Diet Television Tip: French Don’t Diet Plan is All About Love
Based on the popular book, “French Women Don’t Get Fat,” the so-called French Don’t Diet Plan emphasizes that it’s OK — in fact, it is essential — to love yourself and to love good food and wine. Natural, whole foods are the key to keeping you slim as opposed to the processed foods and artificial sweeteners that Americans are addicted to. The book and the website offer meal plans, recipes and suggested shopping lists. The website includes an online community where you can ask questions and get support from others who appreciate good food and who are trying to eat healthfully, too.
The French Don't Diet plan takes a more laissez-faire attitude towards dieting, billing itself as a “non-diet” diet plan and emphasizing the importance of “balancing indulgences with compensations” as the website says.
You can start by buying the book, but the website-based diet plan allows you to sign up for one month or three months of customized, but flexible meal plans plus tips for how to adopt a healthier lifestyle and develop healthy self-awareness. Want to get in touch with your inner host or hostess? The book and website also offers suggestions for serving food and appreciating food and wine with others.
This is a diet designed for adults, partly because of its appreciation for the health benefits of moderate alcohol consumption. Instead, the French Don’t Diet plan emphasizes more physical activity into your day as part of the activities of daily living, such as walking instead of driving (when possible). In addition, the plan emphasizes developing self-awareness and offers suggestions for how to feel comfortable with yourself and enjoy healthy and tasty food (including those occasional indulgences -- Ooh la, la) without feeling deprivation or guilt.
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Diet Television Tip: The Hamptons Diet: Mediterranean with a Twist
The Hamptons diet plan is basically the Mediterranean diet dressed up for a fancy weekend. The core components are those of the Mediterranean diet: eat lots of vegetables, as well as fish and other foods high in omega-3 fatty acids (such as extra virgin olive oil, flaxseed and walnuts) and be sure that most of your fat intake comes from monounsaturated fats.
The heart-healthy benefits associated with a Mediterranean-style diet have been documented and the principles of a diet with moderate carbs, many veggies and healthy omega-3’s are sound. The diet encourages eating more whole foods and fewer processed foods.
What sets the Hamptons diet apart is the emphasis on monounsaturated fats as being particularly beneficial for losing weight and reducing one’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The author of the Hamptons diet, Dr. Fred Pescatore, once worked with Dr. Atkins. Dr. Pescatore decided that the Atkins attitude that “all fat is OK” was too general and that a focus on monounsaturated fats would be even more beneficial.
According to Dr. Pescatore, macadamia nut oil contains more monounsaturated fats than extra virgin olive oil, so it’s even healthier. The Hamptons Diet extols the virtues of macadamia nut oil, although no significant studies have been done to show any benefit beyond that of any other food that is high in monounsaturated fats. Dr. Pescatore does acknowledge that you can follow the Hamptons Diet plan using extra virgin olive oil if you are allergic to nuts or if macadamia nut oil is not readily available or too expensive for you.
The specifics of the diet plan are outlined in the Hamptons Diet book. This diet doesn’t have much of an online component — no message boards or exercise charts here — but there is an online newsletter with nutrition news, recipe ideas and suggestions for following the plan and embracing the laid-back indulgent lifestyle of the Hamptons.
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