There are about thousands of weight loss programs which claim to help you lose weight with less hassle in the fastest possible time. However, among those myriad of weight loss diet programs, five stand out in terms of popularity and efficiency in helping people shed off those excess pounds. You can take your pick among these five fabulous weight loss diet programs and see which of these will work best for you.
Weight Watchers
The ease with which the Weight Watchers program is administered makes it the favorite method and subject of research of most health and fitness experts. In this particular diet program for weight loss, points are assigned to different point types. A typical weight watcher will have a pre-calculated number of points to balance in a day, and there will be no prohibited food types just as long as you are able to balance your points properly. Healthy foods such as vegetables and fruits have lower points than those which cause severe weight gain such as fatty foods. Moderate levels of points are given to protein foods, and there are even some foods which have no zero point assignments to them.
One has to be conscious of the number of points each meal is accumulating. There are no direct impositions on which food is acceptable and which foods are hazardous but a person who undergoes the Weight Watchers program will be given a set of recommended foods with which he or she has the option of taking or ignoring. For as long as the required points are balanced in each day, the program will work.
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CNN reported about Popeyes fast food resto announcing that it is now losing the transfat (food ingredient found in margarines, baked goods, and cookies that causes heart diseases) content of its biscuits. However, its french fries still have transfat but reduced to only one gram per serving.
The restaurant said it began offering zero transfat biscuits and one gram trans fat fries in 2006 and has completed the project for the items to be in all restaurants.
Popeyes, a unit of AFC Enterprises (up $0.41 to $19.20, Charts), said many of its core chicken items have zero grams of transfat, while other items on the menu contain 1.5 grams or less.
The New Orleans-style restaurant also plans to review its Cajun and Creole flavor menu items and cooking procedures and said a zero transfat shortening is being tested.
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Green tea has long been associated with good health and if recent studies are accurate, it might also be good for weight loss as well. Consider for example a study involving 35 Japanese men who were divided into two groups. One group took a bottle green tea while the other took oolong tea.
At the end of the three-month study, the men who took the extract containing green tea lost an average of 5.3 lbs. and also significantly decreased their BMI and waist size. It was also found that the level of LDL cholesterol decreased in this group.
This is just one of a number of studies involving the benefits of green tea. Green tea is more known as a strong antioxidant but it is its polyphenol content that is getting it all the attention these days. Polypnenols seem to contribute to the decrease in leptins, a protein that is produced by fats. It also seems to activate a type of body fat that helps burn more calories, shedding fat located in the lower body, such as those found in the waist and hips.
Is a green tea diet supplement right for you?
There are certain groups of health experts who believe that green tea diet supplements require further study.
It still has to be studied under controlled conditions and its effects on people who follow a certain diet and lifestyle is yet unknown. Its effect on overweight people who take certain medications is also not known.
However, the health effects of green tea are indisputable. It is known to help reduce the risk of heart disease and has anti-carcinogenic and anti-inflammatory properties. For that alone, green tea is worth considering.
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Although once disparaged for reportedly increasing cholesterol levels, which was reported to be just a black propaganda, coconut oil is enjoying a comeback and is becoming a diet food of choice. According to regular coconut oil users, coconut oil can actually reduce the risk of heart disease; ease the symptoms of thyroid-related diseases, chronic fatigue syndrome, and diabetes; ease the symptoms of several digestive disorder; increase overall energy; and rejuvenate skin, preventing wrinkles. In addition to all these, coconut oil can reportedly lower cholesterol levels, and even allow you to lose weight.
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