Healthy eating is key to good health. The following plans can be helpful roadmaps to making lasting changes.
The DASH Diet
The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension is nutritionally complete, can prevent or control diabetes and encourages heart health. The DASH diet emphasizes portion size, food variety and nutrients.
The Mayo Clinic Diet
This diet uses the Mayo Clinic Health Weight Pyramid as a guide to smart eating and healthy exercise. The diet is broken into two parts: a two-week "Lose It" phase and a "Live It" phase based on steady weight loss and healthy living. You can preview the book before buying.
The Mediterranean Diet
This diet emphasizes fruits and vegetables, healthy oils, and fish. It limits the in tae of red meat and butter. Research shows the Mediterranean Diet can reduce heart disease risk.
Weight Watchers
Weight Watchers is the commercial plan that has stood the test of time. It is not necessary to buy any of the products to learn how to manage food intake and make wise choices.
TLC Diet
The Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes diet was created by the National Institutes of Health to promote cardiovascular health. The TLC Diet limits calories, consumption of saturated fat and sodium.
Bon Appetit!
This list of diets originally appeared in Medical Economics.
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