The Ornish Diet And What Are Its Benefits

The Ornish Diet And What Are Its Benefits
By Elaine Olden

The Ornish diet was created by Dr. Dean Ornish as a way to combat heart disease and introduce a healthy lifestyle. It has taken the USA by storm and has been featured greatly in the press and TV.

In recent times, The Ornish Diet has been found to reduce the risk of cancer, hypertension, and diabetes. The diet works on high in fibers, low in fat and is vegetarian, so that the weight loss can be guaranteed. As part of a strict diet regime, it also combines regular exercise, 3 days a week and also a regular means of relaxation. This could be massage or yoga and this basically reduces stress, keeps it to a minimum, and controls your weight and your well being.

EDUCATION
The Ornish diet is new and different. But it does attempt to help you understand how to get a healthy body and a healthy lifestyle through not only through dieting methods, but through exercise and the reduction of calories, but also helps to educate you in the foods that you eat, and that you should be aware of and be made very aware of. That will push you into a normal healthy lifestyle.

HOW IT WORKS
The plan works for foods being placed in different categories: Foods you can consume all the time, foods you can consume some of the time, and foods that you eat none of the time. The foods that you should eat often and whenever hungry are fruits, beans, vegetables, fall into these categories. Foods that should be eaten in moderation would be non-fat dairy products, and non-fat low-fat commercial products. The foods that should be avoided are meats and all kinds of oils and all kinds of apricots, nuts, olives, seeds, whole dairy products, sugar and its derivatives, alcohol and anything commercially prepared and processed that has two or more grams of fat per serving. Some of the foods that could be excluded seem a little bit over the top in my opinion, as certainly, if you are going to have a healthy and active lifestyle, you need certain amounts of the nutrients and vitamins that have been excluded from the diet plan. These help you to build your body if damaged, and to help muscle strengthen and renew growth if desired.

That is my only complaint. The positives can far outweigh the negatives. And the fact that it is an education in helping you lead a healthier and active lifestyle and you are encouraged to exercise combined with certain food products. Whether you can live with the exclusion of certain foods or whether you want pick and choose, as to which foods you would like to have as your main foods and which ones you would have from time to time.

EAT ROUND THE CLOCK
One of the most interesting aspects of the diet plan is that Dr. Ornish recommends that you eat it round-the-clock to keep your metabolic rate up, so that more calories are burned over longer periods of time. It sounds great, but it is not always easy to graze round-the-clock, especially, if you work or if you have got a busy daily plan of activities. Furthermore, the diet plan is high in fiber and this could slow down the digestive process, which in turn prevents from overeating.

In conclusion, Dr. Ornish has created a wonderful plan for dieting and for educating and revitalizing one's healthy lifestyle, but the part he has chosen can be too restrictive to certain people who wish to undertake this form of dieting especially over the long period of time. You have to pick and choose to see whether it's right for you.

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