Eating For Health

Trying to lose weight?   So many people are looking for a quick weight loss diet.   Or, some people think they can somehow clean out their body with a cleanse diet.   Losing weight is good for your health but going on a quack diet is not so good for your health.   So many fad diets leave out food groups and nutrients your body needs.   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 (WW) , the Flexitarian Diet and the Volumetrics Diet .   One doesn’t have to choose an unhealthy fad diet to lose weight.   But too many people want a quick fix and then choose diets that are actually bad for their health like the newscaster I hear...

Many people are thinking about dropping a few pounds and are looking for a great weight loss diet.   Everywhere you look there are ads for quick weight loss diets or a diet pill that magically takes off weight easily.   Despite the claims, most of us know there is nothing easy about losing weight.   Yes, many diets will help you drop pounds quickly only to have those pounds return when you go off the diet.   What most people want is to lose weight and keep it off.   This requires more than a diet, but lifestyle changes like more exercise and more healthy foods.   To lose weight and keep it off, 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 hel...