There’s so many of these going about, that it’s taking the adage ‘you are what you eat’ to a new level. For, if you were to follow the food trends from the West, you might be in green tea mode one month, a cabbage soup one the next and high on cocoa and beans after that.
As zany as they sound, these are some of the diet plans that are afloat today. And with actress Cameron Diaz’s trainer revealing that she likes an Upside Down Diet, which sees her eat carbohydrates in the morning and proteins and veggies in the evening (IANS), experts reveal how valuable these diets really are…
IT’S NOT ABOUT STARVING!
Want to stay fit and look good? Then change your focus from dieting to living healthy during the holidays. A news report mentions Stefanie Barthmare at the Methodist Weight Mgmnt Center, Houston, saying stop counting every calorie and try focusing on the core elements of living a healthy lifestyle, i.e. staying active in your everyday life. “If you can’t get to the gym, do whatever it takes to move your body. Walk the dog more, plan a walking coffee break at work, play with the kids after dinner, or throw the football around,” Barthmare said.
Actress Deepika Padukone feels dieting should not be about stopping oneself from eating, but about eating what suits the body, as reported. “Understand what suits your body and follow that,” she said, adding that a combination of the right food with the right workout is the key.
CAN CAUSE TOXICITY
Nutitionist Priya Karkera warns against falling for a food fad. “These diets don’t give you micronutrients. A very high protein diet may result in weight loss immediately but will affect the
immune system, which needs zinc and other vitamins. This leads to hair loss, brittle nails and imbalances that may appear only later in life. These fad diets are also dangerous as they can cause toxicity of any one single mineral or vitamin. For instance, the Banana Diet gives maximum B6, but again, excess of any one
vitamin can harm.”
Ideally, she believes it is the Indian diet that works best. “It does help one to hit the food pyramid in the right way. Of course, one must also go by one’s dietary allowance, watch one’s oil intake and maintain a balance,” she adds.
RECENT ONES
CABBAGE SOUP DIET:
This diet revolves around simply having a low-cal cabbage soup over seven days. While nutritionists have slammed its radical weight loss approach, others say its just a quick-fix method.
70-DAY JUNK FOOD DIET:
Ever imagined that fatty junk food could help shed your extra kilos? Well, an American professor, Mark Haub, managed to be leaner, after a 10-week junk-food diet. But if you start finding solace in Haub’s experiment, note that he exercised heavily throughout the diet period and took vitamin supplements in addition to ‘muscle’ protein shakes.
LUNCH BOX DIET:
This one will have you filling your tiffin with healthy foods. It includes about 60 percent vegetables, 30% protein and 10% salad and allows for personal choice.
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