Healthy diets range from structured plans like the Zone or Daniel Fast to high-protein regimens for bodybuilders. Learn how to lose weight sustainably using lean proteins, or gain weight quickly through balanced nutrition and meal timing.
Proponents of the Acid Alkaline Diet recommend eating at least 80 percent alkaline foods, such as sweet potatoes, and no more than 20 percent acid-forming foods to help your body maintain a healthy pH level. The idea is that eating too many acid-forming foods makes your blood more acidic and causes health problems.
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High blood sugar and cholesterol can lead to serious conditions. Uncontrolled high blood sugar can put you on a course toward diabetes and complications such as heart disease, kidney disease, blindness and amputations, according to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse.
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Planning a diet to minimize constipation and gas can be tricky, because many of the foods that can help with constipation may increase your risk for gas. The foods that cause gas vary, with some affecting certain people but not others.
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Lowering uric acid levels plays a role in managing gout symptoms. Your body produces uric acid as a byproduct of breaking down substances in food called purines. In addition to consuming a low-purine diet, getting enough of certain nutrients may help lower uric acid levels.
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The idea behind the Acid Alkaline Diet has been around since the 1930s. Whether the food you eat makes a significant difference in your body's overall acidity level is a subject of controversy, although foods do have either an acid-forming or alkaline-forming effect.
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A strong and healthy jawbone is essential for activities such as talking and eating food. Additionally, a strong jawbone is necessary to keep all of your teeth in place, according to Medical News Today.
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Glycerin, also called glycerol, is sometimes added to foods to help thicken them, to control their moisture level or to stabilize them if they contain a mix of water and oil. It's mainly used in processed foods and sweets and is generally regarded as safe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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With three meals per day plus snacks, rationing calories can seem like a chore. For most people, however, eating the same number of calories at breakfast, lunch and dinner is just fine -- so you don't need a unique formula for the contents of your midday meal, according to Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center.
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Menopause brings on a number of biological changes, and in addition to the obvious hormonal changes, you might also notice a difference in your body shape. Body fat previously found only on your lower body, such as on your hips and thighs, can begin to appear in your midsection, causing stomach fat.
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What you eat affects your mental state. Not only do food choices have an impact on your weight and heart health, but they also contribute to feelings of depression or stress. Compounds in certain foods stimulate your brain to produce dopamine, a neurotransmitter that affects your get-up-and-go.
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Followers of the Lemonade Diet -- also called the Master Cleanse -- forgo solid food and drink only saltwater, herbal laxative tea and a lemonade beverage made from water, fresh lemon or lime juice, cayenne pepper and maple syrup for 10 days.
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Whether you're genetically thin or dealing with a medical condition that makes it hard to gain weight, you may struggle as much to put on the pounds as most people struggle to lose. While simply eating more calories sounds easy, it's also important to choose the right foods so you gain healthfully.
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Some people try cleanses, also called detox diets, in the hopes of eliminating toxins in their body or losing weight. However, according to a review article published in December 2015 in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, very little evidence supports detox diets for either of these purposes.
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If you're considering forgoing food to try to lose weight or "cleanse" your body, be warned: You're likely to do more harm than good by living on water alone. Fasting does not lead to lasting weight loss, and it can come with numerous unpleasant side effects.
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Your blood type serves as a blueprint for the type of diet you inherently thrive best on, according to Dr. Peter D'Adamo, author of "Eat Right for Your Type." A naturopathic physician, D'Adamo developed a dietary planned based on the A, B, AB and O blood types.
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The key to curing medical conditions like heart disease, cancer and diabetes is your diet, claims former Texas physician Roby Mitchell, M.D. Mitchell calls his plan the BALi diet, short for the Basic Antioxidant/Antifungal Low Insulin diet. While the plan includes some aspects that conform to the U.S.
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Three-Day Military diet proponents claim you can lose as much as 10 pounds in a week on the plan. However, nutrition experts such as British Heart Foundation senior dietitian Victoria Taylor say it's a fad diet that won't lead to healthy or sustainable weight loss.
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Belly flab, spare tire, middle-aged spread. It goes by many names, but the fat that lies under your belly and surrounds your intestines is also referred to as omental or visceral fat by health professionals.
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Kefir is a fermented milk drink which originally comes from the Caucasus mountain range between the Black and Caspian seas. Lifeway Kefir is a product of the company, Lifeway Foods, which is the leading manufacturer of kefir in the United States.
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Quinoa may have started as a health food trend, but it's become a staple in many health-conscious Americans' diets. And it's no surprise -- quinoa is filling, has a neutral flavor that works in many types of dishes, and it's loaded with nutritional value.
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