The best diet plans to lose weight healthily part 2
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Weightwatchers
A ‘SmartPoints’ system that encourages a long-term positive relationship with food. Get your head around the system – which is based on a calorie controlled diet that allows you to eat limitless fruit and vegetables – and you’re good to go.
Weekly meetings reinforce positive behavioural changes; the marketing talks about losing up to 2lbs a week.
The expert says
“The plans are generally well balanced, no food is banned and points can be saved up so people can have a night out or a treat night.
Counting points may be time consuming, however. And if dieters don’t continue to watch their portion sizes and make a link between points and calories, they may regain the weight quickly.
People may end up being encouraged to buy Weightwatchers branded products that may be more expensive and not necessarily any better than other products.”
Weightwatchers uses a SmartPoints system to kick start a long-term positive change.
Weightwatchers uses a SmartPoints system to kick start a long-term positive change.
Alkaline
The diet that banishes acidic foods. The logic behind the Alkaline Diet is that by cutting out acidic foods commonly found in a western diet, you essentially reduce your health risks.
So, alcohol, caffeine, sugar, cow’s milk, certain meats and gluten are all out; in their place steps veg, raw food, nuts, alkaline water and green juices.
Weight loss is all but inevitable given the foods you are cutting out.
The expert says
“The healthy eating principles at the core of this diet – such as reducing sugar, alcohol and processed food and increasing vegetables – may result in weight loss.
However, the diet is based on a misinterpretation of the science and there is no evidence behind it. The body regulates your pH within a tight range and your diet is not going to significantly alter that.
Some more restrictive versions of the diet cut out entire food groups such as dairy. This reduces calcium intake and if maintained long-term, could lead to weakened bones.”
