Weight Watchers
Consistently one of the highest rated diet plans around, Weight Watchers is no trendy diet, but has remained popular for many years. Weight Watchers encourages dieters to track everything they eat based on a scientifically formulated ?Points? system that assigns numeric values to foods based on their carbohydrate, fat, protein and fiber content. Weight Watchers works by taking the guesswork out of dietary choices and by changing the way users think about food. Weight Watchers users can choose to attend meetings and work toward weight-loss goals with an in-person community or use online food and exercise tracking tools, resources and community connections to take a more independent path.
Advantages: Flexible, customized plan that encourages lifestyle changes, rather than relying on gimmicks or restrictions to get results.
Disadvantages: Weight Watchers charges reasonable, but ongoing fees for its services.
Learn more: www.WeightWatchers.com
The Paleo Diet
Also known as the caveman diet, paleo seeks to return dieters to a more primitive way of eating, choosing foods in proportions that our early ancestors would have eaten before agriculture and modernization changed our food options generations ago. Paleo eaters shun foods introduced to the human diet by agriculture: grains, dairy, legumes and sugars. The idea is that our bodies are best suited to process meats, vegetables and fruits since that?s what we evolved to eat. Paleo dieters load up on the foods our ancestors would have hunted and gathered: meats, fish, nuts, leafy greens, regional veggies, some tubers and roots, occasional berries or seasonal fruits, and seeds.
Advantages: Paleo dieters report low levels of hunger on this diet, making it a good choice for those who often feel deprived on diets.
Disadvantages: Because of food restrictions, it can be hard to sustain the paleo eating plan over the long term.
Learn more: http://thepaleodiet.com/faq
South Beach
Designed by a cardiologist and dietician, South Beach seeks to improve heart health and reduce weight by replacing ?bad carbs? like refined flower, with ?good carbs? that have a lower glycemic index and ?bad fats? like saturated fat with ?good fats,? like omega-3s, which promote a lower level of unhealthy LDL cholesterol in the blood. South Beach includes three phases that start out somewhat restrictive and become more liberal over time.
Advantages: As good for the heart as it is for the waistline, South Beach is a scalable plan that seeks to achieve lifelong weight loss.
Disadvantages: Because of the extensive diet changes, reverting back to old habits results in rapid gaining back of weight.
Learn more: http://www.southbeachdiet.com/sbd/publicsite/how-it-works/how-it-works.aspx
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