Top-rated diets offer benefits for everyone
US News report assesses the efficacy of various well-known plans
Rating diets never gets old. That's because dieting never gets old. It's no wonder then, that for the second year in a row, US News created a buzz with its recent listing of the top diets of 2012.
The rankings include 25 diets and are based on research done by the US News staff, as well as feedback from 22 health, nutrition and obesity experts. Each diet was scored on its ease of use, ability to realize long-and short-term results and its health and nutritional soundness and benefits.
Leading the pack is the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet, followed closely by the TLC (Therapeutic Lifestyles Changes) diet. Both are designed not just to drop a few pounds, but to address health issues like high blood pressure, metabolic disorders andheart disease.
"These two diets are good for everyone," said Marielle Ledoux, director of the Nutrition department at Universite de Montreal. "In fact, they’re not really diets but healthy eating plans."
Indeed, both diets focus on portion control, eating lots of fruits and vegetables and reducing the intake of dietary fats, sodium and processed foods. And while these strategies are all worthy, the weight loss is considered secondary to the health benefits that come from improving your eating habits.
healthy dietis what most of us, whether it is usually quite difficult to classify what qualifies for a healthy diet are obsessed. The purpose of the different cultures have different beliefs. Most vegetarians will tell you, while many non-vegetarians, which is a system not really say Veg food, that non-vegetarian is unhealthy.
For reasons of standardization and simplification, I give 10 attributes of a healthy diet,Rich in fruits and vegetables. Increased water intake. low in fat. decrease in salinity. rich in protein such as milk and eggs. Regular consumption of legumes and cereals. Increased consumption of dietary fiber in the diet. Decrease consumption of red meat. Reducing sugar consumption. Everything in moderation.
