Choose Your Own Way
10 Ways To Reduce Your Weight – Part II
- The Paleo Diet
The meat eaters’ favorite. Based on foods presumed eaten by early humans: lean meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. - The Atkins Diet
Low-carb diet with four phases, gradually increasing carb intake. This is another diet that utilises ketosis. - The Weight Watchers (WW) Diet Plan
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Paleo Diet
What is the Paleo diet, and why is it so well-liked?
Is it appropriate for modern humans to follow a diet based on that of prehistoric humans?
A paleo diet is a way of eating that is based on what people may have consumed in the Paleolithic Period. Lasting between 2.5 million and 10,000 years ago is considered the Paleolithic Era.
Fruits, vegetables, lean meats, seafood, eggs, nuts, and seeds are all part of the modern paleo diet. In the past, individuals could obtain these foods through hunting and gathering. Foods that were more widely available after the advent of small-scale farming approximately 10,000 years ago are not included. Dairy products, legumes, and grains are some of these foods.
A paleo diet is also known as a hunter-gatherer diet, caveman diet, paleolithic diet, or Stone Age diet.
A paleo diet aims to consume foods that early people most likely consumed. The foundation of the diet is the theory that our genes are not properly adapted to the modern diets that emerged from farming.
Foods like grains and beans became more widely available as a result of farming. Dairy was also introduced. Furthermore, farming altered the animal diets that humans consumed. According to the paleo diet theory, dietary modifications have exceeded the body’s capacity for adaptation. These days, it’s thought that this mismatch plays a part in heart disease, diabetes, and obesity.
Atkins Diet
There are various stages to the Atkins Diet for maintaining and losing weight. An extremely low-carb diet is the first step. The Atkins Nutritional Approach is the official name of the Atkins Diet. It is widely discussed in books and is recognized as the origin of the low-carb movement.
Atkins diet proponents suggest that if you stay away from meals high in carbohydrates, you may lose weight while consuming as much fat and protein as you want.
The following foods are advised against or to be limited by those following this diet:
- Sugar present in fruit juices, soft beverages, cakes, candies, ice cream, and related goods
- refined grains, such as white pasta, white rice, and white bread
- “Low-fat” and “diet” meals can occasionally include a lot of sugar.
- Fruits containing high levels of carbs including apples, bananas, pears, oranges, and grapes (initial stages only).
- starchy veggies, such as sweet potatoes and potatoes (initial stages only)
- legumes (initial stages only)
- lentils, beans, chickpeas, (initial stages only)
Promoters of the Atkins low-carb diet emphasize consuming less carbohydrates to encourage the body to use fat for energy rather than sugar. This helps you achieve your weight loss and weight maintenance objectives by supplying you with more steady, high-energy levels throughout the day.
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