Popularized Diet Fads continue Last but not least Part 6- the Zone diet from Fitness Elements Express!

6 Popular Diet Fads and the Scientific Discovery behind them Part 6- The Zone Diet

The How to's on Designing your own Healthy Diet

Here is a quick look on some of the most popular Diets and what has been discovered with these various type diets. This will be a six part discussion and education for you on determining and forming your own personal view. While there are literally hundreds of fad diets that have been promoted over the years that we could discuss, we will limit the discussion to the following popular diets:

The Atkins diet
The Blood Type Diet
The Ornish diet
The Macrobiotic diet
The vegetarian diet
The Zone diet


Today we will start and discuss the diet and what the outcomes and conclusions were. This is part six of the six part series of articles. The next and final article will be the answer to the question you've been waiting for. What is the Best Diet to date?

The Zone Diet


The Zone diet was developed by Barry Sears, Ph.D., and popularized in his best -selling book Enter the Zone. The basic principle guiding the Zone diet is based on the relationship between the hormone insulin and the ratio of dietary fat, protein, and carbohydrates. The Zone diet proposes a dietary ratio of 40 percent carbohydrate, 30 percent protein, and 30 percent fat.

The Zone diet is popular among those people desiring to lose weight, and it definately works because the actual recomendations of the Zone diet result in the average person taking in only 800 to 1,200 calories per day. Of course any diet that is low enough in calories will result in weight loss, regardless of it's proportions of protein, carbohydrate, and and fat. As when following other weight loss programs, people generally experience good initial weight loss on the Zone diet, but the strict -and confusing-nature of the diet makes it difficult for many to follow. As a result, long-term compliance-and therefore lasting weight loss-withthis diet is difficult.

Individuals following the Zone diet are encouraged to consume protein from animal/and or vegetable sources that are relatively low in dietary fat, such as chicken or soy foods. It is also recommended that the diet include a good intake of monounsaturated fats, including olive oil, canola oil, and avocados. Individuals following the Zone diet are encouraged to avoid:

All refined carbohydrates and most simple sugars, including foods made from white flour (bread, pasta, bagels, tortillas, and breakfast cereals), candy, soda, and desserts
Fruits , vegetables , and grains high on the glycemic index, such as rice, papaya, mango, corn, potatoes, and carrots
Foods containing saturated fat, most notably red meat and whole-fat dairy products
Egg yolks and organ meats

My opinion along with the references to this article of the Zone diet is that while we agree with many of the goals and principles of the diet, since it does not focus enough on plant foods, the amount of fiber and other important phytochemicals is not sufficient to promote long-term health.


Until the last and final part to the question you've been waiting for what is the Best diet? Have a healthy and happy day!

References: Michael Murray N.D., Joseph Pizzorno N.D., and Lara Pizzorno M.A., L.M.T

By, Natalie Pyles

NSA Speaker, Author, Medical Exercise and Post Rehab Conditioning Specialist, Licensed Nutritionist, Whole Health, Fitness, and Holistic Nutrition and Nursing Educator

Popularized Diet Fads Continue Part 5 - The Vegetarian Diet from Fitness Elements Express!

6 Popular Diet Fads and the Scientific Discovery behind them Part 5- The Vegetarian Diet

The How to's on Designing your own Healthy Diet


Here is a quick look on some of the most popular Diets and what has been discovered with these various type diets. This will be a six part discussion and education for you on determining and forming your own personal view. While there are literally hundreds of fad diets that have been promoted over the years that we could discuss, we will limit the discussion to the following popular diets:

The Atkins diet
The Blood Type Diet
The Ornish diet
The Macrobiotic diet
The vegetarian diet
The Zone diet

Today we will start and discuss the Vegetarian diet and what the outcomes and conclusions were. This is part five of the six part series of articles.

The Vegetarian Diet


The vegetarian diet is defined as one avoiding all animal flesh, including fish and poultry. Vegetarians who avoid flesh but do eat animal products, such as cheese, milk, and eggs, are ovo-lacto-vegetarians (ovo = egg; lacto = milk and cheese). Those who eschew all animal products are reffered to as pure vegetarians or vegans.

The vegetarian diet is often promoted as the most beneficial diet and has been advocated by people from philosophers such as Plato to political leaders such as Benjamin Franklin and Ghandi to modern pop icons such as Paul McCartney. There is also considerable scientific research showing the benefits of the vegetarian diet. In fact, it has been shown to be associated with a lower risk of virtually every chronic disease. For exampke, numerous population-based studies have shown that vegetarians are nearly 50 percent less likely to die from cancer or heart disease than are nonvegetarians. The vegetarian diet has also been shown to reduce one's chances of developing diabetes, osteoporosis, or high blood pressure or forming kidney stones or gallstones.

While each of the authors including myself a now lifetime practicing ovo-lacto-vegetarian have some time or another been a practicing vegetarian, now believe that including fish and smakk amounts of animal foods in the diet leads to a more optimal nutritional intake. Nonetheless, we recognize the central and tremenedous importance that plant foods play in an optimal human diet.

Until part six the Zone Diet have a healthy and happy day!

References: Michael Murray N.D., Joseph Pizzorno N.D., and Lara Pizzorno M.A., L.M.T

By, Natalie Pyles

NSA Speaker, Author, Medical Exercise and Post Rehab Conditioning Specialist, Licensed Nutritionist, Whole Health, Fitness, and Holistic Nutrition and Nursing Educator

Popularized Diet Fads continue Part 4 The Macrobiotic Diet from Fitness Elements Express!

6 Popular Diet Fads and the Scientific Discovery behind them Part 4- The Macrobiotic Diet

The How to's on Designing your own Healthy Diet

Here is a quick look on some of the most popular Diets and what has been discovered with these various type diets. This will be a six part discussion and education for you on determining and forming your own personal view. While there are literally hundreds of fad diets that have been promoted over the years that we could discuss, we will limit the discussion to the following popular diets:

The Atkins diet
The Blood Type Diet
The Ornish diet
The Macrobiotic diet
The vegetarian diet
The Zone diet


Today we will start and discuss the Macrobiotic diet and what the outcomes and conclusions were. This is part four of the six part series of articles.

The Macrobiotic Diet

The macrobiotic diet was developed in the 1920's by a Japenese educator named George Oshawa. Oshawa is said to have cured himself of serious illness by changing to a simple diet of brown rice, miso soup, and sea vegetables. After regaining his health. Oshawa worked to integrate Eastern and Western philosophy and medicine to form the dietary and lifestyle principles of what is now known as macrobiotics. The following are the key components of the macrobiotic diet and lifestyle.

Eat only Organic foods.
Eat two or three meals a day.
Avoid cooking with electricity or microwaves; use a gas wood stove, and use only cast iron, stainless-steel, or clay cookware.
Chew each mouthful of food approximately fifty times to aid digestion and absorption of nutrients.
Do not eat for at least three hours before bedtime.
Take short baths as needed with warm or cool water.
Use grooming, cosmetic, and household products made from natural, nontoxic ingredients.
Wear only cotton clothing and avoid metalic jewelry.
Spend as much time as possible in natural outdoor settings and walk at least 30 minutes daily.
Do aerobic or stretching exercises such as yoga, dance, or martial arts on a regular basis.
Place large green plants throughout the house to enrich the oxygen content of the air, and keep windows open as much as possible to allow the circulation of fresh air.
Avoid watching television and using computers as much as possible.

Whole grains, such as brown rice, barley, millet, oats, corn, and rye, make up the bulk of the macrobiotic diet. The diet also emphasizes the consumption of vegetables, especially cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, bok choy, collards, and mustad greens. Beans, tofu, and sea vegetables should be eaten on a daily basis, and a few servings each week of nuts, seeds, and fresh fish, such as halibut, flounder, cod, or sole, are permissible. All foods should be organically grown, and, ideally, only fresh and locally grown fruits and vegetables should be eaten.

My view along with the refereneces I have provided for this article of the macrobiotic diet is that it incorporates many of the same principles that we advocate but falls short in its nutritional completeness and variety of health-boosting foods.

Nonetheless, the macrobiotic diet is a health-promoting diet that clinical research has shown it to be beneficial for people with cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Until part five the Vegetarian Diet have a healthy and happy day!

References: Michael Murray N.D., Joseph Pizzorno N.D., and Lara Pizzorno M.A., L.M.T

By, Natalie Pyles

NSA Speaker, Author, Medical Exercise and Post Rehab Conditioning Specialist, Licensed Nutritionist, Whole Health, Fitness, and Holistic Nutrition and Nursing Educator

6 Popular Diet Fads Continue- The Ornish Diet part 3 from Fitness Elements Express!

6 Popular Diet Fads and the Scientific Discovery behind them Part 3- The Ornish Diet

The How to's on Designing your own Healthy Diet

Here is a quick look on some of the most popular Diets and what has been discovered with these various type diets. This will be a six part discussion and education for you on determining and forming your own personal view. While there are literally hundreds of fad diets that have been promoted over the years that we could discuss, we will limit the discussion to the following popular diets:

The Atkins diet
The Blood Type Diet
The Ornish diet
The Macrobiotic diet
The vegetarian diet
The Zone diet

Today we will start and discuss the Ornish diet and what the outcomes and conclusions were. This is part three of the six part series of articles.

The Ornish Diet

Dean Ornish, M.D., is a developer of the Ornish diet. It is quite similiar to the diet that Nathan Pritikin developed and popularized in the 1970's. Both diets are basically the opposite of the Atkins diet. While the Atkins regimen is high in fat and low in carbohydrates, the Ornish diet program is low in fat and protein and high in whole-grain , natural complex carbohydrates. The Ornish prescription is to consume 10 percent of calories as fat, 70 to 75 percent of calories as complex carbohydrates, and 15 to 20 percent of calories as protein. The Ornish diet excludes all animal products, except nonfat milk and nonfat yogurt. It also resricts all plant foods high in fat, such as avocados, nuts, and seeds.

Dr. Ornish and his colleges have shown quite convincingly in well-designed clinical studies that can reverse heart disease. My main objectives to the Ornish diet along with my references objectives are that it is too restrictive and does not provide a sufficient amount of beneficial fats, and omega-3 fatty acids. In particular, the Ornish diet excludes fish, despite a significant body of research that demonstrates a protective effect of fish (and fish oil) consumption against heart disease.

Until part four the Macrobiotic Diet have a healthy and happy day!

References: Michael Murray N.D., Joseph Pizzorno N.D., and Lara Pizzorno M.A., L.M.T

By, Natalie Pyles

NSA Speaker, Author, Medical Exercise and Post Rehab Conditioning Specialist, Licensed Nutritionist,Whole Health, Fitness, and Holistic Nutrition and Nursing Educator

6 Popular Diet Fads Continues Part 2- The Blood Type Diet from Fitness Elements Express!

6 Popular Diet Fads and the Scientific Discovery behind them Part 2- The Blood Type Diet

The How to's on Designing your own Healthy Diet

Here is a quick look on some of the most popular Diets and what has been discovered with these various type diets. This will be a six part discussion and education for you on determining and forming your own personal view. While there are literally hundreds of fad diets that have been promoted over the years that we could discuss, we will limit the discussion to the following popular diets:

The Atkins diet
The Blood Type Diet
The Ornish diet
The Macrobiotic diet
The vegetarian diet
The Zone diet

Today we will start and discuss the Blood Type diet and what the outcomes and conclusions were. This is part two of the six part series of articles.

The Blood Type Diet

The Blood Type Diet is the culmination of nearly four decades of work conducted by Peter D'Adamo, N.D., and his father, James D' Adamo, N.D. It was popularized by the best-selling book by the younger D'Adamo, Eat Right 4 Your Blood Type. The principles of the Blood Type Diet are based on the theory that people with different blood types respond differently to specific foods. The concept is always based on evolutionary history and the observation that different blood types emerged as the environmental conditions and eating styles of our ancestors changed. Between 50,000 B.C.E. and 15,000 B.C.E as a necessary adaptation to a more agrarian lifestyle. Climatic changes in the western Himalayan mountains led to the appearance of type B, and the blending of type A and B blood types in modern civilization resulted in the appearance of the type AB blood type.

According to the Blood Type Diet, the physiological reason why people should eat according to their blood type relates to lectins, proteinlike substances found in many commonly eaten foods. Lectins, also known as phytoheagglutins, were first identified in 1888, at which time was discovered that lectins interact with sugar-containing molecules on the surface of cells. This discovery allowed certain lectins to be used in blood typing, since blood type is determined by the presence or absence of specific sugar-protein residues on the surface of red blood cells.

Although most of the lectins found in food are destroyed by cooking or digestive enzymes, Dr. D' Adamo believes that as many as 5 percent of the lectins we take in through our diet are absorbed into the bloodstream, and some of these our incompatible with our blood type. Many food antigen is eaten by a person with type A, type B, or type AB blood, the immune system recognizes that lectin as a foreign invader. Dr. D'Adamo implicates this lectin-caused immune response as the orgin of many common health complaints and believes that if you want to prevent health problems, it is important to eat foods that are compatible with your blood type.

To conclude my opinion of the Blood Type Diet along with my references is that blood type is just one genetic variable. In fact the ABO system is only one of the many different blood -typing methods, and to date more than thirty unique markers have been identified on the surface of red blood cells. In addition, one of the key suppositions of this diet is that dietary lectins are actually absorbed, but most of the research on, lectins has been performed in test tubes, not humans. Since many food lectins are destroyed by cooking , digestive enzymes, and bacteria in the intestines, it is not really known to what degree, if any, dietary lectins are absorbed. Nonetheless, there is some evidence to support the link between dietary lectins and some disease. All this being said their is some validity to the program but not all related to just blood typing alone.

Until part three the Ornish Diet have a healthy and happy day!

References: Michael Murray N.D., Joseph Pizzorno N.D., and Lara Pizzorno M.A., L.M.T

By, Natalie Pyles

NSA Speaker, Author, Medical Exercise and Post Rehab Conditioning Specialist, Licensed Nutritionist,Health, Fitness, and Holistic Nutrition and Nursing Educator

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6 Popular Diet Fads and the Scientific Discovery behind them Part 1 from Fitness Elements Express!

6 Popular Diet Fads and the Scientific Discovery behind them Part 1



The How to's on Designing your own Healthy Diet


Here is a quick look on some of the most popular Diets and what has been discovered with these various type diets. This will be a six part discussion and education for you on determining and forming your own personal view. While there are literally hundreds of fad diets that have been promoted over the years that we could discuss, we will limit the discussion to the following popular diets:

The Atkins diet
The Blood Type Diet
The Ornish diet
The Macrobiotic diet
The vegetarian diet
The Zone diet


Today we will start and discuss the Atkins diet and what the outcomes and conclusions were.

The Atkins Diet

Out of the six diets we will be discussing in this six part series the Atkins diet is perhaps the most famous weight loss diet of all time. It is a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet developed by Robert Atkins, M.D. during the 1960s. In the early 1990s, Dr. Atkins brought his diet back into the nutrition spotlight with the publication of his best-selling book Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution. It is estimated that more than 20 million people wolrdwide have tried the Atkins diet, which emphasizes the consumption of protein and fat. Individuals following the Atkins diet are permitted to eat unlimited amounts of all meats, poultry, fish, eggs, and most cheeses.

The Atkins diet is divided into four phases: Induction, Ongoing Weight Loss, Premaintenance, and Maintenance. During the Induction phase (the first fourteen days of the diet), carbohydrate intake is limited to no more than 20 grams per day. No fruit, bread, grains, starchy vegetables, or dairy products, except cheese, cream and butter, are allowed during this phase. During the Ongoing Weight Loss Phase, dieters experiment with various levels of carbohydrate consumption until they determine the most liberal level of carbohydrate intake that allows them to continue to lose weight. Dieters are then encouraged to maintain this level of carbohydrate intake until their weight loss goals are met. Then during the Premaintenence and Maintenance phases, dieters determine the level of carbohydrate consumption that allows them to maintain their weight. To prevent regaining the weight lost, dieters must stick to this level of carbohydrate consumption, perhaps for the rest of their lives.

Despite its enormous popularity, the Atkins program was not evaluated in a proper clinical trial until 2003. In this initial study, while people following the Atkins Diet did experience initial weight loss, though likely as a result of water loss rather than true fat loss, in the long run they gained it all back plus more. While the subjects on the Atkins diet had lost more weight than subjects on convetional diet in six months , the difference in 12 months was not significant. Adherence in both groups was poor. Other clinical studies have shown similiar results.

The findings from these clinical trials indicate that although adhering strictly to the Atkins diet in the first six months may initially lead to more weight loss upfront, but eating a more healthful diet , such as the one I will recommend at the end of this six part series will equal efficacy in the long run and considerably more health promoting. Until part two the Blood type Diet have a healthy and happy day!

References: Michael Murray N.D., Joseph Pizzorno N.D., and Lara Pizzorno M.A., L.M.T

By, Natalie Pyles

NSA Speaker, Author, Medical Exercise and Post Rehab Conditioning Specialist, Licensed Nutritionist,Health, Fitness, and Holistic Nutrition and Nursing Educator