Radical Dieting

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Radical Dieting

• Zach Henningsen
• Zac Farnam

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Types of Radical Diets

• Protein
• Carbohydrate
• Water/Liquid
• Fat diet
• Vegetable
• Mediterranean

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Protein Diet

• Protein can satisfy hunger resulting you eating
  less calories throughout the day
• Increasing protein allows us to keep insulin
  levels low, preventing lulls through the day.
• Consists of eating fish, poultry, mild cheese

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Protein cont.

• Positives
• Assist in weight loss. Protein kills your
  appetite and reduces eating.
• Can increase muscular strength and endurance.
• Body spends a lot of energy digesting protein.

• Negatives
• Too much protein can make your bones slightly
  more brittle.
• Most average diets give you enough protein.
  Adults only need 50-70 grams per day.
• Your body already produces 11 of the 20 amino
  acids in protein. You can get the rest in the
  average diet.

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Protein Foods

• 1 ounce meat, fish poultry -7g
• 1 large egg-6g
• 4 oz milk -4g
• 1oz of cheese -7g
• 1oz of nuts -7g
• 2 tbsp of peanut butter -8g

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Low Carbohydrate Diet

• Also known as the Atkins Diet
• Consists of cutting out carbs from your diet and
  focuses on vegetables, lean meat, fish, eggs, and
  healthy oils.
• Has fast results, as long as you stay on it.

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Cutting Carbs cont.

• Positives
• Rapid weight loss
• Reduces mood swings. Eating carbs can cause mood
  swings. When you have them your happy, when you
  are hungry, you crash.
• Eat healthier and eat less processed foods.

• Negatives
• As soon as you get off the diet, you start
  gaining the weight back. Your body reacts to
  the sugar and carbs more than it did before.
• Lack of food choices.
• A lot of lost weight is water weight

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Water/Liquid

• Consists of drinking liquids
• Cold water makes body have to heat the water to
  body temperature, which burns calories.
• In year, you can lose 5 pounds by just drinking
  lots of cold water and making no other change.
• Water fills your stomach, making you feel full.
• Flushes weight producing foods like sugar and
  carbs from body

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Water/Liquid cont.

• If you drink a pint of 50 degree water, you will
  burn 12.25 calories to get that water to body
  temperature.
• There is also a carry factor. A pint weighs
  roughly a pound. That is one more pound your
  body must carry, essentially burning more
  calories.

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Negatives of Water Diet

• Large amounts of water washes water soluble
  nutrients from the body.
• The kidneys have to work harder to remove the
  excess water from the body.
• When drinking a lot of water you must take
  vitamins, and avoid salt products.

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Fat Diet

• Also known as the Ketogenic Diet.
• Meals are high in fat, low in carbs and protein.
• For specific training and health related issues

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Fat diet cont.

• Positives
• Energy source for endurance marathoners and
  cyclists
• Burning fat creates ketones which have shown to
  prevent seizures in epileptic patients

• Negatives
• Dehydration.
• Vomiting.
• High cholesterol level.
• Kidney stones.
• Behavior changes.
• Slower growth rates in children

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Vegetable Diet

• Consists of eating fruits and vegetables while
  keeping sweets and fatty foods to minimum
• Decreases chance of obesity, heart disease, and
  cancer

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Negatives of the Vegetable diet

• Mental side effects
• Decreased concentration
• Dizziness
• Shortage of Essential Vitamins/Nutrients
• Proteins
• Iron
• Vitamin b12, D
• Calcium
• Zinc
• Very low in calories
• Causes potential health problems
• Does not taste good

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Mediterranean Diet

• Features abundance of
• vegetables -legumes -breads and grains
• fruits -nuts, seeds
• cereals/pasta
• regular use of olive oil
• Eating what is freshest and available locally
• Quality in food, not quantity
• Fresh and whole-not processed or refined
• Primarily plant based
• Relish experience of eating-savor every bite!
• Regular physical activity at level to promote
  healthy weight, fitness and well-being

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Mediterranean cont

• Positives
• Heart disease substantially reduced
• Protection against cancer, arthritis, diabetes
  osteoporosis, Alzheimers disease
• Slows the aging process
• Promotes longevity

• Negatives
• Very specific in the required quality of the food
• Requires a level of fat higher than recommended
  by the American Heart Association

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Unnatural Dieting

• All of these diets have you lose weight at a
  rapid rate
• Promotes weight gain over weight loss after long
  period of time
• Eating healthy and having a long term plan is
  more beneficial than the quick weight loss
  program

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Resources

• www.chooseyourdiet.com
• http//psychcentral.com
• www.epipro.com
• www.thedietchannel.com
• www.americanheart.org