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Here are my thoughts... everynametaken Send a noteboard - 02/09/2009 11:05:47 PM
1. Atkins Diet (minimal carbs, no starch, high meat protein)

It gets a lot of sneers from people but it works. The downside is that it is hard to maintain. One of the benefits is of course quick weight loss making it beneficial for obese individuals and it also has the added benefit of quickly reducing cholesterol numbers although those will steady over time and if people abuse the diet they can actually regain the cholesterol problems.

2. Vegetarian (mostly fruits/vegetables, sometimes dairy and eggs)

Vegetarianism is a lifestyle more than a good nutritional plan. I don't have a problem with anybody being a vegetarian but it is a fact that many people don't really do it right. Finding some of the needed proteins your body can't make can be difficult but not impossible. To be a vegetarian and do it correctly takes a lot of planning. The apparent benefits seem to be less heart disease and other circulatory problems that can be associated with too much meat in the diet. Again, the downer is the diet is useless for anyone who wants to be muscular and strong. The muscles need proteins and the biggest bulk source for repair is from meat.

3. Vegan (absolutely no animal products)

Absolute horseshit. This is not a diet, it is starvation.

4. Mediterranean Diet (high plant consumption, fruit desserts, olive oil for fat,cheese and yogurt,white meat, eggs, low red meat, wine)

This one has the added benefit of no red meat (fatty beef) and a lot of fish and lamb. The breads when cooked like they are in the Mediterranean are far healthier than white flour based breads found in most of the west. Yogurt is very good for the gut and the diet apparently has very good vascular benefits. Of course the diet can be overdone like any diet and the person can eat too much oil and bread can be bad for everyone.

5. Paleolithic Diet (no potatoes, grains, dairy or beans, encouraged lean meat consumption, most plants, mostly water/tea as beverage)

I don't know much about this diet although I have heard of it. It is supposed to be based on a pre-agricultural diet? It kind of sounds like the Atkins but with the veggies added back in in whatever amount one wants.

6. Raw Food Diet (mostly like Paleolithic diet, but NO COOKING ALLOWED)

Sounds like a gimmick. I mean seriously, do people think our ancestors didn't cook stuff? Weird.

I'm sure I'm missing some, but these are some of the more common/more noisy diets out there. They're at least the only ones I care to ask your opinion on at the moment :P

The glycemic stuff is pretty good fr general guidelines on how quick and how fast stuff digests. It is important to try and keep one's blood sugar levels steady rather than spiking and dipping. I think the best book I've read on it is called the Glucose Revolution.

My personal opinion, is that all of them except the Raw Food Diet have their merits and for the most part are all based on reasonable nutrition. I just read some articles on the Paleolithic Diet and of these, I think it would be the one I followed. I just like potatoes too much. And feta. And Ice cream. But besides that, I really good do it. The bean thing sounds out-of-the-blue, but if you research the thought behind it, it does make sense.

I think individuals are different and there isn't any one diet that will fit all. I do particularly well on high protein low carb diets, my body just seems to react best to it but I know other people who have tried Atkins and felt so horrible they had to stop.
Another one you might look into is the blood type diet although some of the claims are questionable. Still when I saw the foods listed for my blood type I was surprised because they are the ones I have always digested well and the forbidden foods were ones I've always disliked since I was a kid.
But wine was the great assassin of both tradition and propriety...
-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
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Diets: your opinion and would you follow them? - 02/09/2009 04:09:56 PM 1136 Views
I will answer no to all of them. - 02/09/2009 04:12:52 PM 823 Views
Re: Meh. No. - 02/09/2009 04:19:35 PM 778 Views
I think for atkins the energy is based on protein - 02/09/2009 04:23:23 PM 736 Views
Re: I think for atkins the energy is based on protein - 02/09/2009 04:43:58 PM 802 Views
oh i would never actually follow a strict paleolithic diet!! - 02/09/2009 04:49:35 PM 736 Views
well, I think fat is allowed in an atkins diet too. *NM* - 02/09/2009 05:06:06 PM 447 Views
Re: Diets: your opinion and would you follow them? - 02/09/2009 04:24:43 PM 842 Views
I think I would go mad if I had to follow any one diet - 02/09/2009 04:24:54 PM 695 Views
The mediterannean sounds the most practical - 02/09/2009 04:26:28 PM 1533 Views
O.O the no chocolate had not occurred to me... - 02/09/2009 04:29:52 PM 702 Views
You can't spell diet without die... - 02/09/2009 04:37:07 PM 803 Views
I keep defending it and I'm not meaning too... - 02/09/2009 04:42:15 PM 757 Views
Hence forwards I shall call you the Paleolithic Diet defender - 02/09/2009 04:54:54 PM 840 Views
Not quite the same ring to it as 'Defender of the Earth'... - 02/09/2009 08:23:37 PM 856 Views
She is young, even 'Defenders of the Earth' have to start somewhere.... - 02/09/2009 10:20:27 PM 862 Views
Re: Diets: your opinion and would you follow them? - 02/09/2009 04:45:48 PM 806 Views
how do you fail to get protein - 02/09/2009 04:50:45 PM 850 Views
Not really? - 02/09/2009 04:55:29 PM 803 Views
i think lentils are technically beans >.> - 02/09/2009 05:00:32 PM 759 Views
That explains that... - 02/09/2009 05:15:28 PM 757 Views
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Re: Diets: your opinion and would you follow them? - 02/09/2009 04:58:40 PM 877 Views
you copied my answers *NM* - 02/09/2009 06:08:34 PM 513 Views
They were good ones. - 02/09/2009 09:04:02 PM 700 Views
I always knew you were a wise women - 02/09/2009 10:14:42 PM 774 Views
IMO - 02/09/2009 05:01:55 PM 855 Views
by "diet" - 02/09/2009 05:05:41 PM 820 Views
Comments on a few, just because. - 02/09/2009 05:18:12 PM 826 Views
Heating food does not destroy a substantial amount of nutrients - 02/09/2009 05:22:53 PM 820 Views
No? I thought it did. I've definitely read some stuff to that effect. - 02/09/2009 05:25:36 PM 744 Views
like i said, it's true enough it can be said... - 02/09/2009 05:28:55 PM 723 Views
Fair enough. That certainly sounds sensible. - 02/09/2009 05:31:58 PM 705 Views
see below *NM* - 02/09/2009 05:34:58 PM 406 Views
Commentation! - 02/09/2009 06:06:31 PM 820 Views
That's a very confusing question. - 02/09/2009 05:09:01 PM 814 Views
have YOU ever seen a healthy vegan? - 02/09/2009 05:11:12 PM 751 Views
*grin* No. - 02/09/2009 05:20:47 PM 813 Views
perhaps... - 02/09/2009 05:27:06 PM 785 Views
Follow a specific diet? that would depend on the time scale. - 02/09/2009 05:13:44 PM 813 Views
I'm of the opinion that the Raw Food Movement is the most idiotic thing I've heard - 02/09/2009 05:15:18 PM 755 Views
Whydat? - 02/09/2009 05:23:23 PM 793 Views
as i said earlier, it's a myth that cooking food affects positive nutrients on a practical level - 02/09/2009 05:34:33 PM 812 Views
That being said, Steak Tartare is quite nice when done right - 02/09/2009 06:11:28 PM 710 Views
note "when done right" *NM* - 02/09/2009 06:16:03 PM 416 Views
Meaning fresh meat and washed hands *NM* - 02/09/2009 06:18:15 PM 467 Views
interesting... - 02/09/2009 05:17:25 PM 786 Views
I hate diets... - 02/09/2009 05:37:36 PM 878 Views
My opinions/ideas - 02/09/2009 06:43:01 PM 757 Views
she's fat... - 02/09/2009 06:44:08 PM 753 Views
exactly. - 02/09/2009 09:28:39 PM 895 Views
I like Thanksgiving food, which in moderation is very Mediteranean - 02/09/2009 06:50:19 PM 737 Views
I'd only call it Mediterranean in the loosest sense - 02/09/2009 06:54:58 PM 643 Views
You could always try... - 02/09/2009 06:57:35 PM 737 Views
South Beach is the best.....I follow it, sometimes, kind of, no not really..... - 02/09/2009 07:31:43 PM 706 Views
Most (most) don't tell you not to eat one of the NUTRIENT groups - 02/09/2009 07:43:42 PM 692 Views
I wouldn't follow any of them - 02/09/2009 08:06:25 PM 799 Views
I follow mostly a cross between paleolithic and mediterranean. - 02/09/2009 08:22:11 PM 702 Views
it's such a pain to avoid the processed crap - 02/09/2009 09:14:59 PM 1072 Views
Here are my thoughts... - 02/09/2009 11:05:47 PM 808 Views
Re: Diets: your opinion and would you follow them? - 02/09/2009 11:44:00 PM 751 Views
i'm just curious, but why are you vegetarian? *NM* - 02/09/2009 11:46:27 PM 397 Views
Two reasons combined... - 03/09/2009 12:10:21 AM 786 Views
that's fair enough *NM* - 03/09/2009 03:50:59 AM 406 Views
I would always follow my opinions; I thought you knew that. - 03/09/2009 10:59:15 AM 753 Views

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