First of all it’s pretty difficult to find information on the Atkins grapefruit diet plan. Smart people know that when someone is perpetrating a deception, or a con, they will often gloss over facts. This is what the Atkins grapefruit diet seems to do in an attempt to get people to associate it with two supposedly effective diets.

Is the Atkins Grapefruit Diet part of the Atkins Diet or endorsed by the estate of the late Dr. Atkins? The answer is no, not only is there no mention of the Atkins Grapefruit Diet on the Atkins web site, but there is no fruit of any kind mentioned in the list of allowed foods in the Atkins diet Induction phase.

The induction phase includes the following foods:

Fish of all kinds
All fowl such as turkey and chicken
Any shellfish
Any meat such as beef or pork
Eggs cooked in any style including fried
Cheese
Vegetables
Herbs and Spices
Fats and Oils
Low carbohydrate beverages including diet soft drinks

Notice one thing ? fruit is not on that list. Later phases of the Atkins diet do include limited amounts of fruits such as cantaloupe and even lemon juice, and the pre-maintenance and maintenance phases even specifically allow small quantities of grapefruit. But when compared to the amount of Grapefruit recommended on the Atkins Grapefruit Diet, again there is a disagreement.

The Atkins Grapefruit Diet recommends a cup of grapefruit juice or a cup of grapefruit sections, with 8 and 18 carbs respectively. Even the most generous phases of the Atkins diet, when it comes to grapefruit, recommends limiting intake to below 8 carbs per day. That’s a direct contradiction of one diet to the other.

Most reasonable people would look directly at the Atkins site the moment they heard of the Atkins Grapefruit Diet. When they found no mention of that diet on the site, a red light would go off and an alarm would sound.

In general remember this. Any diet that relies too heavily on one food, such as grapefruit on a grapefruit diet, is unhealthy in any but extremely short periods. The Atkins Grapefruit Diet is not associated with the Atkins diet, and may interfere with the results of the Atkins diet in its early phases.

The first of the South Beach diet recipes to examine is chicken Marcela. This one begins with a pound of boneless, skinless chicken breasts, adds an onion, a cup of mushroom slices, 3 tablespoons of olive oil, half cup of dry Marcela wine, 2 tablespoons of minced parsley, and chicken broth. Pound chicken between two pieces of waxed paper, then season it with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a skillet and add the chicken, cook it until it’s done. Cook onions and mushrooms until they’re soft, then add the wine and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. If you need more liquid at this point add a little bit of the broth. Now pour the sauce and vegetables over the chicken, and the recipe is complete. This will serve four, and has only 3 g of carbohydrates with 336 total calories.

Another of the terrific South Beach diet recipes takes us to the east, in Thailand. This is Thai style chicken salad. It includes a pound of cooked chicken breasts sliced thinly, 3 cups shredded Napa cabbage, 3 cups peeled jicama cut into strips, a sweet red pepper, some mint, some cilantro, and a dressing made with Thai fish sauce. It’s very simple to make ? mix together the salad ingredients, mix together dressing ingredients, then toss them together. It makes four servings and has 8 g of carbohydrates in 297 total calories. It really looks delicious.

How about south of the border with South Beach at recipes? This recipe for fajitas includes a soy sauce, a recommendation from a cook in a Mexican restaurant. ½ to 2 pounds of skirt steak or chicken is cut into strips, combined with a medium onion, two bell peppers, quarter cup of soy sauce, ¼ cup of wine juice, 1 teaspoon of chili powder, and 2 tablespoons of oil. Combine all the liquid ingredients, added to the meat strips to marinade for about 30 minutes. Then cook on a skillet or grill, the meat first and then the vegetables. This serves five, has 4.5 g of carbohydrates in a total of 307 calories per serving.

With the right South Beach diet recipes, it’s like not even being on a diet.

Jared Fogle was a student at Indiana University who worked at an adult video store in order to pay his way through college. He sat long hours in a class room, sat long hours behind the counter at the video store while eating snacks, and as a result ended up weighing 425 pounds. Needless to say his weight and health situation had become critical. Jared wanted to find a way to lose weight.

He tried various diets, but they didn’t work because he still had all those hours behind a counter during which to cheat. One day he noticed a Subway sandwich store about a mile and a half from his apartment. Without knowing it he was inventing the Subway diet. Jared decided to skip breakfast every day, walk the mile and a half there and back to Subway for both lunch and dinner during which he consumed only a sandwich, a bag of baked chips and a diet soft drink. His caloric intake plummeted from about 10,000 calories each day to only 900, with 6 miles of walking added for good measure. The result of Jared’s personal Subway diet was a loss of 245 pounds in only a year.

How did this Subway diet become a national ad campaign for the Subway chain? One day Jared bumped into a buddy who was a reporter for the school paper. This buddy barely recognized Jared, so he decided to write an article about his amazing weight loss. Someone at Men’s Health magazine read about Jared and decided to include his diet in a feature about crazy diets that work. A local Chicago Subway owner read the Mens Health article, brought the diet to the attention of his advertising people who contacted Jared to verify the story. They took the ad idea to Subway’s national ad agency who disliked the idea, so they created a local campaign for Chicago featuring the Subway diet.

Needless to say the Subway diet became a huge hit. Suddenly Jared and his Subway diet were everywhere ? in newspapers, on television, even on Oprah. Subway’s national ad people contacted the Chicago ad people about airing the ad nationally.

Many people have had success with the Subway diet. But keep in mind that Jared’s extreme program of calorie cutting and extreme weight loss are, in general, potentially dangerous. A little more moderation is needed, but exercise and cutting calories are a proven one two punch combination in the fight against obesity.

Ian Smith, the fat smash diet author, has quite a resume. He graduated from Harvard, is a medical contributor to the view television program, a medical columnist for men’s health magazine, and sits on the Board of Directors of the American Council on exercise. He also happened to be the head judge on celebrity fit club, a show that was designed around his book and fat smash diet plan.

The fat smash diet is separated into four phases designed to smash bad habits and create new healthy habits. These phases are:

One ? detox: This is a nine day period on the fat smash diet during which the body and mind are purged of impurities, and during which Dr. Smith claims people can lose anywhere from 6 to 10 pounds. This phase includes some strange but ineffective suggestions such as weighing yourself in the nude and being photographed in a bathing suit.

Two ? foundation: This is a three-week phase of the fat smash diet during which many foods removed in the detox phase are re-added to the diet. These include the 3 ounces of meat or seafood, and is based on portion control rather than calorie count.

Three ? construction: This a four-week phase is a time during which the dieter creates an eating plan that incorporates foods they enjoy. These foods can include desserts, pasta, bread, and many other foods restricted another types of diets such as the Atkins diet. In the fat smash diet moderation is the key.

Four ? Temple: This is the portion of the fat smash diet that lasts the rest of your life. Dr. Smith refers to the work done in the other three phases as the Temple, which must be maintained with continued diligence in moderation achieved through self-control.

Fat smash diet has both good and bad aspects. The initial 6 to 10 pound weight loss is really due to severe calorie cutting which can be dangerous. In addition the nine day detox is considered unhealthy by many health experts. But many of the general principles of the fat smash diet are good ones ? including exercise and moderation in all foods eaten.

The most known form of the Mediterranean diet was created in the mid-1990s by a Harvard health professor named Walter Willett. The diet calls for regular physical activity, along with abundant plant food, fresh fruit as a dessert, olive oil, dairy products, fish and poultry, up to four eggs each week, red meat in small amounts, and wine. The fat in this diet is controlled, only up to 35% of calories, saturated fat at less than 8% of total calories. It’s considered a low-fat high dietary fiber diet. It has been around since 1945 when the version of the Mediterranean diet was first published Ancel Keyes who lived in Italy. But it did not become popular until the 1990s.

One of the main features of the Mediterranean diet is its use of olive oil instead of the animal fats used typically in American diets. Olive oil is known to lower cholesterol levels in the blood, as well as blood sugar and blood pressure. Studies show that olive oil helps prevent ulcers and is an effective treatment for certain types of ulcers, as well as important for preventing cancer. Red wine also adds to the mix in that it contains elements with antioxidant properties.

The Mediterranean diet is really a series of diets partially recommended by the American Heart Association. The one part of the Mediterranean diet that the American Heart Association doesn’t like is a high percentage of calories from fat. The heart association points to the growing problem of obesity in countries around the Mediterranean basin, which is a serious health concern. However, the American Heart Association doesn’t like the fact that most of the fat in the Mediterranean diet comes from olive oil, mono saturated fat, that doesn’t raise cholesterol. That’s a good thing for heart health, but healthier hearts in the Mediterranean areas may be more due to increased physical activity rather than strictly to diet.

A lot of information on various forms of the Mediterranean diet can be found on the Internet. Start with a search on Google.

The DASH diet resulted from a series of studies that examined dietary plans and their results. The diet plan not only includes showing people good eating habits, but also shows them healthier alternatives to junk foods. This is important because when dieting many people miss the junk foods that they normally eat. Substituting something else for them that satisfies the body, helps avoid cheating and creates the possibility of maintaining a diet in the long-term. The diet also discourages eating processed foods.

There’s even a guide book published for the diet called Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with DASH. This guide shows the nutrition facts of many foods and shows their healthy alternatives. It also explains in details the meal plans of the DASH diet along with nutritional information for those plans. The manual even has a list of resources to help maintain the diet, and how to obtain these resources. It’s one of the most complete guides that explains a diet plan.

The website Yahoo contains a detailed information page about the DASH diet. This information page includes links to most major sources on the diet including a Wikipedia entry, a Google blog search, videos that show the progress of people who tried the diet, and many others.

One reason the DASH diet discourages the consumption of processed foods is that they contains 75% of the sodium in our diet. Sodium is the main contributor to high blood pressure and hypertension. Cutting out sodium through cutting out processed foods is a huge step toward reducing blood pressure and living longer.

Many people think the DASH diet is a fad diet, but it isn’t. It’s scientifically supported, as well as supported and endorsed by many top health organizations. Not only is it a great diet for people who have high blood pressure, but it’s a great diet for anyone who wants to eat healthy. Why wait for high blood pressure to start eating right, avoid it now see using the DASH diet.

Originally the grapefruit diet was an Atkins style diet that added one half grapefruit before each meal. There was no cheating on this diet ? only three meals a day and no in between meals snacks. The diet claimed that people could lose 10 pounds in 10 days, or 5 pounds in five days. It is also commonly claimed that a dieter might not lose any weight on the first four days but then 5 pounds would magically drop off on the fifth day. It was based on the claim that grapefruit contains fat burning enzymes, something that has never been proven.

In 2004 a scientific study determined that it is possible that the grapefruit diet helps people lose weight. Participants in the study lost 3.6 pounds on average in a 12 week span, eating one half grapefruit before each meal. Those who drank the serving of grapefruit juice at each meal lost just slightly less weight in the same period of time. Many of the participants lost more than 10 pounds in 12 weeks. The doctor who conducted the study found that the grapefruit diet seems to reduce levels of insulin. However, all the participants slightly enhanced their exercise programs, which may account for the lost weight.

Here are the rules for the grapefruit diet:

- Eight 8 ounce glasses of water each day, this is a must.
- Eat only until you are full at each meal.
- Eat everything listed for each meal, do not skip foods, they are specifically formulated to help burn fat.
- Grapefruit is a catalyst that starts fat burning. Do not change the amount of grapefruit.
- Drink only up to 1 cup of coffee at meals.
- Never eat between meals.
- Butter can be used.
- Do not eat desserts, breads, white vegetables, or sweet potatoes.
- Eat any amount of meat, salad and vegetables to make you full.
- It’s important to eat into you’re full because the more you eat the more we will lose.
- Follow the diet for 12 days, skip two days, then start again.
- Eat one half grapefruit, or drink 18 ounce glass of grapefruit, with each meal.

Now you can go try the grapefruit diet.

You start off strong.

THIS time it is gonna work. THIS time you will get the weight off.

You wake up in the morning ready to finally get your weight loss plan going.

And you probably eat a healthy low calorie breakfast. You may even go get some exercise.

Everything seems to be going right and you are feeling very hopeful that this time your diet will work and you will lose the weight you want to lose.

Then what happens?

Did you know that most diets tend to break down or fall apart in the middle to late afternoon? Is that what usually happens to you?

There have been scientific studies conducted on brain waves that show that often around 3 -4 pm your body enters a time that researches have named the “breaking point.”

This is a time when your brain waves slow down and your body transitions into a place where it wants to be in a recuperating phase of rest or sleep. This causes your body to experience one of your lowest energy points of your waking hours. During this phase you may feel less alert, very fatigued and possibly like you need a nap. You know, that feeling of sluggishness near the end of your work day where you really just want to rest.

This is the time of day that a huge percentage of dieters fall of the wagon and they reach for food to try to regain energy to get themselves through the rest of the day.  Unfortunately these empty calories quite often don’t even give you energy – eating simply occupies your brain with action and falsely help you feel like your energy has been increased.

A better plan (and one that would help you stick with your new healthy diet) is to be very aware that these slower phases occur in your body and brain every day and make a plan to give yourself what you REALLY need (rather than empty calories) when those sluggish times of low energy hit you.

If you can, take a 20 minute break if at all possible. Grab a quick nap if it fits your schedule and your environment. You will feel a lot better if you can give your body the rest it wants. That short rest will rejuvenate you for the remainder of your day.

If you can’t take a quick nap, then at least take a small break. Even a 5 minute break with a change of pace (away from your desk if possible) where you do some light stretching, a short walk, grab some fresh air outside and reconnect to your body, your mind and YOU.

Avoid using food to push yourself through your day. Listen to your body and give it food only when it is hungry and give your body rest when it needs rest.  Get in touch with what you REALLY need and you will reach your health and weight loss goals.

Before determining the general effectiveness of the Slim fast diet let’s take a look at just how this diet works. Basically it relies on replacing two meals a day with the nutrition shake — in this case the Slim fast shake. The dieter can eat a sensible dinner, and can also eat two pieces of fruit and the Slim fast nutrition bar as snacks. In general the plan averages about 1200 calories a day. This is about 500 less than the average female diet and 1000 less than the average male diet. Even without exercise, which Slim fast recommends, this diet will result in weight loss.

One of the most important aspects of any diet is certainly present in the Slim fast diet - ease-of-use. When people can easily follow and easily maintain a diet they’re most likely to have success with it. This diet also includes drinking a lot of water. The 6 to 8 cups of water called for in the Slim fast diet are healthy.

One great problem with the Slim fast diet is that it is difficult to get needed vitamins, minerals and other nutrients necessary for healthy living. Most of these are found in the average foods that people eat, but not all are found in the Slim fast shake or nutrition bars. It’s also very easy on this diet, and something that many people have done, to cut out that sensible meal. The thinking is that by skipping a meal while still drinking the shakes people would lose weight more quickly. But this is a great danger, because cutting calories to that extent is not healthy. In addition, as already stated, the shakes alone do not provide many of the elements needed in a healthy diet.

Some people have found success with a modified Slim fast diet. This is something like eating two normal meals a day and replacing only one with the Slim fast shake. That can be very effective, especially if the replaced meal is lunch, which many working people often eat at fast food restaurants.

Like any diet, the Slim fast diet can work, but it must be followed with caution. Use common sense.

Additionally, the results or impact of contamination on it would bring dire results not to mention death. When a patients blood becomes contaminated from waste that backs up into the blood stream the patients system responds with alarm, shock and may ultimately become totally toxic.

To prevent these conditions from occurring the colon diet needs to be one filled with certain kinds of foods. These foods are not unusual and list of them is far greater than could be listed here.

Think of your colon diet goods consisting of foods such as fruits, vegetables, and beans (kidney and navy beans are great for this), yogurt and such. The list here could be printed out and taken with you to the grocery store to shop from.

Take a moment and print it off and mark off what you would like to try this week. You’ll find that slowly but surely your body will grow stronger as you start adding one to two or more of these items to your base diet. You’ll see an almost instant change after about a week.

*Apples
*Apricots
*Beans
*Cabbage
*Cantaloupe
*Citrus fruit
*Cranberries or cranberry juice (avoid the overly sugary high fruit juices)
*Green tea
*Sweet potatoes (Yams included)
*Whole grains, cereals and some pastas
*Yogurts

To keep in mind a few tips though would be essential to any good colon friendly foods. The idea here is simply to keep it fresh. Choose fruits that are fresh versus canned or frozen. Now if you cannot get the fresh fruits and vegetables where you live due to price or seasonal constraints, then the frozen or canned varieties will have to do. They are better than not eating fruits or vegetables at all.

Next you should try to increase your intake of vegetables or fruits that are the right colors. Color does make a difference. The right color this season is green. You see the green produce has chlorophyll, this is just another very important ingredients for a colon healthy diet to get a super boost. By itself, chlorophyll can help in healing the damaged intestinal lining and the colon. This damage is often caused by out diets being less about freshness and more about convenience.

Finally, while at the market you should pick up some bottled water. The water you choose is often the subject of debate these days. Just avoiding those carbonated waters, vitamin waters, sugary waters etc. would be wise. Often these products carry higher sodium and sugar amounts versus just plain old water.

As you can see a colon diet is doable if you follow these simple steps. The process begins with selecting the right foods and deciding to make a change in your diet which can help you to become healthier and lighter than you’ve ever been.