Natural Weight Loss Diets

By Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
updated on 11/19/2007 at 03:05PM

Almost 100% of diets fall flat on their faces. That doesn't stop Americans showering the weight loss industry with fistfuls of cash. Products like sports and fitness club memberships and specially marketed snack plans go whizzing off of shelves. Roughly 60% of Americans are slightly overweight, and the chubbiest of citizens find solace in the promises of popular dieting techniques.

Problems Associated With Dieting

In addition to being essentially useless, the strangest of diets are often the most dangerous. Take crash dieting, for instance. Yo-yo dieting, as it is has been dubbed, inevitably involves long of periods of face feeding followed by frustration intervals of forced starvation. The intense hunger leaves the dieter feeling deflated and nauseous.

Following the "crashing" period, the body automatically stocks up on the food that had been missing during the dieter's self-induced fast. And all that food is stored as fatty mass, and you can forget about muscles. Muscles are metabolically active tissues. All flab and no muscles equates to no outlet for the extra calories which turn into fat. That explains the time old question of why some diets seem to leave the dieter with even more flabby rolls to conceal with baggy shirts than when the diet first started.

Low-carbohydrate, low-fat and low calorie diets are all the rage. However, because such diets prevent the intake of carbohydrates, and in many cases extreme limited intake of food, some diets produce more side effects than actual weight loss.

Side Effects of Dieting

Some side effects of improper dieting include: Depression, Diminished sex drive, Intense frustration, Light-headedness, Fatigue, Rashes, Post Nasal Drips, Loss of Muscle.

Natural Weight Loss Diets

In the wake of traditional dieting failures, natural weight loss diets have surfaced to pick up where fad diets have fallen short. While encouraging responsible eating and exercising choices over quick fixes, natural weight loss diets stand out from the pack by being, well, natural. There are many natural weight loss diets and many offer the distinction of boasting all-natural foods.

Evolution Diet

The Evolution Diet centers around eating "what and how we were designed to eat," according to the diet's founder. The diet calls for snacking throughout the day, which most dieters will jump all over considering snacking on the diet's something they do a lot of. Rather than Oreos and Chips Ahoy, this snacking should include lots of food low on sugar and high in fiber.

The Evolution Diet even welcomes eating before and during workouts, but only high energy healthy foods. High protein foods should be taken in following exercise and just before bed. Evolution dieters have experienced slimmer figures, energy, motivation and a full night's sleep; and that's what natural weight loss diets are all about.

Pita bread, whole wheat crackers, Greek salad, oatmeal and brown sugar, tuna and tofu, are some of the foods recommended under this natural weight loss diet.

Natural Foods Diet

The Natural Foods Diet is one of the natural weight loss diets aimed at weeding out fat by getting rid of unnatural and processed foods. Under the National Foods Diet artificial sweeteners, hydrogenarated oils, milled grains and faux food coloring are on the "DO NOT EAT" list.

Raw Food Diet

The Raw Food Diet is another of the natural weight loss diets that consists almost entirely of organic foods. Many Raw Food Dieters believe that the diet's been around for centuries. Raw foodists eat only raw foods. In fact, they won't touch anything that's been heated over 118 degrees Fahrenheit, although food freezing is fine.

Proponents of the Raw Food Diet believe that enjoying foods straight from the source curtails weight gain and promotes healthy living. To the Raw Foodist, processed foods have gotten too far away from their chemical structure of origin.

Rice, grains and fruit are popular among raw natural weight loss diets.

About the Author

Dr. Edward F. Group III continues to develop, sell and evaluate exclusively high-end natural and organic healthcare products to support a wide range of health conditions. The products we promote are free of toxic tag-along herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, heavy metals, fumigants, irradiation, liver-toxic glues, binders, or gelatin capsules with animal-source risk and toxic preservatives.

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