Friday, June 12, 2009

What is the best way for dieting?

Dieting is the practice of eating foods that are in such a way to achieve or maintain a controlled weight. In most cases, the goal of weight loss are those who are overweight or obese, but some athletes want to gain weight (usually in the form of muscle) and diets can also be used to provide a stable body weight is generally to promote weight. Diets in four categories: low-fat, low-carbohydrate, low-calorie and very low in calories. [1] A meta-analysis of six randomized controlled trials, there was no great difference between the type of diet (low calorie, low carbohydrate and low fat), which is 2-4 kg weight loss in all studies. [1] After two years, all kinds of food will lead to weight loss, regardless of the same macro nutrient stress.

Diet for everyone

The traditional diet is a diet of native populations such as Native Americans, Khoisan or Australian Aborigines. Often with cultural cuisine, traditional food, more organic and seasonal food in accordance with the origins.Traditional food, depending on the availability of local resources, such as the coastal towns of fish, eel and the estuary settlements, or eggs, squash, beans and maize agriculture in urban areas, as well as cultural and religious customs and taboos. In some cases, the plants and animals caused by the traditional diet was due to modern high-yield plants, and is no longer available. [2], the Slow Food movement and the development of the tried, the traditional diet.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

What is a diet?

In nutrition, the diet is the sum of foods a person or other organism. [1] Food, the usual choices of a person or culture makes when choosing what foods to eat. Although humans are omnivores, each culture has something to eat and some food taboos preferences. Individual diet can be more or less healthy. Proper nutrition is the ingestion and equally important, the absorption of vitamins, minerals and fuels in the form of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Eating habits and choices play a significant role in health and mortality, and can also define cultures and play an important role in religion.