Healthy Diet - What Will Work for Me?

Healthy Diet - What Will Work for Me?
By Elaine Olden

Everyone should have and be on a healthy diet. We are told to eat well by the government and it is constantly been driven into our brains, that " healthy living for a longer life".

But what if you want to diet fro that special occasion like a date or a wedding. With so many diet plans around what should I be looking for and what is right for me. My friends and family bombard me with suggestions and ideas. What should I do? First of all you have to break it down, because what is right for one person is not right for another. The Cambridge diet may work for one person but is wasted on you.

Write down what you want from your diet plan.
1) How much weight do you want to lose?
2) What time period do you want to lose it in?
3) Do you want to combine a weight lose program and still eat regular meals?
4) Where do you want to lose the weight from?
5) Do you want a short term weight lose program or a long term plan?

Once yo have set your perimeters you can make a reasoned judgement on what is the right plan for you.

The healthy diet plan will need the essentials for healthy living. Ask yourself the following questions -
1) Does the plan allow me to eat a reasonable amount of food or is it a starvation based diet plan.
2) Will the plan eliminate a food group like certain nutrients and vitamins. If it is based solely on carb , fat or protein. Over a period of time this could do you more damage than good.
3) Make sure the diet plan offers a number of food groups to choose from. As some plans suggest eating the same product over and over again thus ignoring vital food groups. Again long term this is unhealthy for you.

In conclusion it is fair to say that today you are swamped with diet plans everywhere you look. Some are good for immediate short term weight lose, only for you to put it back on. There are not many suggested long term plans, however there is one important life saving and one life improving plan. That is to eat a healthily with a diverse selection of foods in moderation and combine this with exercise.

If you would like to know more on a balanced diet or dieting click on the links below.

Elaine Olden is a well known author on Dieting and Nutrition, for more information click on:-
Dieting
Slimming techniques
Cutting the Carbs

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