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Vegetarian Diet
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Vegan Diet
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Mediterranean Diet
Below you can see a list of the eight diets, a summary on each one, and links to specific articles about those diets:
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Atkins Diet
The Atkins Diet, or Atkins Nutritional Approach, focuses on controlling the levels of insulin in our bodies through diet. 1
If we consume large amounts of refined carbohydrates our insulin levels will rise rapidly, and then fall rapidly. Rising
insulin levels will trigger our bodies to store as much of the energy we eat as possible - it will also make it less likely that
our bodies use stored fat as a source of energy.
Most people on the Atkins Diet will consume a higher proportion of proteins than they normally do.
Detailed look at the Atkins Diet.
Vegetarian Diet
There are various types of vegetarian: Lacto vegetarian, Fruitarian vegetarian, Lacto-ovo-vegetarian, Living food diet
vegetarian, Ovo-vegetarian, Pescovegetarian, and Semi-vegetarian. 3
The majority of vegetarians are lacto-ovovegetarians, in other words, they do not eat animal-based foods, except for
eggs, dairy, and honey.
Studies over the last few years have shown that vegetarians have a lower body weight, suffer less from diseases, and
generally have a longer life expectancy than people who eat meat.
Detailed look at Vegetarianism.
Vegan Diet
Veganism is more of a way of life and a philosophy than a diet. A vegan does not eat anything that is animal based,
including eggs, dairy, and honey. 4
Vegans do not generally adopt veganism just for health reasons, but also for environmental and ethical/compassionate
reasons.
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Vegans believe that modern intensive farming methods are bad for our environment and unsustainable in the long term.
If all our food were plant based our environment would benefit, animals would suffer less, more food would be
produced, and people would generally enjoy better physical and mental health, vegans say.
Detailed look at Veganism.
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Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean Diet is Southern European, and more specifically focuses on the nutritional habits of the people of
Crete, Greece, and southern Italy. Nowadays, Spain, southern France, and Portugal are also included; even though
Portugal does not touch the Mediterranean Sea.
The emphasis is on lots of plant foods, fresh fruits as dessert, beans, nuts, cereals, seeds, olive oil as the main source of
dietary fats, cheese and yogurts are the main dairy foods, moderate amounts of fish and poultry, up to about four eggs
per week, small amounts of red meat, and low/moderate amounts of wine. 8
Up to one third of the Mediterranean diet consists of fat, with saturated fats not exceeding 8% of calorie intake.
Detailed look at The Mediterranean Diet.
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References
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"THE PROGRAM: OVERVIEW - How Does the Atkins Diet Work?" ATKINS NUTRITIONALS. Accessed November 26th 2013.
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Barry Sears. "The Zone Diet", Thorsons (January 4, 1999), ISBN-10: 0722536925.
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"Veganism In a Nutshell" The Vegetarian Resource Group. Accessed November 26th 2013.
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"About us - history & philosophy" Weight Watchers. Accessed November 26th 2013.
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Arthur Agatston. "The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss",
St. Martin's Paperbacks (April 19, 2005). ISBN-10: 0312991193.
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Robert Alan Ross. "Raw Food Life" rawfoodlife.com. Accessed November 26th 2013.
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Tasnime Akbaraly, PhD, Sverine Sabia, PhD, Gareth Hagger-Johnson, PhD, Adam G. Tabak, MD, Martin J. Shipley, MSc,
Markus Jokela, PhD, Eric J. Brunner, PhD, Mark Hamer, PhD, G. David Batty, PhD, Archana Singh-Manoux, PhD, Mika
Kivimaki, PhD. "Does Overall Diet in Midlife Predict Future Aging Phenotypes? A Cohort Study" The American Journal of
Medicine.
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Toni Tarver. "The Chronic Disease Food Remedy" Food Technology, October 2012, Volume 66, No.10. Accessed November
26th 2013.
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