Special Diet Plans For Various Purposes

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Do you always concern about what you eat?

Do you like to shop the fresh and green, and store your fridge full of them?

Do you eat various kinds of food to have a balanced diet?

Do you have a particular selection of food for a reason of good health?

Do you often notice the food label to make sure you are consuming healthy food?


If you answer ‘yes' to all those questions, you deserve to have two thumbs-up. You have already had a good eating

habit and done right with your diet. Therefore, you will also deserve to have long-lasting good health.


Let's learn what a diet means


‘diet' is a particular selection of food, or the overall intake and selection of food for a

particular person or people. A special diet may be recommended for medical reasons, to balance, limit, or increase certain nutrients; undertaken to lose

weight, by a reduction ...
... in calorie intake or selection of specific foods; or observed on religious, moral, or emotional grounds.


(Webster's New World Encyclopedia)


It is obvious that diet, which is more renowned as a weight-loss program, in fact, is also

practiced to meet other requirements, such as medical reasons and religious teachings. In other words, not only is a diet plan undertaken for weight loss,

but a special diet is also recommended for medical reasons on account of the evidence that food can play in the prevention and treatment of a variety of

diseases. Further, a particular diet is also seen on religious, moral, or emotional grounds.


Weight-loss diet programs work based on the reduction in calorie intake or selection of specific foods while

special diet programs for medical reasons aim at balancing, limiting, or increasing certain nutrients. Then, a particular diet as practiced by certain

members of religious groups conforms to their strict dietary law and is believed to be God's command, thus, every believer of the religion is liable for the

particular strict diet. Further, there also has a particular diet which people choose to follow for humanitarian, ecstatic or health reasons.


Let's learn the various diet types

Webster's New World Encyclopedia has noted 8 different types of diet (see the table) long known and worldwide

practiced. The 8 diet types comprise diets for various reasons: diet for weight loss, diet for medical reason, and diet for religious practice, ecstatic, or

humanitarian reasons.


8 Different Types of Diet



DIET


PARTICULARS






Vegetarian
eat no meat


Vegan
eat no food of animal origin


Hay system
do not mix protein with starches and fruits


Macrobiotic
based on unrefined cereals


Fruitarian
based on fruit, nuts, and seed


Jewish
eat kosher food


Muslim
eat halal food


Hindu
vegetarian




First, vegetarian diet is a type of diet, not only seen on religious ground, but

also followed by people who are aware of their health and undertaken by those who concern about humanity. As seen on religious ground,

href="detail_artikel.php?id=3">vegetarian diet is practiced by Hindu and Buddhists.


Similar to the first diet type, vegan diet is also a strict diet obligatorily

practiced among the religious community, in Buddhism, for example. Vegan diet is undertaken by certain group of people

for the reason of humanity.


The third diet, the Hay System diet, introduced by Dr. William Hay as a cure of

his health problem that it was able to treat his contracting diseases (hypertension, Bright's disease, dilated heart) was claimed to be the diet type for

medical reason. The Hay System diet, also called the hay diet will give additional benefit to people following this

diet that weight loss will occur to overweight dieters.


Next, the fourth and the fifth diet types, macrobiotic and

href="detail_artikel.php?id=19">fruitarian diet both are recommended for medical reasons. For example, people severely allergic to various kinds of food

may be recommended to have fruitarian diet and those suffering from cancer disease should be best treated with

macrobiotic diet. Macrobiotic diet is also advised taking for people wanting to have long-lasting good health as its

healthy ingredients are high in fiber and low in fat. Moreover, macrobiotic diet is effective to fight against

obesity; therefore, it is also a type of weight-loss diet.


The other three diet types, the Jewish, Muslim, and Hindu diets are practiced by certain religious community, i.e. the

followers of Judaism, Muslim, and Hindu, respectively. In other words, kosher food, halal food, and

href="detail_artikel.php">vegetarian diet, the dietary law of Judaism, Muslim and Hindu, are the diet types for religious practices.



Let's look at the diet types for weight loss

If the considerable number of diet programs for weight loss can be grouped based on how the diet programs work and

cause a weight loss, it should come to as many as 10 diet types; 9 of which is classified according to the selection and limitation of food or nutrients; and

the other which refers to the several weight-loss centers. (See the table)


Of the 10 diet types, the very low-calorie suddenly slim diet appears to offer a shortcut to lose weight fast.

href="detail_artikel.php?id=11">The Cabbage Soup Diet, for instance, may result in sudden weight loss of up to 10 lbs in a week. The

href="detail_artikel.php?id=10">3-Day Diet is another example of many suddenly slim diet programs that it produces quick weight loss up to 10 lbs just in

3 days.


The programs of suddenly slim diet give rise to pros and cons among the dieters. The pros claim that the

suddenly slim diet programs benefit them with the sudden weight loss in quite a short period. Besides, the programs of suddenly slim diet formulate very

low-calorie food mainly consisting of vegetables and fruit, thus are made up of healthy food.


The cons mention that the suddenly slim diet programs do not teach how to maintain healthy eating habits in the long

term; therefore, once the dieters have returned to their old eating habits, they will gain back their weight loss soon after the diet program ends. Moreover,

most nutritionists do not recommend such certain programs of suddenly slim diet due to the adverse effects caused by the lack of some important nutrients

10 Diet Types for weight loss and their famous diet programs





DIET TYPES
DIET PROGRAM


1. Low-calorie, suddenly slim

    (or called sudden weight
    loss)

* cabbage soup diet

* 3 day diet

* 5-day miracle diet

* 14-day beauty boot camp

* grapefruit diet

* rotation diet


 

2. Low-calorie, liquid meal
    replacement

* slim fast

* Herbalife

* Cambridge diet


 

3. Reduced-calirie by
    controlling portion

* picture perfect weight loss

* volumentrics weight-control

* 90/10 weight-loss plan

* change one eating plan


 

4. Low-Fat

* Ornish Diet

* Pritikin Diet

* Rosemary Conley's Low-fat Diet

* Low-fat Living

* fatmanslim


 

5. Low-carbohydrate

* Atkins Diet

* Carbohydrate-Addict's Diet

* Zone Diet

* Food Doctor Diet

* South Beach Diet


 

6. Glycaemic Index

* GI point diet

* Glucose Revolution

* Montignac method


 

7. Food-combining

* hay diet

* new beverly hills diet

* somesizing

* fit for life


 

8. Metabolic typing

* eat right 4 your type

* body code

* metabolic typing


 

9. Detox diet

* detox diet

* living beauty detox

* fat-flush plan

* juice fasts


 

10.Weight-loss centres

* weight watchers

* nutrisystem

* national slimming centres






Of the great number of diet programs of different diet types, some may work effectively for you and have you lose weight

suddenly; on the other hand, some others may fail to have your weight lost, or even worse, some might cause to you to put on weight. In short, most diets

work for some people; none works for everyone. By a little trial and error, you should get your best diet program.


Some guidelines to maintain the weight loss

It is very important to establish and maintain a healthy eating habit so that the reduced weight will not return.

Otherwise, what so called ‘yoyo' diet can happen and it is very miserable to have the weight gain after the weight loss.


There are some guidelines that can help maintain the weight control after completing the diet program and having a

weight loss. First, establishing a healthy eating habit is a key to successful weight control. Then, doing regular exercise is also necessary for long-term

weight control. Next, avoiding stressful situation may be helpful to gain some undesirable weight. Finally, joining a support group like weight-loss group

can also be useful to stay motivated and get dietary advice, regular weigh-ins, and an exercise session.

 
Healthy eating habit: a key of success for weight loss and weight control

It is evident that the key of success for weight loss is determined by a healthy eating habit and so is the successful

weight control. Indeed, healthy eating plays role and affects good health as the food we eat can have an important effect on our health and well-being. Also,

when weight loss has occurred, the reduced weight loss may return quickly without the support of healthy eating habit.


It is not a simple job to change unhealthy eating to healthy eating habit. However, it is worth striving to sustain the

good practice regarding to the enormous benefits of having long-lasting good health throughout our life. Simply, the foods we eat are critical in determining

both our present and future health; therefore, it is important that we be informed about a healthy diet and healthy eating guides.


Healthy eating habit should cover small changes in the foods we choose, as well as the way we prepare the foods. The

following healthy eating tips should be useful to maintain the reduced weight loss, and should make us promote good health.


12 Healthy eating tips

Eat three meals a day with the proper amount to fullness to avoid snacking or grazing between meals

Do not skip breakfast nor lunch and dinner
Skipping breakfast may cause over-eating at lunch time. skipping lunch may make

more calories consumed at snack time



Eat five servings of fruits and vegetables every day

Use fruits and vegetables as snacks



Eat two to four servings of protein foods a day


Eat at least two servings of oil-rich fish a week


Cut back on the amount of fat, especially the intake of saturated fat; use monosaturated or

polyunsaturated fats instead

Avoid eating excessive deep fried food stuffs
Use olive oil as salad dressing instead of mayonnaise
Choose lean cuts of meat and poultry



Choose fiber-rich varieties of starchy carbohydrates like wholemeal bread and whole grain cereal


Focus on the food while eating; sit down and eat at the table instead of eating on the run or

eating while watching television or reading

Eat slowly and chew the food thoroughly
Focus on the food while eating; sit down and eat at the table instead of eating on the run or

eating while watching television or reading

Drink plenty of water

Six to eight glasses per day (1.75 litres/ 3 pints)
Drink a glass of water before each meal


Drink or eat two servings of low-fat dairy foods and low-fat yoghurt
Reduce salt intake; avoid using salt at the table



Let's look at the special diets for medical reasons


There is a strong link between diet and the development of several diseases. Healthy diet can improve the quality

of life and help live longer. Healthy diet, together with exercise, proves helpful to prevent many dangerous diseases such as obesity, diabetes mellitus,

cardiovascular, and osteoporosis. On the contrary, unhealthy diet containing many saturated fats can cause cardiovascular disease. Lack of fiber in the diet

may lead to some digestive diseases like diverculitis.


Special Diet for Improving Health or Preventing a Variety of Diseases
Low fat diet
Cholesterol free diet
Therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLC) diet




Special Diet for the Treatment of Various Diseases and Medical Conditions
Diabetic diet
Diverculitis diet
Gout diet
Hepatitis diet
Autistic diet
Cardiac diet
DASH diet for high blood pressure
Gluten-free diet for celiac disease
Dietary treatment for kidney failure
Germ-free (neutropenic) diet