Eating For Health

So many people choose to go on a diet to lose weight.   And this can be a good thing.   However, dieting is not so good for one’s health when people chose to go on a fad diet, a diet that may help one lose weight but takes a toll on their health at the same time.   Watching TV, I heard a newscaster say, “I am going on the Whole30 diet.   I do it every January.”    Sad for her as she is choosing to go on a diet ranked as one of the “Worst Diets” by U.S News & World Report.   Last week we talked about weight loss diets that will help you lose weight and are good for your health including:   Weight Watchers , the Volumetrics Diet and the Jenny Craig diet.   Whether you want to eat healthy or lose some weight there are healthy ways to do so.   Unfortunately, some people choose diets that are actually bad for their health like the newscaster I heard on TV.   Why?   Maybe they are looking for a quick weight loss fix.   Maybe they are duped into thinking a diet is healthy when it is ac

Hoping to lose a few pounds 2020 and have you made a New Year’s Resolution to do so?   Everywhere you look there are ads for taking off weight easily.   But we all know there is nothing so easy about it.   Yes, there are diets that one can lose a few pounds pretty quickly but what we really want is to lose the pounds and have them stay away.   To do so, skip the fad diets and try some real diets that have been shown to work.   If you do want to drop a few pounds or more, what are some healthy weight loss diets?   Too many diets promise the world but are not good for your health.   For example, one of the diets ranked the worst is the Whole30 diet.   This, like so many fad diets, don’t work to help you change your lifestyle but offer some quick solution that isn’t viable for the long term.   You may lose some weight but when you go “off” the fad diet, the weight piles back on.   Another poorly ranked diet is the Alkaline Diet.   So, shun these poorly ranked diets and focus on one’s tha

Want to eat healthier in 2020?   What does “eating healthy” mean?   In the class I teach, students are always recommending we eat healthier diets.   But when I ask them what this means they often struggle to come up with specifics.   Many people make a resolution to go on a “diet” for the new year.   Why not go on a “diet” to eat healthier?   Are there healthy diets to follow?   A diet not for weight loss or weight gain, but just a healthy eating pattern? Not a “diet” you go on for a week or two but a healthy eating pattern diet that you can go on all year long.   I was watching TV recently and the host noted that every January they go on the Whole30 diet.   Is this really a healthy diet to go on?   People may think they are eating healthy by following the Whole30 diet.   According to the Whole30 website, food groups like grains and dairy have a negative impact on health.   US News & World Report gives the Whole30 diet a poor rating and a low ranking.   Why?   The diet is quite