body fat percentages checked and monitored at all times. I have continuous feedback and data, Ranchordas says. For example, when we do the bloods, we know if players are deficient in certain nutrients. So, some players might need vitamin D or Omega 3, or they might be lacking iron, so you can target the nutrition intervention through adapting their diet and providing supplements.

What players eat also depends on their position on the pitch. The players who cover a lot of distance such as full-backs or box-to-box midfielders expend more energy than centre-backs or goalkeepers so will need a lot more calories. Chris Rosimus, who has worked with Leicester City as well as the England cricket teams, says: For a footballer theres a huge emphasis on ensuring that the body is loaded with fuel before a match, mainly through carbohydrates so that they can perform and delay fatigue over those 90 minutes, Rosimus says. Whereas cricketers can be in the field for a long period of time for many days in hot conditions so its not highly anaerobic work. Although they might need comparable amounts of calories, the distribution of the carbohydrates, fats and proteins would be entirely different.

Most players will eat five times a day, Ranchordas says. Theyll have breakfast then train, followed by lunch, then after more training they will have a mid-afternoon snack followed by dinner and lastly a protein meal or shake with a bit of fruit before they go to bed. With nutrition what you eat before, during and after can have huge implications on how you perform and on how you feel.

If you think about how many meals a football player eats in a typical season, how many games they play, small changes in what and when they eat plus the quality of that food has massive implications on how they feel and how quickly they can recover so that is why nutrition is no longer overlooked or viewed just as a treatment but very much as a performance enhancer.

The days of the whole team eating the same meals together are long gone. When I first came into the industry there was pretty much a blanket approach, says Rosimus. But nowadays, although the food provision is roughly the same, how that is applied to individuals is very specific. So chicken and pasta will always be staples of a high-performance diet but how and when they are consumed is what makes it different.

Aside from providing guidance and healthy menus, nutritionists occasionally have to warn players off particular foods, as Ranchordas recalls. A few years ago a player came to me as he had been told by some of his fellow professionals that eating bulls testicles would increase his testosterone and he wanted to explore that. Thats probably the weirdest thing I have had to deal with during my time in the game. One imagines there were not too many protests when this particular foodstuff was taken off the menu.

Richard Fosters new book Premier League Nuggets is out now and you can follow him on Twitter.

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Eat what you want and get the body you love – Brinkwire

Posted: March 3, 2020 at 6:50 am

To most of us, bombarded by the diet and wellness culture, the idea that the healthiest way of eating is to follow your instincts and scoff exactly what you want, when you want it, sounds, frankly, too good to be true.

In an era of superfoods, carb restriction and endless finger-wagging over dairy, sugar and meat, ditching the forbidden list and instead embracing it all mashed potatoes, biscuits, pasta, bread, whatever you fancy feels positively sacrilegious. And mildly terrifying.

But thats the basis of Intuitive Eating, the craze hailed for its body-positive message, currently sweeping the smartest kitchens and most fashionable Instagram accounts from California to Chelsea.

Described last month by U.S. Vogue as a countermovement to the restrictive diets, fasting trends and other dubious self-improvement strategies so many of us are committed to, Intuitive Eating has exploded in popularity over the past 12 months. London even has its own Centre for Intuitive Eating to train nutritionists and clients.

In fact, its not a new movement. This year, it celebrates its 25th birthday. The term was first coined in the book Intuitive Eating, A Revolutionary Program That Works, by dietitian Evelyn Tribole, now 60, and nutritional therapist Elyse Resch, 74, who describes her Beverly Hills practice as overrun with new patients.

A new edition of the book is being published in June to coincide with the wave of fresh interest.

But why the revival now? Both women cite a backlash against the idea of the perfect female body.

I think the #MeToo movement has had a huge impact, says Elyse. Women are tired of being told their value is based on their size or shape, and theyre tired of not enjoying their food.

One of the greatest pleasures in life is to feel satisfied after eating something wonderful. If youre constantly worried about your health or your body, you just cant experience that.

A former teacher, Elyse struggled with endless dieting and binge-eating in her 20s and 30s it was probably a fully-fledged eating disorder before retraining as a nutritionist and learning to love food.

Meanwhile, Evelyn was a distance runner, on the fringes of the U.S. Olympic team in the mid-1980s when women were first allowed to run the marathon. I was never a chronic dieter, she says. I hung out with the boys.

But her mother was a diet obsessive. When she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at the age of 64, I remember her telling me how much she regretted wasting all those years dieting, worried about her size, says Evelyn.

Their favourite foods now are chocolate (Evelyn) and pasta (Elyse), but because they are in tune with their hunger the cornerstone of Intuitive Eating theyre very much a normal weight, or the weight theyre genetically disposed to be, as they describe it.

Since the original book was published, 125 studies have been done on our methods, and they all conclude its really something that works, says Evelyn.

Now we have this social upheaval among women who want to eat for energy and health. Its an incredibly exciting moment.

Here, Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch reveal the secrets to Intuitive Eating in an extract from their life-changing book

In a world of ever-multiplying and often contradictory dietary rules, Intuitive Eating seems like such a radical message. Ditching those rules can feel scary. Most of the clients we see at our nutritional practices are weary of endless dieting and yet terrified of eating the wrong thing.

But Intuitive Eating changes that mindset completely.

All those fad diets lead only to weight stigma, deprivation, rebellion and rebound weight gain.

When you eat according to your inner hunger and satiety signals and make peace with food, you let go of guilt. You eat in a way that ceases to be a struggle and boosts the health of mind and body. Intuitive Eating teaches you how to trust yourself again.

Yes, you can eat anything! When you allow yourself to eat all foods, a choice for chocolate becomes emotionally equal to a choice for a peach. It means your food choices do not reflect your character or morality. Intuitive Eating will not only change your relationship with food; it may change your life.

We do, of course, understand that initial sense of fear. Often it comes from an overpowering anxiety that, if youre allowed to eat anything, you wont stop eating a favourite forbidden food. Perhaps you are afraid that if chips and chocolate arent on the bad-for-you list, youll eat them all day long.

But, trust us, when you know that previously forbidden foods are unconditionally allowed, the urgency to have large quantities of them eventually dissipates. At first people often eat larger amounts of foods theyve previously restricted and they may eat them more often, but that phase doesnt last long.

Ironically, once you truly know you can eat whatever you want, the intensity to eat greatly diminishes.

Intuitive Eating means ditching the tyranny of the diet. Forget about will-power or obedience or rules! Ditch the scales, too. When you march in tune to your body, youll be relying on your internal signals rather than on external factors and authority figures, whom youre bound to defy.

Were nutritionists, but in the beginning we dont focus on nutrition, because it interferes with the process of learning how to become an Intuitive Eater. Or re-learning it the majority of us are born with an instinctive connection to the sense of hunger and fullness; we just lose it as a result of our endless obsession with diet and food.

Is this nutrition heresy? No. In case after case, once clients have made their peace with food, we find they end up balancing their intake to include mostly nutritious foods.

The last thing we want is for nutrition to become another mechanism to make you feel bad about the way you eat; instead, once you embrace Intuitive Eating, it becomes a path to feeling as physically good as you can.

Many people use BMI (Body Mass Index) to determine weight categories, but that is a profoundly flawed metric, not least because muscle weighs more than fat.

Instead we use the concept of genetically-determined weight. This is the weight your body will maintain with normal/intuitive eating and normal exercise.

The problem with most of the people we see is that their eating relationship is not normal, due to years of dieting. But remember this is not a diet. Start by taking the quiz, above, to see what areas you need to work on first.

Throw out the diet books that offer you the false hope of losing weight quickly, easily and permanently. If you allow even one small hope to linger that a new and better diet might be lurking around the corner, it will prevent you from being free to discover Intuitive Eating.

Keep your body fed with adequate energy and carbohydrates. Otherwise you can trigger a primal drive to overeat. (Once you reach the moment of excessive hunger, all intentions of moderate, conscious eating fly out the window.) Learning to follow this rst biological signal sets the stage for rebuilding trust in yourself and in food.

Give yourself unconditional permission to eat. If you tell yourself that you cant or shouldnt have a particular food, it can lead to intense feelings of deprivation that lead to bingeing.

Scream a loud no to thoughts that declare youre good for eating minimal calories or bad because you ate a piece of chocolate cake. Chasing the Food Police away is a critical step.

In our compulsion to comply with diet culture, we often overlook one of the most basic gifts of existence: the pleasure and satisfaction that can be found in the eating experience. When you eat what you really want, in an environment that is inviting, the pleasure you derive will be a powerful force in helping you feel satised and content.

Listen for the body signals that tell you youre no longer hungry. Observe the signs that show youre comfortably full. Pause in the middle of eating and ask yourself how the food tastes, and what your current hunger level is.

Anxiety, loneliness, boredom and anger are emotions we all experience. Each has its own trigger and each has its own appeasement. Food wont x any of these feelings. It may comfort in the short term. But food wont solve the problem.

Accept your genetic blueprint. Just as a person with a size 8 shoe would not expect to squeeze into a size 6, it is equally futile (and uncomfortable) to have a similar expectation about body size. Respect your body, so you can feel better about who you are.

Forget militant exercise. Just get active and feel the difference. Shift your focus to how it feels to move your body, rather than the calorie-burning effect of exercise. One of the reasons women dont enjoy exercise is that theyre often doing it while underfeeding their body as part of a diet.

Make food choices that work for your health and tastebuds while making you feel good. Remember, you dont have to eat perfectly to be healthy. You wont suddenly get a nutrient deciency from one snack, or one meal. Its what you eat consistently over time that matters. Progress, not perfection, is what counts.

adapted by Alison Roberts from Intuitive Eating, by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch (St Martins Griffin, 12.99) Evelyn Resch & Elyse Resch 2012. To order a copy for 10.40, visit http://www.mailshop.co.uk or call 01603 648155. Offer valid until April 30, 2020. P&P free. A new, updated edition will be published in June.

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Former Bachelor Sam Wood on exercising as a parent, fad diets and his second TV stint – The West Australian

Posted: March 3, 2020 at 6:50 am

As a fitness trainer Sam Wood is no stranger to a pep talk, but before his first foray into television as the 2015 Australian Bachelor it was his dad dishing out the inspirational speech.

The advice that my dad gave me before going on that show was to be yourself and Im sure everything will pan out fine and he was quite right, that was the best thing Ive ever done, Wood says.

And as he returns to Australian television, Wood says he is calming any nerves with the same wise words.

The best parallel to draw between the two experiences is about being yourself, Ive been in fitness for 20 years now so Im confident at being in front of the camera talking about stuff I talk about every day, he says.

As you may have guessed, Wood is not trying his luck at round two on a reality TV show. He had his fairytale ending with Snezana Wood (then Markoski) on The Bachelor; the couple have since married and share a jam-packed life with their two daughters, Willow and Charlie, as well as Eve, from Snezanas previous relationship.

Instead Wood will be gracing our screens on Better Homes and Gardens as the long-running lifestyle series new fitness expert.

It is one of those iconic shows that was always playing in the lounge room on a Friday night, he says. Willow, being 21/2, is very excited but she doesnt quite grasp how I can be in two places at one time.

There will be no get-fit quick plans or fad diets being spruiked by Wood. The trainer says his goal is to break down the facts and myths about health in an uncomplicated and simple way.

The world of fitness and nutrition in particular can be a bit of a minefield and people dont know what to believe, there is so much information out there, he says.

I want to bring it to people in laymans terms so that they can understand and I guess most importantly at the end of the show have three to five things they can take away and begin implementing into their life straight away.

Over the past 20 years Wood who also runs online fitness and nutrition program 28 By Sam Wood says he has seen clients dabble in every diet out there, which typically ends in disappointment.

Im a big advocate for avoiding these extreme, unsustainable diets or fads, even intense workout regimes. Yes, it is fantastic and youll probably get into shape but youll also be so sore after your first workout that you wont want to do it again, he laughs.

You need to be realistic to what you enjoy, what fits in with your life situation whether it be kids or work or time restrictions and find something that works for you, because going hell for leather for four, five or seven days then doing nothing for the next 51 weeks is the worst thing you can do.

He says with a growing family he has readjusted what is realistic for his own fitness routine, which often includes getting active with the whole brood.

We try and do as much as we can as a family whether its having Willow on her scooter while were walking around the park then the rest is incidental activity chasing them around the house, he says. I cant believe how non-stop that is.

I do home workouts that are half an hour ... or Ill go for a quick run with the dog or duck to the gym twice a week but the days of heading to gym for a 60-minute gym session six days a week, I dont really do that anymore. And to be honest its fine, it is quality not quantity.

I couldnt speak more highly of it Im sleep deprived and exhausted and cant wipe the smile off my face.

I think it is really important that people dont look too far ahead with their goal setting. To say this is where Ill be by Christmas is good but it is a long, long way away and there is a lot of water under the bridge between now and then. It is difficult to maintain goals over such a long period of time, I work to a four or eight week block at a time.

My concern now is not about being in the best shape of my life, it is about being healthy, feeling strong, being a good role model to my kids from a health perspective, and having the energy to be able to keep up with them. It is very different to the goals I had when I was in my early 20s, it is much more now about perspective, lifestyle and family.

Snez is the best mum, the girls are so cute and change literally by the day ... I love coming home at the end of each day and spending all weekend with them, and taking as much time off work as I can.

We tend to be pretty hard on ourselves if we stuff up and put too much pressure on ourselves because we feel these programs or expectations that we put on ourselves are all or nothing, and they dont have to be. The key is to not dwell on the past, just reset.

I think it is so important to have good communication with your partner to work out how you can support each other.

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The definitive guide to women’s nutrition | Health – Gulf News

Posted: March 3, 2020 at 6:50 am

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Should women be eating differently from men? How do the ideal diets for men and women compare? The answer is, to use the very common phase, same-same but different. The nutritional requirements for men and women are very similar, but there are significant differences in dietary details that women need to pay attention to, experts say.

Men and women are 98.5 per cent identical in their DNA, and their nutritional needs are more similar than different. Thats true for carbohydrates and proteins but not for fats, vitamins and minerals, says Dr Wafaa Ayesh, Director, Clinical Nutrition at Dubai Health Authority.

It comes down to biology, explains UK-qualified nutritionist, wellbeing expert and author Laura Holland. Women have monthly menstrual cycles and go through pregnancy, breastfeeding and menopause. For these reasons their requirements for minerals and vitamins are higher than for men, she says.

Iron and calcium are crucial for womens health, she suggests that women at any stage of their lives will benefit from the improved hormonal balance and better energy levels that come with iron- and calcium-rich foods such as seaweeds, leafy greens, nuts, seeds, avocados and dried fruits. We dont need more endless lists of what we should be eating, rather better guidance in becoming more aware of our bodys signals of imbalance and how to address this relative to our unique biology and biography!

- Dr Wafaa Ayesh, Director, Clinical Nutrition, DHA

Its important that women focus on themselves, Holland adds. Women are carers, usually of everyone else before themselves, this is the real challenge that we need to address to really help women to feel good whilst accomplishing all the amazing things that are being witnessed today. Their success should not be at the cost of their health and wellbeing, nutrition is a wonderful way to begin re-prioritising.

An age -related approach

With that in mind, Better Health asked the nutritionists to recommend the correct nutrition approaches for adult women across different age groups, from young adults to women in their golden years. Heres what they had to say:

Young adults

Women aged 19-30 need about 1,800 to 2,200 calories a day with 3 hours of physical activity per week, says Alaa Takidin, Clinical Dietitian, Canadian Specialist Hospital. She recommends a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins and low-fat dairy, nuts and seeds. Young adults should focus on important vitamins and minerals such as calcium, iron and vitamins A, C, D and B complex. This is when you need to make sure youre drinking enough water and taking in enough sodium and fibre.

Consider eating more sweet potatoes, whole grains, oats, quinoa, beans and lentils, rather than sugary white bread and pasta, adds Holland. [Look for] complex carbohydrates to feed the brain for studying and to encourage sustainable energy and balanced blood sugar, which will help the mood too!

Child-bearing years

While its hard to delineate the best age to become a mother, women who are readying for motherhood, pregnant or breastfeeding, require a varied and balanced diet. A varied and balanced diet from the preconception period is essential for maternal well-being and favourable outcomes of pregnancy, Dr Wafaa says, adding that women in even the most industrialised societies have unsatisfactory diets in pregnancy and lactation.

Ensure youre getting enough Omega-3 fatty acid, iron, iodine, calcium, folic acid and Vitamin D. That means adding oily fish such as sardines or salmon, meat, beans, leafy vegetables, citrus fruits and dairy products to your plate, as well as making sure you get enough sunlight. At this stage, think about your body mass index, she adds. Very high or low BMI over 35 or under 20, respectively is associated with difficulties in conceiving, complications during pregnancy, labour and delivery, and increased risk to the baby. Any disordered eating present must be addressed before weight gain or loss is encouraged.

Besides the recommendations for young adults, Takidin adds a few recommendations: Stay hydrated, dont skip meals especially breakfast, ensure regular physical activity, eat in moderation, and snack on healthy foods.

Pre-menopause

A woman in her 40s generally begins to think more carefully about her health. At such a time, women need 1,800 to 2,000 calories a day with three hours of physical activity per week, Takidin says. She recommends eating a diet high in whole foods and fibre, with plenty of fruit, vegetables, whole grains, high-quality protein and dairy products, as well as foods rich in phytoestrogen (plant-based compounds that mimic the effect of estrogen in the body), and calcium to support bone health.

Think flaxseeds, chia seeds, organic tempeh, organic soya milk, broccoli, seeds, oily fish, almonds, organic live yoghurt, explains Holland. This is also when you need to think about limiting saturated fats, highly refined carbs, sugar and caffeine, Dr Wafaa says. And quit smoking if you smoke cigarettes, she adds.

Menopause

The transition into your post-reproductive years occurs on average between the ages of 45 and 55, but theres no fixed age range. The hormonal changes that your body faces at this point may force you to think about keeping the weight off while getting more exercise. With menopause come metabolic changes, reduced bone density and an increased risk of heart disease, Dr Wafaa says. Many women also face unpleasant symptoms, such as hot flashes and poor sleep. She recommends turning your attention to whole foods such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, high-quality protein and dairy products, and says phytoestrogens and healthy fats, such as omega-3 fatty acids from fish, may also help.

You should be thinking about nutrient-rich foods that are low in calories to stay within your 1800-2,000 calorie daily limit. A varied, whole-food diet that you enjoy and find easy for you to digest, making sure to minimise sugar and anything that you know doesnt work for your body, Holland says. Think of a good selection of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, seeds, lentils, beans and whatever protein sources feel good for your body.

Post-menopause

By now somewhere in your 50s on average youll have begun to eat much more in line with your bodys needs, and its important to stay with a low-sugar diet thats rich in calcium, vitamin D, fibre, phytoestrogens and omega-3 fatty acids, Takidin says. She suggests aiming for 1,600 to 2,000 calories per day, depending on how active you are.

Other lifestyle factors become important at this point in your life, Dr Wafaa says, adding that theres always room to improve your health habits. This may mean being extra diligent about following a healthy diet and getting more physical activity. You may need to focus on weight loss but avoid fad diets and while any movement is better than none, energetic workouts can help keep your weight in check. Poor sleep quality may be an issue, and this can compound problems with weight gain so practice good sleep habits, she says. Thats advice that should stand you in good stead throughout your life.

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Id love to see a worldwide shift to providing access to fruits and vegetables for absolutely everyone. I know that there are many people who would love to eat a healthier diet and the foods they need are out of reach. No one who is barely getting by is going to spend $5 on a salad when theres a $1 burger at the local fast food place, so I want to support those who dont have the resources to get what they need to support their health.

As a part of my series about 5 Lifestyle Tweaks That Will Dramatically Improve Ones Wellbeing, I had the pleasure of interviewing Kate Swoboda. Kate is creator of YourCourageousLife.com, Director of the Courageous Living Coach Certification at TeamCLCC.com and author ofThe Courage Habit: How to Accept Your Fears, Release the Past, and Live Your Courageous Life. She helps individuals, teams, and companies see where old, fear-based habits have kept people stuck or started to limit whats possible for an organization, and then start creating more courageous lives by getting into the courage habit, a four-part process for behavioral and organizational change. Kate has appeared in MindBodyGreen, Entrepreneur, USA Today, Forbes, Lifetime Moms, The Intelligent Optimist, Business Insider, and more, and her website Your Courageous Life was named a top-50 blog for happiness by Greatist. Shes spoken at conferences and seminars on the topic of courage as it relates to personal development, releasing overwhelm, business and marketing, money mindset, wellness, increasing emotional resilience, and healthy goal-setting using habit-formation techniques.

Thank you so much for doing this with us Kate! Our readers would love to get to know you a bit better. Can you share with us the story about how you first got involved in fitness and wellness?

Ihad always taken reasonable care of my health and had been a runner, but in 2012, I was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease and thats when I got really serious about looking at my health and how to improve it. I overhauled my diet and began training for triathlons. After a few years of triathlon training that included finishing two half-Ironman distance events, I found that it was taking a ton of my time, and while I loved the events themselves, the grind of training from week to week wasnt fun. I was curious about CrossFit and tried it outthat first week, I remember immediately being hooked. It was like finding my soulmateWhere have you been, my whole life? Now, CrossFit is my jam. Ive never had so much fun plus seen such great health results from any other physical activity.

Can you share the most interesting story that happened to you since you started your career?

I think the story I referencedthe autoimmune diagnosisis that story. Ill add to it that I had a period of feeling extremely depressed about the diagnosis and the symptoms that I was experiencing, and one day, I got really angry because I felt that what I was experiencing was unfair given that I had tried to take care of my health. Something in me felt backed into a corner, and I made a decision that day: this diagnosis would neither define me nor limit my life. I decided that no matter how hard it was, I was going to live a regular life. While this was not my intent behind the declaration, interestingly, my symptoms pretty much disappeared after that experience.

Can you share a story with us about the most humorous mistake you made when you were first starting? What lesson or take-away did you learn from that?

I was at a store struggling to get into a triathlon wetsuit for the first time. The phrase, stuffed sausage comes to mind. The person kept knocking on the door asking if I needed help because I was taking so long. I now realize that I just didnt understand the mechanics of how to put on a wetsuit, but at the time? At the time I thought, I am such an idiot. It was embarrassing.

Can you share with our readers a bit about why you are an authority in the fitness and wellness field? In your opinion, what is your unique contribution to the world of wellness?

Im interested in how people shift habits and stay authentic to their habits around wellness from a place of nurturing who they arenot subscribing to rigid dogma, particularly around weight loss. I want people to trust who they are, internally, and that means trusting that their bodies are okay and good as they are, even if their bodies are different or differently abled. I am a stand for people defining who they are and how they live, defying the odds, and creating their own particular authentic wellness.

None of us are able to achieve success without some help along the way. Is there a particular person who you are grateful towards who helped get you to where you are? Can you share a story about that?

In the fitness realm, Im extraordinarily grateful to Holly Wick, a world-ranked masters triathlete who also owns Athletic Soles in my hometown of Petaluma, California. Holly took time out of her day to help a newbie like me get up and going with triathlon training, and her passionate commitment to You can do this! championed me so many times when I was full of doubt. A bonus? She teaches spin at the local gym and her classes are not only challenging, theyre also a ton of fun.

Ok thank you for all that. Now lets move to the main focus of our interview. We all know that its important to eat more vegetables, eat less sugar, exercise more, and get better sleep etc. But while we know it intellectually, its often difficult to put it into practice and make it a part of our daily habits. In your opinion what are the 3 main blockages that prevent us from taking the information that we all know, and integrating it into our lives?

The three main things that block us from taking information that we know and putting it into action are:

Can you please share your 5 Non-Intuitive Lifestyle Tweaks That Will Dramatically Improve Ones Wellbeing? (Please share a story or an example for each, and feel free to share ideas for mental, emotional and physical health.)

Make a habit out of befriending your inner critic. Most people want to get rid of their criticbut thats actually impossible to do. Your critic is a wounded part of you that will do whatever it takes to prevent future wounding, which is why it criticizes you so harshly when you try new things or take risks. It just wants to prevent you from failing, being rejected, etc. The critic doesnt realize that these experiences are necessary parts of growth and change. The more you can do to befriend this internal voice, rather than avoid ithear it and understand itthe better. This doesnt mean you have to do what it says. Listening to why its so afraid will help you to make different choices around managing your fear.

Turn off all notifications on your phoneandnever have your phone in your bedroom. We know the research into how phones disrupt sleep, social media brings your mood down, etc., but people have trouble figuring out how to stop being so addicted to their phones. Its actually pretty easy if you disable the notifications and never have your phone in your bedroom (which means not staying up late surfing the internet).

Decide what your purpose is and live that. Purpose isnt a destination. Purpose is how you live, every day. People really need to understand that someday, we all diewe all die, we are done, we are gone, we are off the planet. Do you really want to spend the days leading up to that moment surfing the internet? Checking your phone notifications? Feeling the effects of poor health choices? Not feeling fully alive, connected, happy? I want us all to aspire to something more. Bringing presence to your purpose in this world is something anyone can do at any time. Make the choice to decide what your purpose is, and live that.

Understand habit-formation. When you understand how habits work, its easier to take charge of your life. Habits run on a cue, routine, reward loop. Its powerful to decide that when you feel the cue of fear, youll respond with a routine that is all about facing fear. Its powerful to decide that when youre stuck in a routine of negativity, that youll stop allowing negative cues into your life in the form of, for instance, spending time on social media when people are being negative. Understanding that habits are part of how we live life, and consciously choosing which habits we want to reinforce and those we want to shift, is powerful.

As an expert, this might be obvious to you, but I think it would be instructive to articulate this for the public. Aside from weight loss, what are 3 benefits of daily exercise? Can you explain?

Daily exercise is an investment in your long-term health. We dont get the benefits from doing it once. If you want to be as able as possible when youre older, daily exercise now is critical.

Daily exercise is a huge mood booster. I can be in a terrible mood, and after a short CrossFit workout, I feel completely different. I joke that its not possible to be in a bad mood when you feel like a badass!

Daily exercise helps with sleep. We all know that we feel crappy when we dont sleep well, and when things that typically help with sleep just dont seem to work? It might seem counterintuitive, but exercise is probably the missing link.

For someone who is looking to add exercise to their daily routine, which 3 exercises would you recommend that are absolutely critical?

Im big into functional fitnessthings that people may need to do in everyday life. Air squats, for instance, are an exercise that tie into a functional movement that people need to do daily, which is sit down or get up from a chair. Raising some kind of weight overhead, and the ability to bend over, are also important, so Id say some kind of overhead press or dumbbell press, and some kind of deadlifting or leaning over to pick something up, will be really helpful.

In my experience, many people begin an exercise regimen but stop because they get too sore afterwards. What ideas would you recommend to someone who plays sports or does heavy exercise to shorten the recovery time, and to prevent short term or long term injury?

Magnesium is really helpful for recovery. Theres a powdered brand called CALM that Ive used that has been helpful. Rolling out with a Grid foam roller is great for working out the kinks in hips and legs. One of the reasons I love the CrossFit model is that functional fitness doesnt get into repetitive movements that cause overuse injuries. Youre doing something different every single day, and most workouts are only around 20 minutes.

There are so many different diets today. Can you share what kind of diet you follow? Which diet do you recommend to most of your clients?

Its important for me to first say that I dont believe in dieting in the prototypical sense, and I definitely dont think that women should be trying to get into a thin body. I think that were all different, mostly due to different microbiome profiles, so it makes sense that we may need different things, and its not healthy for anyone to strive to change their body in order to be accepted by others. With that having been saidthere are certain things that we all need, and the diet misinformation out there is a real head-shaker. For example, yes, everyone needs protein, but that protein does not need to come from animals. In fact, for the health of our planet, I recommend that your protein doesnt come from animals because animal agriculture is a huge source of not just CO2, but also methane, which accelerates the impact of CO2 in our atmosphere.

Im a vegetarian. CrossFit promotes a pretty meat-heavy diet, which is the only aspect of the sport that I dont endorse. Ive made incredible gains while eating vegetarian and know that theyll keep on coming. I dont count calories or count macros or do any diet monitoring, and yet Ive had incredible results (which I define for myself personally as having visible muscles, which I love). I can eat a wide variety of foods and love the plant-based meat alternatives that have emerged, but mostly I focus on eating plants. Thats it. Super simple yet super effective, and also better for the planet. The bookEating Animalsby Jonathan Safran Foer helped me realize how critical our individual roles are in changing the tide of climate change. Yes, there are corporate polluters, and yes the transportation industry plays a huge role, but every single day we all have at least three opportunities to cast our vote for the kind of world that we want to live in when we sit down to eat.

Is there a particular book that made a significant impact on you? Can you share a story?

Pema ChodronsWhen Things Fall Apartrocked my world 15 years ago, and I re-read it all the time. Its a series of short lectures on different times when life hands us a shit-sandwich and we dont know what to doso Chodron encourages us to use those times as opportunities to learn more about who we are, what we want, what were really about.

You are a person of enormous influence. If you could start a movement that would bring the most amount of good to the most amount of people, what would that be? You never know what your idea can trigger.

Id love to see a worldwide shift to providing access to fruits and vegetables for absolutely everyone. I know that there are many people who would love to eat a healthier diet and the foods they need are out of reach. No one who is barely getting by is going to spend $5 on a salad when theres a $1 burger at the local fast food place, so I want to support those who dont have the resources to get what they need to support their health.

Can you please give us your favorite Life Lesson Quote? Do you have a story about how that was relevant in your life?

Have compassion for everyone you meet, even when they dont want it. What seems conceit, bad manners, or cynicism is always a sign of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone. Miller Williams

I first saw this hand-lettered at a coffee shop. I was so taken with it, I think because I was in a difficult period in my own life and saw how some people were rejecting me for the ways in which I was showing up with cynicism and negativity. I wasnt intending to be that way; I was just struggling. To me, this quote is the essence of what it means to have compassion for others.

We are very blessed that some of the biggest names in Business, VC funding, Sports, and Entertainment read this column. Is there a person in the world, or in the US whom you would love to have a private breakfast or lunch with, and why? He or she might just see this if we tag them

Greg Glassman, Ben Bergeron, and Katrin Davidsdottir would be a blast to have lunch withGlassman is the founder of CrossFit; Bergeron wrote the bookChasing Excellence,and I love his podcast of the same name; and Davidsdottir is a two-time CrossFit Games Fittest on Earth winner, and I love her story and what shes up to.

I recently read Jerry Colonnas bookReboot, and Im so in love with what hes up to. I think he is leading the way for all of us to bring more compassion and humanity to the corporate sector.

It would be the honor of a lifetime to meet Pema Chodron, whose work has lit up my life in so many positive ways.

What is the best way our readers can follow you on social media?

Im on Instagram @katecourageous and on Facebook @yourcourageouslife

Thank you for these fantastic insights. We wish you only continued success in your great work!

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Nowadays lots of people use diets to stay slim and healthy. However, to achieve the best results, you should make sure that you a follow nutritious diet, one that can help you lose weight by eating healthy plus doing some exercise.

Counting on the help of a nutrition specialist is the key to avoid cutting out foods that contain essential nutrients necessary for our body to function properly. Remember that avoiding absolutely everything is not the way to get that bikini body, and some methods can be completely counterproductive.

1. Dont starve yourself

Dont get it into your head that to lose weight you need to stop eating. This is a frequent error people make, focusing on the idea that eliminating food groups like carbohydrates, fats, or sugars, and even proteins, which are all vital for our body. Eating a mere 800 to 1000 calories per day and drinking less water, is a monumental mistake.

2. Drinking smoothies or eating single-group food

Experts insist that getting nutrition exclusively from green smoothies or diets in which you repeatedly consume the same food, does not work. This can make people suffer from dehydration caused by the diuretic ingredients in many detox smoothies, as well as generating the loss of muscular mass because of the lack of quality protein.This low calorie level will make your body burn muscle to get energy, and lose liquid instead of fat, creating a rebound effect that will mean you will put weight back on twice as fast when you stop dieting.

3. Skipping meals

Respecting meal times is a vital aspect of keeping your metabolism activated and accelerated. Skipping meals can seem like a good way to reduce calorie intake, but it will actually slow your metabolism down. The best thing to do is to eat every four hours, eating snacks like fibrous fruits in between meals, that will fill you up more quickly. These will become nutritious allies in your daily diet.

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From Good Housekeeping

With the new year far behind and thoughts of a trip to the beach on spring break soon approaching, you may have already tried your hand at changing your diet this year and maybe even failed spectacularly at it. The truth is, many of the popular diets currently being discussed on television shows and social media are truly restrictive: Keto dieters and those who attempted Whole30 can definitely tell you how hard it is to completely eradicate food groups from your daily routine. But losing weight isn't always about cutting things out; in fact, it might be about adding more foods into your line up, says Stefani Sassos, MS, RD, CDN, a registered dietitian in the Good Housekeeping Institute.

The best diets may not be as trendy as the worst diets on this list, but Sassos says they set you up for maintaining healthy weight loss over a longer period of time (possibly, for good!). Her top pick is more about adapting your lifestyle rather than following a regimen for a few months, but it could lead to even more weight loss than you'd experience on another program. Regardless of which diet you choose to try this year, you'll need to practice the following advice in order to truly reap all the benefits that sustained weight loss can offer:

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Sassos' top pick is one we've been hearing more about in the last few years: the Mediterranean diet. You won't be counting calories or stressing over a slip up on this diet because it's based on the atmosphere of life in nations like Greece, Spain, Italy, and the south of France. Instead, you'll be eating as many vegetables, fruits, pulses and legumes (including everything from beans to lentils), and many sources of whole grains (farro is your friend!). While you'll enjoy lean proteins such as salmon nearly every day, you can indulge in better-for-you sources of saturated fats (cheese and some cured meats included).

"It's an approach to cooking that emphasizes vegetables, naturally leading to a ton of antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals in your diet," Sassos says, adding that the diet has been linked to weight loss and a reduction in disease risk, plus a boost in longevity overall. Many curious health experts first began exploring the benefits of the Mediterranean diet in the early 2010s, shortly after a team at the University of Barcelona demonstrated how effectively the diet transformed cardiovascular health for at-risk individuals. There are many pieces of evidence that point to the diet's effectiveness in preventing disease, but most recently, newly published results of a study in the journal Gut demonstrate how the Mediterranean diet may also vastly improve our digestive health.

"At its core, the diet is all about getting back to the basics and really enjoying whole foods," Sassos says. "Its role in fighting inflammation across the body and brain is just an added bonus."

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"It's old school, and the saying is true: If it ain't broke, don't fix it," Sassos says of the Volumetrics diet, another favorite of health experts in years past. Developed by health experts at Pennsylvania State University, this diet stresses thinking of new, fun ways to eat more fruits and vegetables, and upping how much water you consume without thinking about it. Since it's based on the volume of your meals, people often feel like they're eating quite a lot, which is good for dieters who can't fight hunger pangs. "I am a type of person where I like to maximize my calories, and I don't want to feel starving," Sassos says, adding that the Volumetrics' approach also ups your fiber to maximize satiety. "Why would I have one tiny cookie when I could have this giant greek yogurt sundae? I like more, and feeling full."

Sassos says the evidence presented by Barbara Rollins, PhD, the author behind The Ultimate Volumetrics Diet, is more than solid. It'll help you eat more veggies naturally by targeting foods that keep you full and happy (without leaving you wishing you could have a piece of cheese at midnight).

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Notice that we aren't using the v-word here. "I often recommend going plant-based as much as possible versus going completely vegan, because adopting a vegan lifestyle can be very difficult for people who are simply hoping to lose weight and not address other health issues," Sassos says. "You shouldn't feel guilty if you can't fully go vegan or if you've failed in trying to do so in the past. Rather, you should empower yourself to adopt your meals to be as plant-forward as possible."

Being a flexitarian isn't like following other diets with strict regimens: It's about setting a schedule that fits your own needs and lifestyle, and there's not a set meal plan you need to adhere to. Flexitarian meal plans are best when focused on targeting certain meals to be as devoid of dairy and meat as possible, but it doesn't mean you can't enjoy these items throughout the week. "You can still have things like chicken, but flexitarian diets are at least 50% plants or more," Sassos says. "At my house, we do totally plant-based (true to vegan style) meals between two and three days a week, where I substitute dairy and meat for plant-based alternatives or omit altogether."

An important caveat, though: Being vegan or flexitarian doesn't mean you have carte blanche to eat "fake" vegan alternatives (like Impossible Burgers) all the time. "Vegan meals and snacks can also be unhealthy, too: Things like Oreos and chips may be considered vegan, but that doesn't mean they're healthy."

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Just as the Mediterranean diet has enjoyed the spotlight as one of the healthiest diets in the last few years, the keto diet is equally publicized for promising results on a controversial meal plan. For most health professionals, understanding a diet's effectiveness boils down to why it was created in the first place. And the ketogenic diet was largely designed, interestingly enough, as a form of treatment for pediatric epilepsy in the 20th century, Sassos says. For those of you who don't know, manipulating your body into ketosis requires you to vastly restrict almost all sources of lean protein and almost all carbohydrates (fruits, veggies, and legumes included). But Sassos believes cutting out nutrient-dense veggies and other complex carbohydrates could do damage to much more than just your waistline. "The first thing that your brain needs to function are carbs. When you cut out carbs completely, you could be affecting regions of your body that you're not even aware of," Sassos says. "You need carbs; cooking the right kinds of healthy carbohydrates and watching your portion sizes are much more valuable tips that any kind of exclusion from your diet."

There's some science behind why you may lose weight during the first few weeks (mostly, water weight) and Sassos says that she appreciates the awareness that keto programs have brought to added sugar. "It does keep you away from candy and really sugary treats, but the fact of the matter is that you do need to eat natural sources of sugar," she argues. "Apples, Ezekiel bread, grains like farro and quinoa, beans; all of these things will contain natural sugars and complex carbs, and they're part of a wholesome, balanced diet."

Staving off all sources of carbohydrates in the long term isn't sustainable for most. Sassos says a failed attempt at the keto diet could end up in even more weight afterwards, or long-lasting damaging side effects from the increased dependency on fat. "If you're a normal healthy person and you're suddenly eating bacon, butter, and all of this red meat, it will affect your heart and overall cardiovascular system in not so great ways." Weight cycling, or the aspect of continuously dieting just to gain weight back later, has been shown to be severely damaging on our psyche and may even impact longevity, especially in young adults and teens and critics of the keto diet highlight this, as getting off the diet can often lead to rapid weight gain shortly thereafter.

There are too many harmful trendy diets to count, but sometimes the allure of a fad diet (often adopted by celebrities in a dramatic fashion) has to do with results. Sassos highlights the following three diets as being bad choices for long-term, sustained weight loss, but she also agrees that there are some lessons hiding beneath all of the glossy photos of their successes.

The bottom line: Nearly all of the diets that health experts love encourage a variety of food groups and moderation, whereas diets that restrict what you eat or when you eat it could inhibit to keep weight off in the long run. Anything that seems questionable probably is, Sassos says case in point, the Dr. Sebi Diet, which is currently making rounds on the internet for fast weight loss. Try to look for any scientific credentials within the book or website in question, and see if the diet's name has been attached to any scientific research published in journals. If you've never heard of it, it's probably for good reason.

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What are Types of Diet: Are you facing a lot of embarrassing situations with your bodyDo you want to become a fitness influencer Are you a newbie & looking for a diet guide, and many more are heading in your mind regarding diet plans, this page is for you, my dear friends.

After reading this article, you will get answers to all your questions on diets. Nowadays, people are suffering from so many health issues like weight loss, weight gain, due to a lack of healthy and good amounts of protein food. To avoid such things all are jumping into the diet.

There exist many weight-loss diets, health & fitness diets out there. Every diet type acts as a superior. But, it is hard to know the selected diet might work for you or not? Because the fact is that no-one diet is best for anybody. So, You have to choose any of the diets based on your body condition and start following it for a healthier life. To help you out from this situation, we have come up with the various best running types of diets that have been using by people globally.

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Most of the diets are designed for weight loss issues and some for weight gain and fitness. In this article, we will see the reviews of the most popular weight-loss diets and the science behind each of them. First of all, check the list of famous types of diet that people are following across the world for their healthier life.

Love to be as a fitness freak and motivate others then try out the best & worthy diet from the list after inspecting the health benefits and major food items that it includes. If the details are enough to start your chosen diet then go for it and give your feedback via comments below.

Lets just dive in for more info about types of diet!

List of different types of Diet:

Are you ready to know the detailed review of the above types of diet? Then, below

A low-carb diet and high-fat diet is known as a Keto diet (Ketogenic Diet). It drops blood sugar and insulin levels. Also, it changes the bodys metabolism far from carbs and towards ketones and fat. You can observe the fat burning in the Ketogenic diet. A standard ketogenic diet (SKD), Cyclical ketogenic diet (CKD), Targeted ketogenic diet (TKD), and High-protein ketogenic diet are various kinds of Keto Diet.

Foods to Have on Keto Diet:

Majorly you have to base your ketogenic diet on healthy food like healthy oils, avocados, eggs, fatty fish, meat, cheese, condiments, low-carb veggies, nuts and seeds, butter and cream.

Foods to Avoid:

Any food item that is high in carbs should be evaded. Here are some of the eliminated foods on a keto diet: card-based foods such as Grains/Starches, Sugary foods, Beans/legumes, low-fat products, alcohol, root veggies and tubers, fruit, unhealthy fats, sugar-free diet foods, etc.

Health Benefits of Keto Diet:

Indeed, the Ketogenic diet is originated as a tool for neurological disease treatment. Many of the studies proved that keto diet consists of a wide range of benefits for various health conditions like Cancer, Brain injuries, Heart disease, Parkinsons disease, Acne, Epilepsy, Polycystic ovary syndrome, Alzheimers disease, etc.

The Mediterranean diet means eating the traditional food of cuisine countries bordering the mediterranean sea like France, Spain, Greece, and Italy. Studies and reports observed that folks in these countries had fewer rates of chronic disease, in comparison with the USA and Northern Europe. It contains more veggie foods instead of meat. Also, it is high in fruits, whole grains, and refined oils. In this diet, people take a huge amount of oil included food.

Foods to Eat on the Mediterranean Diet:

Enjoy some of these foods while on the Mediterranean diet such as vegetables, whole grains, legumes, fruits, nuts and seeds, eggs, poultry, healthy fats, seafood, herbs and spices, a limited quantity of beverages.

Foods to Evade while Mediterranean Diet:

People who are following the Mediterranean diet should limit or eliminate these foods like refined grains, processed foods & meats, added sugar, refined oils, and sugar-sweetened beverages.

Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet:

Some major health benefits that have been connected with the Mediterranean diet are:

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Feasible Mediterranean Diet Drawbacks:

The Mediterranean diet allows moderate amounts of alcohol, that doesnt fit for every person. Moreover, it is more expensive and some people might deem difficult than other diets.

Intermittent fasting is a diet treatment where cycles your body among periods of fasting and easting. People use this Intermittent Fasting for Weight loss. Because it might involve complete moderate, or permit a lower amount of food and beverages.

This Intermittent fasting diet plan can be easier to do than other types of fasting. The most common methods to follow Intermittent Fasting diets such as The Warrior Diet, 5:2 diet, eat-stop-eat method, and 16/8 method. IT diet is a very powerful tool for weight loss and fat loss.

Have these Healthy Foods & Beverages:

While Intermittent fasting people have to follow by eating and drinking these items like Water, coffee, and other noncaloric beverages, eat normal solid foods such as nuts, beans, fruits and vegetables, and high protein foods, including meat, fish, tofu, at the time of your eating window, but must consume in the eating periods only.

Avoid these Unhealthy Foods:

Advised to avoid foods while the IT fasting diet is processed meats, sugar, trans fats, and refined starches.

Intermittent Fasting Diet Health Benefits:

Some of the potential health benefits that include in Intermittent Fasting diet are weight loss, fat loss, reduction of markers of inflammation, heart health, anti-aging, cholesterol levels, blood sugar levels, blood triglycerides, increases HGH levels, altered gene expressions, insulin sensitivity, and cellular repair.

The term Vegan was picked using a combination of first and last letters of Vegetarian. It is a form of vegetarian diet that excludes all kinds of meat and animal products for ethical, environmental, or health concerns. After eliminating animal products also it is more effective for weight loss.

So, follow this vegan diet by choosing a prominent veganism diet plan from various types based on your condition. It includes some important types of vegan dietary patterns like whole-food, raw food, dietary, junk-food, and low-fat raw-food vegans.

Foods to Avoid by Vegans:

Vegan Diet following people should restrict with all animal origin food products like meat, shellfish, eggs, chicken, fish, dairy, and honey along with many other items including animal-derived additives.

Foods to Consume while Vegan Diet:

The people who are following a vegan diet can eat these wide varieties of foods such as beans, lentils, tofu, seitan, tempeh, nuts, and seeds. And, it is easy to replace meat and dairy with plant-based substitutes, which gives flexibility to this diet.

Health Benefits of Plant-Based (Vegan) Diet

Healthy vegan diets are rich with vitamins B1, C, and E, magnesium, folic acid, and iron while also remain low in cholesterol and soaked fats. A plant-based vegan diet can reduce the risk of death from diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, Cardiovascular disease, heart diseases, etc.

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Now, we are going to discuss a low carb diet plan for weight loss. Low card diet badly restricts crab intake and urges your body to take advantage of fat for fuel. It is the most effective and popular diet for weight loss people and also includes various health benefits. Do you have an idea about to consume how many carbs in a low carb diet? People who follow low carb diet plans should take carbs below 130 grams per day and it is best to eat 20-50 gms of carbs.

Low-Carb Diet Foods to Eat:

Eggs, Fish, Meat, Vegetables sprouting above ground and natural fats (like butter) are some of the major foods that recommended to eat while low-carb diet.

Foods to Avoid while Low Carb Diet:

Low carb diet following people is strictly advised to evade Sugar and starchy foods such as bread, pasta, rice, beans, and potatoes.

Advantages of Following Low-Carb Diet:

Here are the 10 health benefits of a low-carb diet plan:

An Ultra low-fat diet limits the day to day consumption of dietary fat from animal and plant sources. Ultra or Very Low-Fat Diet permits only less than or equal to 15% of calories from fat. Also, it tends to be low in protein and very high in carbs, about 10% and 80% of daily calories accordingly. It may result in great weight loss and might also have splendid benefits for heart health, multiple sclerosis (MS), type 2 diabetes, etc.

Foods to eat on Ultra Low-fat diet:

Healthy Fats, Dairy, Veggies, Protein, Fruits, Herbs and Spices, Beverages are some of the major food items that should take while following an ultra low-fat diet.

Foods not to eat on Ultra Low-fat diet:

Also, some avoidable food items must keep away from your diet plan are Cream Cheese, Packaged Beverages, Fatty parts of beef and pork, junk food, etc.

Benefits of an Ultra or Very Low-fat Diet:

By eliminating unhealthy facts will give the following health benefits:

The Atkins Diet Plan was initially promoted by the physician Dr. Robert C. Atkins, who drafted a best-selling book about the Atkins diet in 1972. Studies declare that it has a lead to more weight loss and better enhancement in blood sugar, Good HDL Cholesterol, triglycerides, and some more health markers compared to a low-fat diet.

The Atkins diet is the best known low-carb weight loss diet. Also, it is more effective in benefitting many other disease risk factors. The main reason behind all these low-carb diet plans is it reduces your appetite. The Atkins diet is separated into four various phases: Phase 1 (induction), Phase 2 (Balancing), Phase 3 (fine-tuning), and Phase 4 (maintenance).

Eat these Foods while Atkin Diet:

To kick off your weight loss program called Atkin 20 diet plan, you should consume some of the major foods like at first step veggies such as spinach, cucumbers, broccoli, and bok choy, protein-eggs, chicken, beef. All fish items along with Butter and olive oil, some cheeses like goat, parmesan, swiss and cheddar.

If you are on the Atkins 40 diet plan, then you should eat all the above items along with the following food items.

Foods to Avoid:

You must eliminate these following foods while doing the Atkins diet: Sugar, vegetable oils, Trans fats, Starches, Grains, Diet and low-fat foods, High crab fruits and vegetables, Legumes, and many more.

Benefits of the Atkins Diet Plan:

Many studies prove that low-carb diets like the Atkins diet can mitigate many risk factors for disease, as well as cholesterol, insulin, blood sugar, blood triglycerides, and blood pressure.

Are you looking for a high-protein, low-carb weight loss diet? Then, the Dukan Diet is an effective diet plan and it is split into four phases. It was established by Dr, Pierre Dukan, a French general practitioner who specialized in weight loss.

This Dukan Diet is stated to provide rapid weight loss without hunger. The four phases of the Dukan diet are the Attack phase, Cruise phase, the Consolidation phase, and the stabilization phase. And, this diet is split into two weight loss phases and two maintenance phases.

Beverages to Include on the Dukan Diet

People who are following the Dukan diet can have these beverages like coffee and tea without any added sugar. Also, you can have milk and other dairy drinks but they should be provided with fat-free and low in sugar and carbohydrates. Apart from these beverages, you can even drink diet beverages and sodas (sugar-free, no-calorie), sparkling water, club soda or seltzer.

Eliminated Food During Dukan Diet:

The food you cant eat while the Dukan diet depends on the phase you have chosen before. The following points explain what not to have on the Dukan diet. Have a look at the below lines.

Positive points about Dukan diet:

Should You Try The Dukan Diet?

The military diet is a low-calorie weight loss diet which is argued to encourage significant weight loss in just one week. It is also known as a 3-day military diet because the first 3 days of the diet have set a meal plan and include calorie restriction. Remaining four days have fewer restrictions. Still, you are promoted to eat healthily and restrict calories for the rest of four days. This diet is likely safe for healthy persons and it doesnt cause permanent weight loss.

Foods you can Eat on the Military Diet:

Here is the list of food items that you can consume while following the 3-day military diet plan.

Foods that you cant eat on the 3-day Military Diet:

The following foods are permitted to avoid or limit while doing the military diet. So, have a look at the list of eliminated foods below.

Health benefits of the Military Diet

The military diet aids to ensure your metabolism remains to adapt the change and functioning well. More than anything you can easily lose your weight by the 3-day military diet. It is not expensive and does not depend on changing your habits in the long run.

Paleolithic diet, Caveman diet, Primal Diet or Stone-age diet are some of the other names for the Paleo Diet which is a modern fad diet. There are various editions of the paleo diet. Most of them permit some modern foods that science implies are healthy. As a beginning point, you can also happily kick off your healthy diet by this paleo diet, because it is added up with a few healthy foods such as grass-fed butter and gluten-free grains.

Paleolithic humans diets vary according to location and availability. The primary vision of the paleo diet or short-age diet is to eat whole foods and eliminate processed foods & ingredients such as sugar, particular vegetable oils, trans fats, bread, and fake sweeteners.

Foods to Eat: Fish, meat, herbs & spices, eggs, vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, healthy fats, and oils.

Health Benefits: The Short-age diet looks like more effective at diminishing risk factors for heart disease, like cholesterol, blood sugar, blood triglycerides, and blood pressure, Reduced allergies. Along with these diseases, it also benefits with weight loss.

The Blood Type diet should be followed based on your blood groups. Also, it is referred to as the blood group diet and it is supported by many authors, but the most popular among them is Dr. Peter DAdamo, a naturopathic physician. He wrote a book called Eat Right 4 Your Type became incredibly famous.

In this book, he says that the ideal diet for anyone separately depends on the persons ABO blood type. The basic concept of this blood type diet is if you follow a diet prepared for your blood type, then body digest food more efficiently. By this diet, you can easily and fairly lose weight, have more energy, and aid to stop the disease.

What Foods You Can Eat While Following the Blood Type Diet

Based on your blood type only you can have to eat food. Hence, we have listed the details about the foods to eat while Blood Type Diet which was recommended by DAdamo for each type:

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