Healthy Diet Plans: Weight Loss & Nutritional Balance

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.

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Low-Glycemic Indian Foods

Many staple foods of the Indian diet are high glycemic, and like other Americans, Indian Americans are at risk of type 2 diabetes.

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Heart of Palm Nutrition

With a crisp, delicate taste, heart of palm is a versatile vegetable for use in cooking or salads and provides a low-calorie source of potassium and vitamin B6.

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Are Prawns Good for Weight Loss?

Prawns are low in calories and fat and high in satiating protein, making them a healthy addition to any diet, including one aimed at promoting weight loss.

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Muesli & Weight Loss

Muesli is any combination of whole grains, dried fruits, nuts and seeds. The grains in muesli are raw, which is what differentiates it from granola, which features baked grains. Muesli is usually served with low-fat milk, orange juice or yogurt.

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Fish & Vegetables Diet

Research shows that one of the healthiest diets you can follow is the Mediterranean diet, in which fish and vegetables figure prominently.

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Dr. Sebi Diet

Dr. Sebi, a native Honduran who refers to himself as an intracellular therapist and herbalist, claims an organic, vegan, largely raw diet will cleanse your cells of toxins and cure diseases. He founded the USHA Healing Village in Honduras to help teach his ideas about dietary and herbal therapy.

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Diet With No Processed Foods

Approximately 70 percent of the calories in a typical American diet come from processed foods, according to an interview published on the PBS website in April 2013. This means switching to a diet with no processed foods, sometimes called clean eating, would be a big change for most Americans.

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A Healthy Meal Plan for Dancers

Dance revolves around significant technical, physical and aesthetic components. Because dancers are continually required to perform at the top of their abilities, proper nutrition and fueling of the body is essential. Dancers need to consume diets adequate in calories to support the demands placed on the body.

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What Will Happen if I Only Eat Fruits & Vegetables for 2 Weeks?

Vegetables and fruits are typically low in calories and filled with essential nutrients, making them an essential part of any healthy diet. Getting more of these nutritious foods may help lower your risk for heart disease, high blood pressure, digestive problems, vision problems and cancer.

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Is Shrimp Healthy for a Diet?

With hundreds of options for protein in your diet, shrimp provides a meaty-textured choice with a delicate flavor. Served both hot and cold, you can use shrimp in sushi, casseroles, sandwiches and soups, and you can even eat them plain with butter or cocktail sauce.

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Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Ideas for a Cardiac Diet

A cardiac diet is important when you have high cholesterol or heart disease. Food on this diet should be low in sodium, saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol. Read labels to identify heart-healthy foods. Aim for less than 2,000 milligrams of sodium per day.

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What Are the Benefits of Pineapple Juice for Women?

Juicy and sweet, pineapple can be eaten fresh or cooked, and blended to make an all-natural fresh juice. To make fresh pineapple juice, blend a 1-cup serving of pineapple chunks with one-half-cup of water for an 8-ounce serving of pineapple juice.

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O Positive Blood Type Diet Foods

The premise of Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo's Blood Type Diet is that you have a unique genetic makeup predisposing you to certain chronic conditions and diseases. By eating and exercising in a manner suitable to your blood type, D'Adamo maintains that people can live healthier lives.

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About the Dr. Gundry Diet Evolution

Dr. Steven Gundry initially created a diet to help his patients lower their cholesterol. He soon realized the diet might help others improve their health and wrote the book "Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution," detailing dietary recommendations that he says help prevent chronic diseases such as high blood pressure.

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What Are the Effects of an Unhealthy Diet?

A healthy diet is one that provides adequate levels of vitamins, minerals, protein, carbohydrate and healthy fats from a variety of foods. An unhealthy diet, in contrast, is one that contains too much saturated and trans fats, cholesterol, sodium, added sugars and processed ingredients or contains too few nutrients.

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Your Brain on Gluten With Elissa Goodman

Is gluten a serious problem for our health or is avoiding it just an overblown health fad? Listen to episode 5 of the Stronger podcast where holistic nutritionist Elissa Goodman gives her opinion on gluten.

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