Blood Type Diet
The Blood group diet is a diet plan that is based on a person’s blood group or type. Also known as the blood type diet, this diet program was advocated by Peter D’Adamo, a known naturopath and author. The basic premise of the blood group diet is that a person’s ABO blood type is a major factor in determining the diet that one should follow. D’Adamo, the creator of the blood type diet has theorized that the body’s blood type determines how it deals with different nutrients. This is based on the i…
The Coconut Diet
Coconuts have been regarded as “trees of life” primarily because of their many uses specially for those living in tropical countries. The fruit of the coconut palm or the coconut oil is rich in good fats that are beneficial to health. This is why most tropical populations are healthy, free from diseases, and are rarely considered overweight.Coconut oil contains healthy saturated fats, as compared to the transfatty acids found in most vegetable oils. Coconut oil helps boost the body’s metabolism …
Caveman Diet
The caveman diet is based a diet regimen that tries to emulate the diet that ancient humans probably consumed during the Stone Age. This approach to dieting has recently become a popular alternative for people who look for different ways to try to lose weight or stay in shape. At first look, the caveman diet may prove ancient to some people. But by looking at it closely, there might be some sense behind following such a diet. The caveman diet first came out sometime in the mid-seventies as it wa…
Personality Type Diet
Dr. Robert F. Kushner, a medical teacher at Northwestern University, has introduced a type of weight-loss program that is customized according to the individual, which he called “The Personality Type Diet”, after realizing during his consultations with people who wanted to lose weight that there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all diet. The approach targets diet advice to people based on what they need the most help with, and at the same time focuses strategies in eating, exercise, and copin…
Dr. Phil's Ultimate Weight Loss
Phil McGraw, most popularly known as Dr. Phil is a psychologist who catapulted himself to fame after his appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show. While he’s known for his advices from relationships to eating disorders, Dr. Phil starts tackling on obesity. In his book, “The Ultimate Weight Solution,” he opts for people to seek change regarding their behavior and thought about food, weight loss and themselves. He says that it doesn’t take counting calories and tracking carbohydrates and fats to lose…
3 Hour Diet
The 3-Hour Diet was founded by fitness guru, Jorge Cruise. Cruise is known for his famous 8 Minutes in the Morning workout program for weight loss. Even though he is not a nutrition expert, Cruise has been able to say that he has been overweight at one point in his life. With this particular diet, Cruise believes in a diet which has a strict timeline of when one should eat and what he or she should eat. This diet has three necessary steps that one should follow: Eat breakfast within one hour of …
Cactus Diet
The Cactus Diet is based on the the hoodia cactus or “hoodia gordonii” (pronounced as HOO-dee-ah). It is also called by several names such as xhooba, khoba, Ghaap and the South African desert cactus. Hoodia is a cactus that’s advertised to take away the appetite of someone and essentially to promote weight loss. Hoodia has already been sold and marketed in capsule, tea or liquid form in several food stores. The television and the Internet have already capitalized on it. It can be found in the ar…
French Women Don't Get Fat
It has been such a wonder for a lot of people that French women don’t get fat. It seems that in women in France are known to enjoy eating food but don’t seem to get fat. This was especially highlighted by a bestseller book called “French Women Don’t Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure” by Mireille Guiliano. In this book, the author tries to explain why French women who eat the traditional way seem to stay slim and trim than American women. It sprung from an observation among French women …
Bob Harper: Eat More Diet
Bob Harper’s diet plan has recently gained some popularity due to the reality show the “Biggest Loser”. Bob Harper was a personal trainer that appeared for the said reality show which deals with helping obese people go through the process of losing the most weight. Through the show, he was able to get certain notoriety as an expert in helping people lose weight and became known for developing a type of diet to help people lose weight effectively. Bob Harper was known for his Eat More Diet. He be…
Oprah Diet
The Oprah Diet was developed by the celebrated talk show host’s personal trainer Bob Greene. He is an exercise physiologist as well as a certified personal trainer that specializes in fitness, metabolism and weight loss. Aside form being Oprah’s personal trainer, he also has become a frequent guest at the Oprah Winfrey Show as well as a contributing writer on health and fitness on The O Magazine. He has also written some best selling books on health and fitness. The Oprah Diet is also known as t…
