Don’t have to eat low carb or low fat to lose weight. On their plan you can eat your regular everyday foods and still achieve success so long as you account for the calories.

The basic concept is to continue eating the same foods as usual, but to become aware of serving sizes. The authors claim that this will increase your success of sticking with the plan because you will be able to eat the foods you actually enjoy.

A great emphasis is placed on overcoming the diet mentality and just concentrating on what you will be eating today. There is no need to worry that you are missing out on foods like bread, chocolate or pizza because on the 100 calorie diet you can have these foods every day if you like.

Deprivation is damaging on a psychological level, the authors state, and it also slows down the metabolism, but they also warn dieters not to let their ‘fat monster’ trick them into binging on unhealthy foods and sabotaging weight loss.

Women are permitted a calorie intake of 1500 and men 2000 calories daily. Dieters are advised to spend their calories wisely, to only eat high quality foods and not to waste calories on foods that don’t taste good.

Dieters are encouraged to select a well balanced diet. Whenever feeling hungry ‘free foods’ are permitted in unlimited amounts. These foods can also be added to meals if desired.

‘Free foods’ include: bell pepper, broccoli, butternut squash, cabbage, carrots, cucumber, green beans, lettuce, mushrooms, snow peas, tomato, zucchini, alfalfa sprouts, balsamic vinegar, bouillon, capers, carob, cocoa, pickles, hot sauce, salsa, diet soda, soy sauce, splenda and V8 juice.

Blood Type Diet

A blood type diet is a nutrition plan based around your blood type, diet will not only bring about weight loss — but can assist with allergy and infection resistance, and will achieve overall good health.

What is a Blood Type Diet?
Most of the population has blood type O. Here the prescribed diet is low-carbohydrate, high in proteins (such as meat and fish), and low in dairy products. The author suggests specific foods to avoid; such as avocados, brazil nuts, and oranges. Type O should also engage in lots of exercise.

Blood Type A should avoid red meat, eat plenty of fish and vegetables, with a low dairy intake. Light exercise only.
Blood Type B should avoid chicken and bacon, eat plenty of meat and dairy, some fish, and plenty of fruit and vegetables.
Blood Type AB combines the A and B diets.

Is This Diet For Real?
Recommendations are based on scientific evidence.
Metabolism and/or sugar/insulin sensitivity are probably key factors in deciding diet – not blood type. Two people can have very different metabolisms and have the same blood type. One could be sensitive to carbohydrates or sugar, whilst the other needs a high carbohydrate diet.

Weight loss and other health improvements may occur on this diet – not so much because of blood type combinations, but because of a healthier diet! Good advice for anyone regardless of blood type.

Sample Meal Plans for the Blood Type Diet

Type B Menu :
Breakfast
Fluidizer cocktail
Rice bran cereal with banana and skim milk
Grape juice
Lunch
Sandwich – thin slice of cheese, thin slice of turkey breast, two slices of bread, mustard or mayonnaise
Green salad
Herbal tea
Snack
Fruit juice sweetened yogurt
Herbal tea
Dinner
Broiled Fish with steamed vegetables
Fresh fruit
Herbal tea or coffee

Type O Menu :
Breakfast
2 slices toasted Ezekiel bread with butter
6 ounces vegetable juice
Banana
Herbal tea
Lunch
Organic Roast Beef, 6 ounces
Spinach Salad
Apple or pineapple slices
Water
Snack
1 slice of cake
Herbal tea
Dinner
Lamb and asparagus stew, steamed broccoli, sweet potato.
Mixed fresh fruit
Herbal tea (beer or wine allowed)

Type A Menu
Breakfast
Water with lemon
Oatmeal with soy milk and maple syrup
Grapefruit juice
Coffee or herbal tea
Lunch
Greek salad
Apple
1 slice sprouted wheat bread
Herbal tea
Snack
2 rice cakes with peanut butter
2 plums
Green tea or water
Dinner
Tofu Pesto Lasagna, Broccoli,
Frozen yogurt
Coffee or herbal tea (red wine if desired)

Type AB Menu
Breakfast
Water with lemon, 8 ounces diluted grapefruit juice, 2 slices Ezekiel bread, Yogurt-Herb Cheese, Coffee
Lunch
4 ounces sliced turkey breast, 2 slices rye bread
Caesar salad
2 plums
Herbal tea
Snack
Tofu Cheesecake
Iced herbal tea
Dinner
Tofu Omelet
Stir-fried vegetables
Mixed-fruit salad
Decaffeinated coffee (red wine if desired)

Any diet containing a long list of banned foods can be difficult to follow. Eat Right for Your Type and the various blood type diets included encourage a predominantly meat and fish diet, while grains, potatoes, cereals, breads, pasta are not encouraged. Interestingly, certain vegetables and fruits are also banned.

However, along with the growing popularity of energy drinks to the market, there is also growing concerns over the potential side effects of taking it. Others are saying that there are ingredients in the energy drink, although considered to be a legal stimulant, which can create adverse effects once its intake is at large quantities.

In discussing the side effects of energy drinks, there are two important concepts that you need to remember.

First concept is that every energy drink has its own side effects, based on the mixture of its ingredients. It has its own combination of ingredients that creates various side effects. Take a look on the following discussions:

• Some energy drinks has high levels of carbohydrate contents. It makes more difficult for the body to absorbed foods and necessary nutrients into the bloodstream. There are also cases where difficulty in absorbing food and nutrients results to distress and gastro-intestinal problems.
• Since the absorption of nutrients is slower, there is a large chance that the fluid absorption rate of the body is also slower. Difficulty in natural re-hydration of the body during workouts can cause danger to his/her health. Athletes, who lose great quantities of fluids during games and practices, should be aware of this circumstance for they are one the target markets of energy drink.
• The sugar content of energy drink poses certain side effects. It causes so-called laxative effect as well as sudden crash in energy level when sugar leaves the bloodstream. Although it is not necessarily a dangerous effect, but it can create other adverse effects.
• Excessive intake of energy drink can produce severe health problems. You are aware that one of the active ingredients of energy drink is caffeine. Higher caffeine contents mean more energy it can give. Since caffeine is a stimulant, it can cause problems in your sleeping habits (insomnia) and can trigger several ailments such as high blood pressure and heart disease.

Side effects are not just about negative impacts. Remember that the boost of energy that energy drink gives you is considered to be side effect already. The feeling of invigoration after exercising or doing a heavy-duty task is another side effect. Therefore, side effect can be both positive and negative.

Before taking energy drink, you must be aware of the active ingredients as well as the side effects mentioned above. It will help you evaluate if energy drink is really meant for you. Studying the side effects as well as your health condition can assure you that you are on safe hands. Although it is a trusted ally in providing the increased energy for your body, it can also be your worst enemy as well.

The choice is yours to make !!