Mediterranean diet

Vegetables, fruits, fiber and healthy fats reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. This shows the results of a Spanish study involving over 14,000 people. Published data indicate a 83 percent lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes in people whose eating habits in accordance with the so-called Mediterranean diet. Typical areas of Greece, Crete, southern Italy and parts of Spain, the Mediterranean Diet Plan includes mostly fruits, vegetables and lots of fish, usually cooked with olive oil. Add to this very movement, moderate drinking (especially wine) and very little animal fat. Among supporters of the diet there are several groups with different percentage reduction in risk of type 2 diabetes. The Mediterranean Breakfast includes all necessary soils and vitamins for the health, which the body needs for a day. The largest estimated percentage is 83, while the average for all study participants was 59. Many scientists still believe that the Mediterranean diet only works mediated by reducing the risk of developing diabetes because of the fact that this type of food rarely leads to excess weight. Namely obesity is cited as a major cause of the true epidemic of diabetes that engulfed the world in the last 50 years ago, summarizing the BBC.
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Lose Weight

Sometimes to decrease a few pounds quickly whether we will succeed for long after that to keep the reduced weight. You can do it in many ways, with pills of with diet. definitely the healthy foods will make you to lose weight fastest than you can imagine. The glucosamine is important for your body, which helps you for faster digestion and will speed up your metabolism. This will make you feel better and will will lose some kilograms in just several days. Important for your body is also whey protein, which will help your body to feel stronger and will burn fats from the muscles. These are the most important substances for your body, when choosing the right diet or way of losing weight. Here are some diets for your slim and hot body:
Diet for “models”
Result: one week marking reduces to 1 kilogram.
Tip: eat every 3 hours.
Morning: soft-boiled eggs.
After three hours: 175 g cottage cheese, cup of tea or coffee, no milk and no sugar.
After three hours: stewed beef steak and a cup of tea without sugar.
After three hours: soft-boiled egg.
Two hours before bedtime: 175 g cottage cheese, tea.
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Atkins Diet

Continued compliance with the Atkins diet and other low-carbohydrate diets increase the risk of many diseases, announced by the Coalition Partnership for nutrition “(Partnership for Essential Nutrition), which combines 11 leading community organizations in the United States engaged the protection of consumer rights and issues of healthy eating and health. One of the objectives of the coalition is better inform the public about the danger of unbalanced nutrition, namely the reduction of carbohydrates in the diet can lead to serious disturbances in the work of the liver and kidneys. These diets, in the opinion of experts from the organization published in its website, also increases the risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, stroke and certain cancers. Participants in the coalition mention the side effects that may impair health: severe stomach upsets, headaches, fatigue, nausea and others. They state first that the test results prove temporary effect of low-carbohydrate diet. After their termination weight quickly recovered. Atkins diet and now is one of the most fashionable in the U.S. diet.
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Cleaning diet

Although some of the so-called. Detoxifying products contain herbs and other nutrients to support liver, most of them are composed of almost the same fiber and laxatives, which purify the colon. Usually it is recommended to use about a month to achieve the desired effect. But there is another possible approach – rather than spend a month trying to toxins from your body is gained because of our own carelessness, you can take daily steps to support their liver, intestines, kidneys, skin, lungs ie bodies involved in the Detoxifying natural systems of the body. They constantly neutralize and destroy toxins and waste products of normal metabolism. Here are some tips that will always keep our body in shape:
1. More antioxidants
Good choice for home as are foods rich in glutathione peroxidase (GPx) – antioxidant enzyme, which appears in almost all fruit and vegetables. Once you reach the body cells, it became one of the most powerful agents cleaning free radicals. This antioxidant is very effective against toxins such as pesticides, heavy metals and solvents, as it turns into water-soluble forms that can be removed through the kidneys. High levels of glutathione is often in the lungs where it is fighting the toxins in tobacco smoke, smog and other airborne pollutants. Usually has a high concentration in liver. Raw fruits and vegetables are excellent sources of GPx, especially avocados and asparagus, also in most cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kale). They contain a lot of GPx and cysteine – an amino acid used by the liver to synthesize glutathione.
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Macrobiotic diet

The macrobiotic diet is not just a diet. It is a way of life. If you are attracted to the idea of foods to natural, organic based diet is the plant (with a little fish) and perceive Zen-like spirituality in life and in their choice of food, then maybe macrobiotic diet is for you. Resulting from Japan, macrobiotic diet is based on principles that combine Zen Buddhism and Western vegetarian diets. It is much more than a list of recommended foods, because based on the spirit that rises beyond the lifestyle, attitudes and dietary practices. The word “macrobiotic” comes from Greek and means “long life” or “great life.”
Macrobiotic diet regime supports the Eastern philosophy of balancing the food in order to achieve a balance between yin and yang. To achieve this balance, foods are grouped in pairs based on how many are sour, acute salty, sweet or bitter. Yin foods are cold, sweet and passive, while yang foods are hot, salty and aggressive. Some foods are forbidden because they contain toxins or are very distant from the idea of Zen-balance. Early versions of the macrobiotic diet included several stages, which progressively became more restrictive and ended with a diet of brown rice and water – which is considered at the final stage of balance between yin and yang. Today Americanized version is amended vegetarian eating plan.
Although not scientifically proven, a macrobiotic diet of beneficial nutritious foods can protect you from cancer and other chronic diseases.
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Diet

In 80% of cases after three years people who followed the diet, recovered its previous weight, reported the Italian newspaper La Stampa. People who choose so-called. The medical weight loss (especially obesity) during the first weeks of diet really separated by a few pounds (in some cases even up to 10% by weight). Results reward them for their efforts and produce, as proved later, the illusion that can diminish quickly and easily. The impact comes later. For some time all efforts to weaken proved futile, and two years after starting the diet disappeared quarter of beneficial effect. After three years 83 percent of patients weigh even more than before the diet – and at least 5 kg! “Diets are useless,” said Augusta Palma, Director of the Board of dietician and clinical trials in hospital “Molinet” in Turin. “It is not enough to reduce the volume of food consumed – it is necessary to change their habits. Research shows that a sharp reduction in weight is a continuous alternation of accumulation and body weight, these fluctuations have a detrimental effect – provoking the development of cardiovascular disease and cause of death from a heart attack, stroke and diabetes.
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