Review: Mayo Clinic Diet
Before I begin with the review of the Mayo Clinic Diet, you should know upfront that this diet is not endorsed by the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. Yeah, it’s a bit misleading, I know. The Mayo Clinic Diet was developed some 30 years ago, but the real impetus for the diet is unknown. While the Mayo Clinic Diet may come in a number of varieties, it customarily includes grapefruit at every meal. The diet is also...
Review: The Mediterranean Diet
We’ve all heard of the Mediterranean diet, right? Well in this case, the term “Mediterranean Diet” may actually be a misnomer, since there is no one single diet favored by the 16 countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. In fact, diets vary not only between countries but also within different regions of the same country. The differing diets are based upon culture, ethnicity, religion, economic factors, and agricultural...
Review: The Perricone Diet
The Perricone Diet is based upon the concept that what you eat can have a direct impact on how you look. Nicholas Perricone, author of the book, The Wrinkle Cure, maintains that while sunlight does cause skin damage, sugar is to blame for at least half of all skin aging. Perricone states that sugar leads to inflammation, which hurts the skin cells and causes the skin to sag. The Perricone Diet, which is billed as a way to strip years...
Review: The Negative Calorie Diet
There’s been a fair amount of hype about “negative calorie foods” and the negative calorie diet lately, and I’ve been receiving more than my fair share of questions on the legitimacy of such claims. Let me first say that no, there is no such thing as a “negative calorie food.” Yes, some foods do elevate the metabolism more than others. For example… … it requires 25-30% of the caloric...
Review: The Scarsdale Diet
The Scarsdale Diet has become one of the most popular weight loss programs in the world. Designed by Dr. Herman Tarnower, the diet is a one to two week program that is made up of 43 percent protein, 22.5 percent fat, and 34.5 percent carbohydrates. One of the major advantages of the Scarsdale Diet is its speed—it tends to yield incredibly quick results. This is due to the fact that it relies on radically reduced calorie consumption....
Stop Cheating on Your Low Carb Diet!
Jim Stone’s “Stop Cheating On Your Low Carb Diet” is a publication about… well, it’s pretty self explanatory. Yes, you might wonder how you could fill an entire publication on tips and strategies to avoid cheating on a diet, right? You might even wonder if such a publication is even necessary. Well, I can assure you, it is. Consider this… A new study published in the Journal of The American Medical...