It is yet another week of endless work schedules, erratic timings and lots and lots of stress! What we forget is the need to keep ourselves healthy and kicking. So to fight the Monday blues, it is essential to eat right and let your body feel free and not sluggish. To end these woes, we help you deal with weighty issues with these easy-to-follow diets to your rescue:
If you are aiming for those washboard abs like Katrina Kaif or a chiseled chest of Ranveer Singh, then merely sweating it out in the gym won’t help. It is only the combination of diet and exercise that can give you your dream body:
1. ALKALINE DIET
Alkaline diet, has some serious celebrity followers, which reportedly include Gywneth Paltrow, Jennifer Aniston and Victoria Beckam. This diet is based on the well-established fact that different foods affect the pH balance of our body differently. The modern ways of eating, produces more than the ideal amount of acid in our body, which later turns into fat. So, to maintain the ideal pH and keep acidity levels in check “alkaline foods” are recommended to be taken.
Alkaline Diet Chart
2. ATKINS DIET
The Atkins Diet, was promoted by a physician named Dr. Robert C. Atkins who wrote a book about the diet in 1972. It is a low carb and high protein diet, which is based on the theory that, in the absence of energy providing carbs, the body will use the stored-fat as the source of energy. The diet emphasises on eating protein, fat, and low starch vegetables. Simple crabohydrates, such as flour or sugar are highly restricted or completely eliminated from the daily diet.
All About Atkins Diet
3. PALEO DIET
The Paleo Diet, also known as caveman diet, consists of foods that can be hunted or gathered, just like the early men, who lived during stone age. It typically consists of lean meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. Foods such as dairy, legumes or grains which after almost 10,000 years and require farming are eliminated.
Introducing Paleo Diet
4. MEDITERRANEAN DIET
Mediterranean diet is inspired by the traditional foods and drinks of the countries surrounded by Mediterranean sea. Mediterranean is not a mere diet, rather is a lifestyle to be followed which includes eating healthy food, daily activity and an occasional glass of wine. It focuses mainly on plant-based foods and replacing butter with healthy oils such as olive oil or canola.
Composition of Diet
5. DASH DIET
This is the No. 1 diet plan worldwide from the last 6 years. It takes into account the age and the activity level of the person, who is later advised the amount of calorie that needs to be consumed to loose weight. Not just weight loss, this diet plan also prevents hypertension and diabetes.
Composition of Dash Diet
6. VEGAN DIET
Vegans go a step further than vegetarians as they exclude all animal based foods from their diet- including dairy and eggs. Dairy products are replaced by tofu, peanut butter or soy milk and other products such as gelatine are also avoided. Natalie Portman, Ellen DeGeneres, Olivia Wilde, Lea Michelle are just a few celebrities who have recently adopted veganism.
Vegan Food Chart
7. GM DIET
This diet focuses on limiting your diet in a week to just eating fruits, brown rice, vegetables and chicken. Combination of complex carbohydrates, low-calorie vegetables and fruits and increased water intake; this diet helps loss of up to 17 pounds in just seven days.
GM Diet Plan
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