The Life you Choose, Workouts Exposed, Which workout is best for you and your lifestyle

By Kristina Benson

Intimidated by the thought of figuring out which gym is for you, much less walking into one and trying to work out? Baffled by the difference between Pilates, yoga, and yogilates? Unable to tell the difference between a barbell and a dumbbell, much less use either? Then this guide is for you!

There is a bewildering array of workout regimens and gyms out there today, and little discussion of their respective relative merits. Should you do twenty minutes of cardio or fifty? Workout on the treadmill or a bike? What is cardio anyway? And why should a woman bother to lift weights to strengthen her chest? Well, this book has the answers.

This book also discusses workouts for the celebrity as well as workouts easy enough to do at home, parses the trends, and breaks it down so that you can pick the best workout without spending hundreds of dollars on expensive books, videos, and workout classes!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Equity Press
• Release date: May 2, 2011
• ISBN: 9781603322126

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The Life You Choose:

Diets Exposed

Which diet is the best for you and your lifestyle?

Kristina Benson

Copyright 2007 Equity Press

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The life you choose: Diets Exposed, which diet is best for you and your lifestyle?

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Table of Contents

Introduction and Supplementary Information

Introduction

Supplementary Information

What to Eat by Dr. Marion Nestle

Diets that Focus on Carb Counting

The Atkins Diet

The South Beach Diet

The Zone

Diets That Focus on Man in his Natural State

The Raw foods diet

The Paleo Diet

Eat Right for Your Blood Type

Mono-diets/liquid diets

The Hollywood Diet

The Master Cleanse

Juice Fasts

Miracle Ingredient Diets

The Grapefruit Diet

The Cabbage Soup Diet

Diets of Superior Communities and Societies

The Okinawa Diet

French Women Don't Get Fat

How the Rich Get Thin

Non-Western Diets

Ayurveda

Macrobiotic Diet

Traditional Low Fat Diets

Weight Watchers

Jenny Craig

The Dr. Dean Ornish Diet

The Best Life Diet

You: On a Diet

The Fat Smash Diet

Miscellaneous Diets

Somersize

The Perricone Prescription

Body for Life

Restricted Calorie Diets

Conclusion

Bibilography

Introduction and Supplementary Information

Introduction

In this book, I have attempted to summarize the gist of a large number of the diets that are popular in America right now. I also included a summary of the pros and cons of the diets’ structure, expense, and methodology.

It seems as of late that Americans are constantly barraged with conflicting information about what they should or should not eat. In wandering through the Diet and Health sections of the local bookstore, one finds a confounding array of literature, all promising variations of eternal slenderness and exemplary good health.

This book attempts to compile just about every popular diet into one source so that you, the reader, can wade through the literature and figure out what’s best for you.

The diets have been presented in an abbreviated form so that the basic elements of their strategies can be easily understood and absorbed. Accompanying each diet is a summary of what experts and/or former diet participants have had to say about it. Hopefully, it will be helpful in trying to make sense of all the information that is out there. Happy reading!

Supplementary Information

Words of Caution About Eating Disorders

An eating disorder is a complex compulsion to eat in a way which disturbs physical, mental, and psychological health. There are many ways in which this disorder may manifest itself. For instance, the sufferer may eat excessively, or eat normally and then purge occasionally, or may eat non-foods. The three most common eating disorders in the United States are anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder. All three have severe consequences to a person's immediate and long-term health and can cause death.

Some of the regimens included in this book are non-standard, and non-traditional, and should only be undertaken with great care. It is recommended that people see their physician before attempting to participate in any weight loss program.

The Recommendations of the American Dietetic Association

As of late, the ADA has revised the traditional Food Pyramid and has replaced it with what is termed MyPyramid. The basics of their recommendations, however, are still familiar.

The first recommendation is that Americans choose foods that provide an adequate amount of nutrients and are not merely filler foods that contain empty calories devoid of nutritive value. The ADA recommends that particular vigilance be undertaken to insure adequate consumption of calcium, potassium, fiber, magnesium, and vitamins A (as carotenoids), C, and E.

The organization also cautions against over consumption of transfats, and encourages Americans to consume a variety of nutrient-dense foods and beverages within and among the basic food groups while choosing foods that limit the intake of saturated and trans fats, cholesterol, added sugars, salt, and alcohol.

Fats are of specific concern. The organization acknowleges that fats and oils are part of a healthful diet, but the type of fat makes a difference to heart health, and the total amount of fat consumed is also important. High intake of saturated fats, trans fats, and cholesterol increases the risk of unhealthy blood lipid levels, which, in turn, may increase the risk of coronary heart disease. A high intake of fat (greater than 35 percent of calories) generally increases saturated fat intake and makes it more difficult to avoid consuming excess calories. A low intake of fats and oils (less than 20 percent of calories) increases the risk of inadequate intakes