Author: Pre-Diabetes

The Skinny Average Weight Loss: Usually 1-3 pounds per week. Type of Diet: Balanced Diet, Calorie Restriction with calories consisting of 25% fat (of which saturated fat is limited to Continue Reading

Dr. Andrew Weil created this diet with the idea that by following a special diet you can help counteract chronic inflammation that is the root cause of many serious diseases. He claims his diet may have a positive impact on preventing or improving symptoms of: Heart disease, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, Age-related disorders, including many cancers, and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.

This diet plan focuses on teaching you how to make healthy food decisions about the way you eat and how to incorporate more fruits and vegetables while losing weight. The plan involves reducing calories by using shakes (and other HMR products) as a meal replacement. The plan is most effective when you participate in the supervised program.

This diet can seem a little overwhelming at first, but it will teach you a lot about food and get you thinking about what you are eating. It is important to note that this diet is specifically designed to try and attack belly fat and give you a nice 6-pack abdomen so you must do the exercise part of the plan as well.

This diet takes dieters through four cycles in 17-day increments. Proponents of this diet say that changing your plan every seventeen days helps avoid plateaus and boredom and makes it mentally easier for people to stay on the plan longer.

The Engine 2 Diet was created by firefighter Rip Esselstyn when he noticed that his firefighter co-workers had high cholesterol. The diet is a 28 day meal plan that lets you enjoy a variety of foods such as vegetables, fruits, seeds, nuts, and grains. Although this is a plant based diet, however, it doesn’t completely forbid meat.

As with most low-carb diets, exercise is optional. Initial weight loss can be significant, but largely consists of water weight loss and from depleting your body’s store of glycogen. If you love meat, and can live without certain fruits, grains, and pasta for a while, this is an alternative to Atkins that you can try.

The 5:2 diet is a plan the involves intermittent fasting (IF). If you have any issues with blood sugar, or a lifestyle or occupation that requires daily energy from food, this is probably not the best plan for you. If you are pregnant or nursing, this is not a good plan to consider.*

The Flat Belly Diet has two parts, a four-day start and the four-week eating plan. This is a reduced calorie diet with high amounts of monounsaturated fat (MUFA) that purports to slim down stomach area with little to no exercising.

The Atkins plan lets you eat almost unlimited animal protein including red meats, eggs, and fish. Atkins forbids pasta, breads, fruit, some vegetables, or dairy other than butter, cheeses, and cream.

There is also a vegetarian version of this diet called Eco-Atkins.