The Scoop on the Best Selling Diets

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The Scoop on the Best Selling Diets

• The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

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VOLUMETRICS

• Balanced plan -- fills you up on high water and
  high air volume foods (fruits, veggies, grains,
  poultry, soups)
• Shaves off 500 calories daily if plan is followed
• 1-2 pounds off per week -- 70 keep it off
• Easy to use and healthy, but does require kitchen
  time

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DIETING FOR DUMMIES

• Balanced plan
• 1200, 1500 or 1800 calorie plans to choose from
• 1 -2 pounds per week lost -- 70 keep it off
• Easy to use and healthy
• No specific meal plan -- uses lowfat foods
• Offers tips on cravings, fitting in exercise and
  use of 7 condiments that add flavor, not fat

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WEIGHT WATCHERS

• Group support program
• 1200 to 1500 calories daily
• 1-2 pounds per week -- 70 keep it off
• Easy to use and healthy -- Duchess of York
  promotes
• Can become expensive -- membership fees, sign-up
  fees, boxed foods
• Program uses point system -- foods are worth so
  many points/ exercise earn points to spend
• Detail oriented, but provides social interaction

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JENNY CRAIG

• Counselor support program -- required eating plan
• 1,000 to 2,300 calories daily
• 1 to 2 pounds a week -- 70 keep it off
• Healthy but more difficult program to use
• Must purchase Jennys foods and supplement with
  your own F,V and Dairy
• Start with boxed foods, then switch to exchange
  plans
• Teaches portion sizes

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CHOOSE TO LOSE

• Focuses on cutting fat -- basically use of fat
  budgeting theory
• 1,000 to 2,200 calories daily
• Use of a variety of low-fat foods
• 1-2 pounds per week lost
• Healthy but difficult to monitor all those numbers

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ORIGIN DIET

• Claims that women should eat like their
  pre-historic ancestors
• 1/3 protein and 2/3 plants and grains
• Basically healthy diet with a little cave
  painting as garnish
• Encourages exercise

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DR. SHAPIROS PICTURE PERFECT WEIGHT LOSS

• Visual guide to how many calories different foods
  contain
• No set amount of calories daily
• Variable weight loss due to above -- less than
  50 keep it off
• Fairly healthy and easy
• Structured, but visual -- use book of comparison
  pictures -- not planning
• Really helps with portion control

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EAT MORE, WEIGH LESS (Ornish Diet)

• Extremely low fat vegetariandiet
• 1250 calories
• 1-2 pounds lost weekly -- less than 50 keep it
  off
• Borders on not healthy and not easy to use
• Uses fiber rich carbs, F, V, and nonfat dairy --
  low in calcium
• Very hard to stay with this plan long

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THE ZONE

• Must follow correct ratio of carbs to protein to
  fat (403030)
• Supposedly keeps insulin levels in zone
• Low fat protein, F,V, only olive or canola oil
• Low in grains and calcium
• 1,000 calories daily -- only 30 keep it off

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THE PRITIKIN PRINCIPLE

• Cutting calories density
• 1,500 to 2,200 calories daily
• 30 keep it off
• F, V, pasta, oatmeal, soups, salads, low-fat
  dairy -- limited lowfat poultry and meat and dry
  foods
• Low in calcium

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EAT RIGHT FOR YOUR TYPE

• Eat certain foods based on your blood type
• 1,150 to 1250 calories daily
• 2-3 pounds per week -- less than 10 keep it off
• Not too healthy, difficult to use
• Difficult to live with others and stay on this
  plan

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THE BURN RATE DIET

• First cyberdiet -- must log onto books no-fee
  website to figure out what they should eat to
  maximize their burn rate (BMR)
• Ignores overeating and lack of exercise
• Very difficult rules to live by

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Sugar Busters!

• Low carb, high protein diet that bans sugar and
  starch, including most veggies
• 1300 calories daily, with 1 pound loss weekly
• No one has kept weight off
• Not healthy but not to difficult to use
• Trading sugar for fat is not smart

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SUZANNE SOMERS GET SKINNY ON FABULOUS FOOD

• High protein plan that eliminates starches and
  has elaborate food rules
• 1,700 calories daily
• 203 pounds per week
• less than 20 keep it off, not healthy and can be
  difficult
• Weird rules (eat fruit separately to avoid
  spoiling in gut)

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PROTEIN POWER

• Low carb, high protein
• 1,100 calories daily
• up to 10 pounds a week -- mostly water
• Few keep it off, not healthy, difficult
• Fancy formulas to calculate protein needs
• Only allows 30 to 50 grams of carbs (2 apples)

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THE CARBOHYRDRATE ADDICTS DIET

• Very low carb, high protein plan
• 1400 to 2000 calories
• 1 to 2 pounds lost weekly
• Few keep it off, very unhealthy, but easy to use
• Leads to bingeing

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ENTER THE ZONE

• Low carb, high protein plan consisting of
  specific amount of protein, fat and carbs to
  prevent the zone
• 800 to 1200 calories daily
• up to 10 pounds lost per week
• Few keep it off, very unhealthy and moderately
  difficult
• No such zone exists

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DR. ATKINS NEW DIET REVOLUTION

• Low carb, high protein, high fat diet
• 1400 to 2000 calories daily
• Up to 10 pounds lost weekly, mostly water
• Few keep it off, very unhealthy and very
  difficult to use
• Puts you in danger of ketosis -- bad breath and
  constipation
• Low in calcium and fiber