An Overview of Two Popular Diets

An Overview of Two Popular Diets
Chris Grasso
10/13/2014
Updated:
4/23/2016

There is a stigma that healthy food is tasteless and can leave you wanting more of something less healthy at the end of the meal. The trick to keeping a healthy diet is to eat things that leave you satisfied as well as that are healthy for you. Tricking yourself into this is easy when you are eating the right foods in the right delicious combinations. Healthy eating does not always have to be associated with dieting though, healthy eating is a lifestyle that can last a lifetime. There are numerous websites that tend to give advice but I'd urge the reader to look at sites that are made by people who have no stock in the products that they talk about, a great example is viralcreek.com. This site has a myriad of advice and they are not advertising for products but are rather giving great and researched advice. 

Paleo Diet

The Paleo diet has grown in popularity as it is uniquely tied to Crossfit. There is a large amount of Crossfitters that participate in certain extents of the Paleo diet. Basically this diet takes out processed foods and only the foods that were available during the Paleolithic era. This eliminates many breads and grains among other carbohydrates. What can you eat? That might be the question that you ask yourself while reading this. One of the healthy snacks is apple peach salsa, this can be put onto different meats as a garnish or topping. There are many different takes on the Paleo diet, athletes tend to supplement their diets while doing Paleo with carbohydrates. This is to help keep weight on as well as aid in the recovery process after workouts. There are many health benefits and the diet is rather simple to figure out. Many people experience less crashes as processed sugar is not allowed on this diet. Athletes have claimed that it aids in their recovery and they get less tired throughout a workout. Other people add dairy to their Paleo diet even though it is against the diets principles because if we are being honest, dairy products are delicious.

Weight Watchers Diet

The Weight Watchers diet is a diet that lends itself to many people because of its ease. The diet is based off of the moderation of food intake. Unlike the Paleo diet where you can eat as much of the approved foods as possible, you can eat legitimately anything while on the Weight Watchers diet. Foods are given certain point values depending on calories, carbohydrates, fats, and a myriad of other factors. People participating in this diet are allotted a certain number of points per day. This is generally associated with their current weight. What happens if you are very active? There are points you can earn back for doing exercise each day, for example somebody who goes for a 5 mile run can earn back 8 points depending on their heart rate and the amount of time that the run took them. Unlike many other diets, this diet has an option of a type of a support group in ways. Although not required, Weight Watcher dieters can go to meetings where they have a weekly weigh in and they chart your progress. This accountability is something that many people need when dieting as a pound a week might not be the result they want but the pounds add up!

As you can see, both of these diets have their pros and cons. The main aspect that somebody should concentrate on is that trying to improve yourself is positive regardless of what route you take. Taking the excess sugar can be great for your teeth so not only will your body look great but also your smile, for other teeth healthy foods check out http://smilesunlimited.ca/ for more dental tips.

Chris is a freelance writer who also enjoy going fishing. He enjoys the sunshine and all kinds of outdoor activities. Email Chris at [email protected]
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