Diet no more, doesn't mean no more health happiness journey for you; it just means you need to follow the right path and do what works the best for you on your own path to health, happiness and well-being!
The list below describes the top nine most popular diets rated by experts for your information only.
Deciding what you need to do to change your life-long habits to becoming a healthier you is worth the
effort in doing your research. I have narrowed that research down for you in the following list of most popular diets out there. Read through them, then decide what journey you want to take in making your lifestyle changes towards your own health happiness. If none of these will work for you, good! See, you can make a decision on your journey all by yourself! If you need to take bits and pieces from one to another and combine them together to work for you, then excellent! You are making a decision on your journey all by yourself! If you find a "tenth" plan that is not mentioned here, and you just love it, then fantastic! You are making a decision on your journey all by yourself!
GO FOR IT! Do what you need to do, to be successful! If these plans work for you and you are intrigued to try one or all of them - great! Whatever balance you need to find in your life to become a healthier, happier you, then you are AWESOME! Do what's right for your body! What have you got to lose? Weight? Yes! What have you got to gain? Confidence, ambition, happiness, stamina, motivation, you name it! Yes!
Here we go...
#1 number 1. The Atkins Diet:
The Atkins diet, or Atkins nutritional approach, focuses on controlling the levels of insulin in the body through a low-carbohydrate diet.
If people consume large amounts of refined carbohydrates, their insulin levels rise and fall rapidly. Rising insulin levels trigger the body to store energy from the food that is consumed, making it less likely that the body will use stored fat as a source of energy.
Therefore, people on the Atkins diet avoid carbohydrates but can eat as much protein and fat as they like.
#2 number 2. The Zone Diet:
The Zone diet aims for a nutritional balance of 40 percent carbohydrates, 30 percent fats, and 30 percent protein in each meal. The focus is also on controlling insulin levels, which may result in more successful weight loss and body weight control than other approaches.
The Zone diet encourages the consumption of high-quality carbohydrates - unrefined carbohydrates, and fats, such as olive oil, avocado, and nuts.
#3 number 3. The Ketogenic Diet:
The ketogenic diet has been used for decades as a treatment for epilepsy and is also being explored for other uses. It involves reducing carbohydrate intake and upping fat intake. It sounds contrary to common sense, but it allows the body to burn fat as a fuel, rather than carbohydrates.
Healthy fats, such as those in avocados, coconuts, Brazil nuts, seeds, oily fish, and olive oil are liberally added to the diet to maintain an overall emphasis on fat.
The diet causes the breakdown of fat deposits for fuel and creates substances called ketones through a process called ketosis. This diet has risks including ketoacidosis for people with type 1 diabetes, however, and may result in diabetic coma and death. Although most studies are 2 years or less, there is some promising research in relation to diabetes management, metabolic health, weight loss, and body composition change.
#4 number 4. The Vegetarian Diet:
There are various types of vegetarian: lacto-vegetarian, fruitarian vegetarian, lacto-ovo vegetarian, living food diet vegetarian, ovo-vegetarian, pesco-vegetarian, and semi-vegetarian.
The majority of vegetarians are lacto-ovo vegetarians, in other words, they do not eat animal-based foods, except for eggs, dairy, and honey.
Studies over the last few years have shown that vegetarians have a lower body weight, suffer less from diseases, and typically have a longer life expectancy than people who eat meat.
#5 number 5. The Vegan Diet:
Veganism is more of a way of life and a philosophy than a diet. A vegan does not eat anything that is animal-based, including eggs, dairy, and honey. Vegans do not usually adopt veganism just for health reasons, but also for environmental, ethical, and compassionate reasons.
Vegans believe that modern intensive farming methods are bad for our environment and unsustainable in the long-term. If everybody ate plant-based food, the environment would benefit, animals would suffer less, more food would be produced, and people would generally enjoy better physical and mental health, vegans say.
#6 number 6. The Weight Watchers Diet:
Weight Watchers focuses on losing weight through diet, exercise, and a support network.
Weight Watchers Inc. was started in the 1960s by a homemaker who had lost some weight and was concerned she might put it back on. So, she created a network of friends. Weight Watchers is a huge company, with branches all over the world.
Dieters can join either physically and attend regular meetings, or online. In both cases, there is lots of support and education available for the dieter.
#7 number 7. The South Beach Diet:
The South Beach diet was started by a cardiologist, Dr. Agatston, and a nutritionist, Marie Almon. It focuses on the control of insulin levels, and the benefits of unrefined slow carbohydrates versus fast carbohydrates. Dr. Agatston devised the South Beach diet during the 1990s because he was disappointed with the low-fat, high-carb diet backed by the American Heart Association. He believed that low-fat regimes were not effective over the long-term.
#8 number 8. The Raw Food Diet:
The raw food diet, or raw foodyism, involves consuming foods and drinks that are not processed, are completely plant-based, and ideally organic.
Raw foodists believe that at least three-quarters of a person's food intake should consist of uncooked food. A significant number of raw foodists are also vegans and do not eat or drink anything that is animal based.
There are four main types of raw foodists: raw vegetarians, raw vegans, raw omnivores, and raw carnivores.
#9 number 9. The Mediterranean Diet:
The Mediterranean diet is Southern European, and more specifically focuses on the nutritional habits of the people of Crete, Greece, and southern Italy. Nowadays, Spain, southern France, and Portugal are also included, even though Portugal does not touch the Mediterranean Sea.
The emphasis is on lots of plant foods, fresh fruits as dessert, beans, nuts, whole grains, seeds, olive oil as the main source of dietary fats. Cheese and yogurts are the main dairy foods. The diet also includes moderate amounts of fish and poultry, up to about four eggs per week, small amounts of red meat, and low to moderate amounts of wine.
Up to one-third of the Mediterranean diet consists of fat, with saturated fats not exceeding 8 percent of calorie intake. The Mediterranean diet is the most extensively studied diet to date, with reliable research supporting its use for improving a person's quality of life and lowering disease risk.
That's the Sum of the most popular nine! However you plan to start your health happiness journey is a "Start"! - Just Go for it! Diets No More! You got this!