Diet Television Tip: Macrobiotic Diets: Eating Plans For Purists
Some vegetarians - and non-vegetarians - choose to follow a macrobiotic diet for overall health, although macrobiotic diets don’t make specific claims about weight loss. A macrobiotic diet has its roots in Eastern philosophy and emphasizes the importance of eating simple, whole, unprocessed foods that are high in fiber and phytoestrogens.
A macrobiotic diet can be a vegetarian diet or it can include some meat, although a traditional macrobiotic diet keeps meat, sugar, and dairy products to a minimum. Most variations on a macrobiotic diet are low-fat and high-fiber, and most include soy products and seaweed-based products.
Western nutritional theory advocates seven components that are needed for basic nutrition and good health: Carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals and water. If you are following a macrobiotic diet, your sources for these components could be as follows:
This isn’t a low-carb diet: Most information on macrobiotic diets shows that 50-60 percent of each meal should come from whole grains. And if you have a sweet tooth, the restrictions might be too, well, restrictive. Desserts (such as they are) should be limited to naturally sweet foods such as apples and dried fruit, and a macrobiotic diet advocates replacing sugar, molasses, and even honey with rice syrup or barley malt. And chocolate is to be avoided, which may rule out a macrobiotic diet for the chocolate lovers out there!
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Raw Food Diet
The raw food diet focuses on uncooked, unprocessed, organic foods. This diet is typically associated with veganism. It centers around the consumption of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. It is difficult to obtain correct nutrition through this diet. Those wishing to follow a raw food diet should consult with health care professionals in order to develop an acceptable meal plan.
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Diet Television Tip: A Clean Sweep: Raw Food Detox Can Flush Out Toxins
The Raw Food Detox Diet, developed by Manhattan-based nutritionist Natalia Rose, is less of a weight loss diet and more of a plan to incorporate raw foods into whatever diet plan you follow. The raw food consumption, says Rose, is a way to enhance your overall health.
The theory behind the Raw Food Detox Diet is that our bodies build up toxins over time by storing waste byproducts from foods (primarily processed foods) that are never fully eliminated from the body. Rose suggests that eating more raw foods will help the body eliminate these excess toxins. The potential benefits of eliminating excess toxins include clearer skin, shinier hair, more energy, and a slimmer body, although the evidence for any of these results is limited.
Still, if you want to get inspired to eat more raw foods as part of your diet, consider this: the meat and starch-heavy meals that make up much of out diets take more energy to digest; thus the body has less energy available to flush out toxins and repair itself. The inadequate repair is part of the culprit behind the bags under your eyes or your seemingly sluggish metabolism. Anything that promotes eating more natural, healthy foods is good, even if the philosophy behind it may seem dubious to some.
Although this is not a vegetarian diet, it does emphasize fruits and vegetables. For the specific recommendations of how to incorporate more of these raw foods into your diet, you have to buy the book; there’s no online newsletter component.
And keep this tip in mind: If you have a sensitive colon or bladder, or if you are not used to eating a high-fiber diet, you may find that following the high fiber food recommendations of the Raw Food Detox Diet leaves you feeling bloated.
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