5/29/2007

Personality Type Diet

Dr Kushner’s Personality Type diet is an innovative approach to weight loss - based on food and behavior.

The survey consists of over 70 questions about your eating habits. The survey results indicate an eating pattern - many of which Dr. Kushner has named (hearty portioner, fruitless feaster, nighttime nibbler, and many more)... more

5/21/2007

Fruitarian Diet

In a fruitarian diet, the only parts of plants used are the fruit, nuts, seeds and other plant matter that can be gathered without harming the plant. In other words, 'culinary' fruit (apples, oranges, pears etc) and 'botanical' fruit or seed-containing reproductive parts of flowering plants (beans, berries, capsicums, cucumbers, grains, nuts, peas, pumpkins, seeds, squash, tomatoes, and the like), can be eaten, but not carrots, potatoes or spinach etc., which require destruction of the plant...more

5/17/2007

Warrior Diet

This exercise and nutrition program hinges on a somewhat controversial diet based on a daily cycle of "undereating" during the day and "overeating" at night. The rationale is that the historic "warrior", in order to succeed in the environment of the time, had a primal need to cycle between undereating during the day (when physical activity and danger were always present), and overeating at night (when able to rest and eat a good daily meal). Modern humans in a changed environment can therefore restore health and fitness, by returning to that cycle with the Warrior Diet...more

5/16/2007

Rice Diet

The Rice Diet is the basis for a medically-supervised program designed for rapid weight-loss over a period of 2 to 4 weeks or more, in the treatment of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and renal disease. The Rice Diet is not like fad diets which come and go, but has developed into a complete, proven and well-respected program for improving health...more

5/10/2007

Leptin Diet

Leptin is a hormone that assists in regulating both appetite and metabolism. Leptin was discovered in 1994 - therefore research is only very recent.

The 5 Rules of Leptin Diet
Never eat after dinner
Don't eat 3 hours before bedtime or go to bed on a full stomach. Allow 11-12 hours between dinner and breakfast. For approximately the first 6-8 hours after eating our evening meal, the body is burning up the calories from that day...more

5/09/2007

No Flour, No Sugar Diet

Foods containing added sugar and refined flour are nutrient-poor, unlike foods containing whole grains, fruits, vegetables and legumes which are rich in vitamins, minerals and fiber. The No Flour, No Sugar Diet reduces the so-called 'empty' calories of refined carbohydrate-based foods, also frequently high in fat (such as pizza and donuts)...more