What is the Paleo Diet?
Want to know more about the Paleo diet? It’s as popular as ever today, and you won’t have to hunt and kill your meals like our ancestors did. Click for our review and recommendation!
Review: The One Low-Carb Diet That Always Works
Note: This book is no longer available for sale. Salvatore Colascione’s online best seller, “The One Low Carb Diet That Always Works“, isn’t really a “new” diet at all. In fact, this publication might be more accurately entitled “A Day in The Life of a Low Carb Dieter”. Salvatore’s publication doesn’t really shed any new light on low carb dieting (he’s basically...
Review: The South Beach Diet
Although the South Beach Diet has been causing quite a stir recently, it’s really not anything new… unless you happen to be Rip Van Winkle, and have been sleeping for the last 20 years-straight though the whole “low carb” craze! The South Beach diet is simply a slightly modified, somewhat more “friendy” version of the popular Atkins diet. And although author Dr. Arthur Agatston’s first words...
Review: G.I. (Glycemic Index) Diet
The “G.I.” of the G.I. Diet stands for glycemic index, which is a measure of how fast the body breaks down carbohydrates to form glucose, the body’s energy source. The glycemic index was developed by Dr. David Jenkins, a professor of nutrition at the University of Toronto. So what’s the deal with the glycemic index? Ah, good question… Foods with high GI ratings break down and release their stored energy...
Review: The Protein Power Diet
The Protein Power Diet, by Michael and Mary Dan Eades, is similar in many ways to the Atkins’ diet program. The fundamentals of Protein Power are primarily the same: reduce your carbohydrate intake until your body switches over to using fat for fuel (a process called ketogenisis). Then, slowly reintroduce low glycemic carbs back into the diet, until you’re eating slightly more carbs than you are protein. The Protein Power...
Atkins Diet Review: The Original Low Carb Diet
The Atkins Diet Review: Introduction Mention the Atkins Diet, and there’s almost no doubt you’ll generate some controversy, even now. To some, the Atkins Diet is the best thing that ever happened to them, and to dieting in general. Others see the Atkins diet as dangerous and impractical. The mere mention of the implementation of this diet throws them into convulsions (the comments following this review will give you can...