Nutrisystem is a home-delivery diet program that sells prepackaged food. They have a website at Nutrisystem.com where an individual can get information about the diet plans available. They offer diet plans tailored specifically for women, men, diabetics, and vegetarians (“Why Nutrisystem Works”, 2014). The plans feature six small meals that are to be eaten every 2-3 hours (“Why Nutrisystem Works”, 2014). They have a variety of shelf and frozen foods. A person can pick and choose their foods from a menu or they can choose a “favorites” menu that comes with preselected meals (“Why Nutrisystem Works”, 2014). In addition to the prepackaged food, a person must also purchase vegetables, fruits, low-fat dairy, whole grains, and other foods to be added with the meals (“Why Nutrisystem Works”, 2014). The plan claims a 1-2 pound weight loss per week. Exercised is encouraged for optimal results (“Why Nutrisystem Works”, 2014). They also provide 24 hour weight loss coaches, registered dieticians, and an online support community to interact with other participants (“Why Nutrisystem Works”, 2014).
Nutrisystem has been in business for over forty years. They are partnered with the American Diabetes Association and The Obesity Society which helps with funding of clinical research of their products and programs (“Why Nutrisystem Works”, 2014). Nutrisystem claims their prepackaged food diet plans work based on clinical trial research. The meals are designed for portion control and low caloric intake. They are based on a low glycemic index (GI) diet. The glycemic index is a value given to foods (carbohydrates) that measure its effect on blood glucose (“Why Nutrisystem Works”, 2014). Nutrisystem claims eating low GI foods helps control hunger and bloo...
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The South Beach Diet is a diet plan designed by cardiologist Arthur Agatston and dietician Marie Almon. In 1995, Dr. Agatston developed a diet to prevent heart disease for his cardiac and diabetes patients. According to the South Beach Diet website, Agatstaion knew that a low-fat diet would reduce cholesterol and prevent heart disease, but patients had a hard time sticking to the diet. Agatson wanted to find out the reason why his patients had a hard time sticking to the low-fat diet. So he turned to David Jenkins, who was working with insulin resistance. After researching with Jenkins, Agatstion found out the reason why the low-fat diets was not working because patients on low-fat diets where consuming more simple sugars and carbohydrates which was causing the insulin resistance and cycles of hunger. Also Agastaion was investigating the low-carbohydrate diet but he felt it didn’t have enough fiber and had too much saturated fats. Agagaston wanted balance in his diet so it would produce the best results. (South Beach Diet Online, 2010)
With reference to the Scientific American article, the central tenet of a weight loss plan is stated to be a balanced diet. Restricting food groups is listed as a key mistake by dieters that should be avoided for health reasons. Eliezer often men...
For years, I have been eating what I want. Food choices are a significant factor that affects our health. What we like or crave, often, is the determining variable in what we eat. Finding the right balance of food choices is the key factor in improving our health benefits. Choosing nutrient-dense foods will provide more nutritional value than foods that are found to be low in nutrient density. Making the right choices in foods, however, is extremely difficult. Often, I find myself enthralled in the latest fad, not considering the subtext of the foods I am eating, such as nutrients, vitamins, healthy fats and unhealthy fats, cholesterol and minerals. The diet project underlined a three-day food entry intake that provided a dietary analysis report
Severely restricting carbohydrates is not healthy and offers little advantages in terms of fat loss. Consumers of low carbohydrate products are often deceived into believing all low carbohydrate products are better for their health. However, usually when a product claims to have a low amount of carbohydrates, it fails to mention the increase of fats and proteins the product gains to compensate for the lost carbohydrates. In reality low carbohydrate diets increase health risks and give dieters false hopes. Carbohydrates are significant in supplying energy to the body’s needs. Through plenty of carbohydrates, especially for active people and athletes, the body is able to use its’ adequate amounts of energy efficiently.
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Foods containing carbohydrates that raise blood sugar suddenly (such as white bread, donuts or instant mashed potatoes) will bring a high increased energy followed by a rapid decline. Does Nutrisystem really work!
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In the last couple of decades, dieting trends have astronomically increased. The average dieter has trained his or her ears and eyes to react to the word ‘fat’. Low fat, reduced fat, fat free- these are all words that until recently have set alarms off ringing in the typical dieter’s head. Recently, new vocabulary, such as ketogenic, ketosis, and low carbohydrate have stepped into the dieter’s world and questioned, or rather challenged, the ‘fat’ free method of dieting. So, after you have devoured the entire box of ‘fat’ free cookies perhaps you will ask yourself....WHAT ABOUT THE CARBOHYDRATES???
Proper nutrition is important in maintaining a long and healthy life. Most Americans are rushed due to their busy work schedules, and do not take the time to plan their diets properly. Like me, most Americans are unaware of the importance of eating a healthy diet and consume too many foods without the proper nutrients. Throughout my life I have been fortunate. I have not had any major health problems, and have been able to consume most foods without having to worry about gaining weight. These last two years, however, I started to gain weight and have become concerned with my diet. Changing my poor eating habits has been difficult for me, however, having this assignment has taught me that it is not as difficult as I previously imagined.
There are foods that have been known to have a higher glycemic index and others with a low glycemic index. However, how large of small the glycemic index value of a particular food maybe does not just tell a person how much effective the blood glucose level is responding to effectiveness energy burned. This glycemic index can also help in a person’s plan or eating habit. According to mayo clinic dietician association does statistics on Glycemic index from the Sydney University Glycemic index research center, glycemic index is ranked from 0-100 constitute only foods and beverages that contain carbohydrate. “Food with high glycemic index scored 70 and above on the glycemic index scale. These foods include; plain white bread, brown rise, white rice, watermelon, boiled red skin potato and white skinless baked potato. Food with median glycemic index range from 56 to 69. These foods include; sweet corn, bananas, pineapple, raising and a few kinds of ice cream. Food with low glyce...
Fad diets are such diets which promise consumers quick results regarding weight loss. These diets become popular due to ...
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Do you ever know, the percent of adults who are obese in the United States is 34.9% now, and it was continuously getting larger in the recent years (CDC)? What a surprise that more than 1 out of 3 adults are obese in our country. Obesity can cause various health problems, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, Coronary heart disease, or even directly cause death. So, it is time to control and prevent obesity. Exercise is a good and normal way to lose weight, but Melinda Moyer discusses about another way, reducing the gain of carbs in people’s daily lives. She leads readers to explore the relation between carbs-rich diet and obesity or chronic disease. Even though some other theories like low-fat diet was supported in the history, more facts