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Dillard Diet Program – A comprehensive review

September 1st, 2009 admin No comments

Dillard Diet Program was a low carb, high protein diet program that was in vogue some years ago, offering people true help with reducing their excess fat and ultimately helping in weight loss. However, a recent search revealed that this diet program was no longer in vogue and may not even be in business anymore. Low carb, high protein diets were definitely popular some time back but recently with trends constantly changing, they are no longer in demand and hence it is very difficult to find any information regarding such diet programs on the Internet. The reasons for such programs losing momentum and becoming unpopular with the masses will be discussed in this review. Read on for a Comprehensive Review of the Dillard Diet Program

Dillard Diet

Dillard Diet

At the outset, it is pertinent to note that the information readily available on the Internet about the Dillard Diet program is very little.  However, the basic information available, reveals that this is one of the many no or low carb diets that were very popular sometime back. Moreover, a reading of this diet program reveals that it employs the same principles employed by programs like the Atkins Diet and South beach diet programs. Eradication of carbohydrates totally from one’s diet regime is the focus of such diet programs. According to the principles of the Dillard Diet program, by eliminating carbohydrates, you are starting a process known as ketosis within your body. Ketosis is a process by which the body is starved to such an extent that it starts feeding on the excess fat in the body for more energy. Starvation causes energy levels to reduce and in order to increase energy levels; the body feeds on its fat reserve and depletes it in the process. While such diet programs produce effects much faster than other programs, it is important to note that they make living more difficult. Tiredness, Sluggishness, headaches, constipation, dizziness, gas, reduced energy levels and high build up of protein in the body are some of the side effects of such diet programs. While this diet program was very popular few years ago, people have started expressing concerns today over the safety of such programs and hence such programs have lost popular appeal among people.

Advantages of the Dillard Diet Program
• Low carb diets are highly effective in weight loss
• Non surgical approach towards weight loss

Disadvantages of the Dillard Diet Program
• No proper information available on the Internet regarding this program
• Safety issues regarding such diets are not clear
• Very difficult to continue with such diets
• People claim that this Dillard Diet Program causes cravings and hunger pangs, quite similar to high fat diets, which could cause problems.

Detailed Analysis of Acai Berry Ultimate

August 28th, 2009 admin 1 comment

Acai Berry Ultimate is a supplement that is made exclusively with Acai berry, which is a great ingredient for all weight loss supplements. Found in the remote areas of Brazil, this berry has been used since centuries by Brazilians to lose excess weight. Recently, there is a spurt in the usage of these acai berries to make health supplements for weight loss and weight management. Acai berry is hundred per cent pure and filled with nutrients that make it the best food available to a person. Rich in proteins, minerals, calcium and phosphorus, acai berries are also a gold mine of vitamins like Vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, C and E, making it the most nutritious fruit in the world. Recent studies show that acai berries have more proteins than an egg and more antioxidants, almost 33 times more, than in the red wine grapes. In addition, they contain huge amounts of fatty acids like Omega 3 and Omega 6, which is important for boosting our metabolism and increasing our stamina and energy levels. Good fatty acids are important in our diet as they balance the cholesterol level in the body and help in removing the excess fat that is created by overeating.

Key ingredients in Acai Berries:
The chief ingredients of this acai berry include proteins, good fats, fiber, vitamins, antioxidants and minerals, in short gold mine of goodness that definitely helps the body in maintaining perfect balance. Acai berries must form a part of your regular diet, if you want to benefit from all these super ingredients at one go.

Conclusion
In conclusion, we can definitely say that these acai berries are very useful and should form a part of your daily diet, either in the form of juice or salad or desert or even concentrate. Along with weight loss, acai berries play a very important role in improving your immune system and also in ensuring long life. Anyone who is interested in losing weight should definitely add acai berries to his or her regular diet and see the difference as these berries are very important weight loss ingredient. Adding a fat reducing supplement to an acai berry diet and including exercise as a part of your daily routine will assist in weight loss. Given the fact that acai berries are so useful in weight loss, it can only be true that Acai berry Ultimate will definitely go a long way in ensuring your weight loss endeavor is successful.

How To Create Atkins Diet Menu Plan For Yourself?

June 23rd, 2009 admin No comments

The Atkins diet food pyramid places dietary emphasis on the protein sources as opposed to whole grain foods. The only limits that are placed are on the actual type of foods you can eat as opposed to the amount of foods you can intake.

Foods that should be excluded include:

• White rice or foods made with white flour like cake
• White bread
• Potatoes
• Pasta

Here are the foods you can eat liberally on this plan:

All fish including : tuna, salmon, sole, trout, flounder, sardines, herring

All fowl including : chicken, turkey, duck, goose, poussin, quail, phesant.

All shellfish including : oysters, mussels, lobster, clams, squid, prawns, crabmeat.

All meat including : beef, pork, lamb, bacon, veal, ham, venison.

All eggs including : scrambled, fried, poached, soft boiled, hard boiled, deviled, omelettes

The above included foods are made up of mainly proteins and fats as opposed to carbohydrates. With these foods it doesn’t matter about the calories since the prime focus is on carbohydrate minimization.

Atkins Diet Menu Plan

Atkins Diet - Sample Menu Day 1
Breakfast

3 Eggs, Scrambled with cream
4-6 Strips BaconCoffee or tea with Splenda and cream

Lunch

Chicken Salad(6 oz. Grilled Chicken

1T Romano Cheese

2c dark salad greens

2T Ranch Dressing

1 chopped hard boiled egg)

Dinner

Fish Fry (fish fillets dipped in egg and coated in whey protein and fried in vegetable oil)1 cup salad greens

¼ medium tomato

1 thin slice red onion

1 cup Broccoli rabe with butter

Snack

2 oz cheddar cheese,1 serving sugarfree jello

Atkins Diet - Sample Menu Day 2
Breakfast

Fried egg and bacon.Plus a cup of decaff coffee with single cream.
Lunch

Chicken breast topped with melted mozzarella and 170g mixed lettuce leaves tossed with olive oil.

Dinner

8oz pan-fried rump steak served with 80g spinach topped with soured cream.
Snack
2 slices ham.
Atkins Diet - Sample Menu Day 3
Breakfast

Omelet with Turkey Sausages

Lunch

Chicken salad served over chopped cucumber, radishes and watercress

Dinner

Creamy Dumplings SoupLemon Roast Chicken

Small green salad with vinaigrette

Snacks

10 to 20 olives

Atkins Diet - Sample Menu Day 4
Breakfast

2 hard boiled eggs and 4 strips of bacon

Lunch

4 cups of lettuce salad, w/shredded cheese and chicken breast (cut up)

Dinner

Steak/ chicken, meat crust pizza, 2-3 cheeseburgers, etc. W/ dinner I would have some string cheese.

Snacks

I drank 100+ ounces of water a day and would drink Crystal Light if I needed something else.

Atkins Diet - Sample Menu Day 5
Breakfast

Omelette (3 eggs scrambled with ¼ c cream, then filled with 2T “Spinach, Feta, and Pecorino” pasta stir-thru sauce, any brand)½ ham steak

Decaf Coffee or tea

Lunch

Salami and Cream Cheese roll-ups2 cups salad greens

2 T Dressing of Choice

Dinner

Creamy Almond Chicken (recipe is in the recipe section of this book)1c Broccoli

1c salad greens

1T Dressing of Choice

Snacks

1 ounce Swiss cheese

Atkins Diet - Sample Menu Day 6
Breakfast

Hamfried eggs

decaffeinated coffee

water

Lunch

Salad of 1/2 medium avocado1 small tomato and chicken with olive oil dressing

water.

Dinner

Prawn cocktail with a little iceberg lettuce and mayonnaise dressing, steak, 6 slices of cucumber and 1/2 small onion salad with sour cream, soda water

Snacks

Mocha granita

Atkins Diet - Sample Menu Day 7
Breakfast

Whitefish saladTwo tomato slices

Lunch

Ham, spinach and cheese omeletMixed green salad

Dinner

Pork Chops(Fry pork chops until brown. Remove from pan. Deglaze pan with cream and allow to reduce. Season with salt and pepper, serve over chops)

1 cup mashed cauliflower

(Boil or steam ½ head of cauliflower until tender. Mash with 2T butter and 1T cream. Add salt and pepper to taste.)

2 c salad greens

2 T dressing of choice

Snacks

Celery stuffed with Roasted Garlic and Vegetable Dip

This Atkins Diet Menu Plan is reasonably low in caloriesand would result in a weight loss of around 1-2lb a week for many people. However, it contains way too much fat. Healthy eating guidelines recommend that fewer than one third of calories come from fat, with no more than a tenth coming from saturates. In this day’s diet, 54 percent of calories come from fat and 24 percent come from saturates.

 

It’s also exceptionally high in protein. Most women need around 45g of protein and men around 55g of protein a day. This day’s menu contains around three times these amounts.

 

It’s also very low in carbsand fibre. For good health, around half of all calories should come from carbs and we should have 18g fibre each day. Just 2 percent of calories are coming from carbs with this menu and fibre intakes are considerably lower than recommended intakes.

Atkins diet plan : Induction Phase Allowed Foods

June 22nd, 2009 admin 1 comment

Atkins diet plan is mainly based on consuming high levels of protein and low levels of carbohydrates. It has become a popular weight loss approach for most of us.

Induction phase is the first phase of Atkins diet plan,During this phase, you are allowed to take only 20 grams of carbohydrates per day. You have to avoid caffeine and alcohol completely. Atkins’ induction phase has severe limitations on carbohydrates because the purpose of this phase is to get your body to rely on burning fat, instead of the glucose produced by the carbohydrates.

Atkins diet plan : Induction Phase Allowed Foods

High protein, carbohydrate free foods
  • All meats, fish, seafood such as prawns, poultry
Eat as much as you like
Fats & oils
  • All 100% fats & oils
Eat as much as you like
High protein/fat foods containing small amounts of carbohydrate
  • Eggs
  • Hard cheeses
  • Cream cheese
  • Double (heavy) cream, etc
  • Shellfish
  • Soya milk (unsweetened, 0.6g carb per 100ml or less)
Eat as much as your daily carbohydrate allowance permits
Salads containing small amounts of carbohydrate
  • Alfalfa sprouts
  • Celery
  • Cucumber
  • Dill, basil, rosemary, thyme, oregano etc
  • Fennel
  • Lettuce, romaine, escarole, endive, radicchio etc
  • Olives
  • Radishes
  • Red/green peppers (bell peppers)
Eat as much as your daily carbohydrate allowance permits
Vegetables containing small amounts of carbohydrate
  • Artichoke hearts
  • Asparagus
  • Aubergine (eggplant)
  • Avocado
  • Bamboo shoots
  • Bean sprouts
  • Beet greens
  • Broccoli
  • Brussels sprouts
  • Cabbage
  • Cauliflower
  • Celeriac
  • Chard
  • Courgettes
  • Green/French beans
  • Kale
  • Kohlrabi
  • Leeks
  • Marrow
  • Okra
  • Pumpkin
  • Rhubarb
  • Spring onions (scallions)
  • Spinach
  • Summer squash
  • Turnips
  • Water chestnuts
Eat as much as your daily carbohydrate allowance permits
Other
  • Herbs and spices - these vary in carbohydrate content but in general the quantities in which they are used are too small to worry too much about counting
Eat as much as your daily carbohydrate allowance permits
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