Picking The Right Diet
With so many diets out there and so many opinions, how are you supposed to find the best plan for losing weight?
Finding said plan is like navigating a mental mine field!
So here is what to look for when considering a diet:
1. Recommended amount of calories. Yes, eating an insanely small amount of calories will help you lose weight, but there will be consequences. And if you go below 1200 calories, the health risks begin to mount.
2. Enough carbohydrates. Ignore all the extreme protein diets. You body needs a bare minimum of about 100 grams of carbohydrates a day to spare muscle. Your brain also needs carbohydrates to function properly.
3. Balance across different food groups. Why is balance important? Because you can actually increase energy levels while restricting calories if you have enough nutrient density in your diet. So do not miss out on the health and energy benefits of eating a wide variety of foods.
4. Enough variety to appease your palate. Any plan you decide to do should allow just enough variety to keep you from feeling like a prisoner of food. Having said that, do not go overboard here because you will not be able to automate your cooking.
5. Up selling and cross selling of products. Be weary of diets where the author up sells and cross sells products from which he is affiliated. Such marketing schemes provide very biased information.
6. Supplement centrality. If the whole plan is central to a single dietary supplement, then it probably is based on faulty science at best. Stay away from one-hit-wonder programs.
There is a lot of information to navigate when it comes to finding the right diet plan for you. Luckily, if you follow my advice, you will be one step closer to finding a plan that works. So ignore all the marketing hype and make informed decisions.
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