Dieting For Fat Loss

Fat Burning Diets The Maximum Fat Loss Guidelines Part 2

Weight loss tough right? Not really anyone can lose weight. The problem is losing fat. That’s where it get’s tricky. And all these so called fat loss diets don’t help. So let’s continue getting the facts about these diet plans from John Alvino.

In Dieting For Fat Loss Part 1, we covered the essential rules a fat loss diet MUST follow in order to be effective and sustainable. The breaking of any of those critical rules will automatically disqualify any fat loss diet out there from being “sound”. Take those diets and throw them in the trash, period. Nuff said about that!

Now what about the diets that don’t break the crucial rules? Does this mean that ALL diets that sneak past my “criteria doorman” are effective? No, not necessarily. Although they may be off to a good start, there are some additional factors that need to be considered.

Listing all of them would take pages and pages of information, and individual requirements would need to be known and taken into account. This is obviously impossible to do in a blog post. What I can do, however, is break down some of the most popular dieting strategies and give my opinion of them.

 Here are some of the more Popular Dieting Trends:

1) Paleo Dieting- This diet is based on foods that were eaten during the Paleolithic Era. These foods include: meat, eggs, fish, shellfish, vegetables, fruits and tree nuts. Oils are also permitted as long as they come from fruits or tree nuts. Some argue that certain other foods should be permitted, but I have provided you with the basic list.

All other foods including grains, potatoes, beans, dairy, etc. are prohibited. This diet does get insulin under control and can be effective, but I find it a little too limiting, especially if you are training hard for strength, muscular size and performance.

That being said, Paleo proponents do have many sound principles that I totally agree with. They are:

a) Eliminate sugar

b) Cut out processed food

c) Drink pure, clean water as your beverage. Back in the Paleolithic Era, they drank pure spring water with no added fluoride and chlorine.

d) Eat the widest variety possible of permitted foods.

e) Don’t overdo supplements. Get most of your nutrition through whole foods.

f) Eat organic foods, fruits and vegetables.

g) Only eat wild caught fish and wild game. Very few people will actually eat wild game these days, so the best you will probably be able to do is eat organic free-range, grass fed meats.

If you choose to eat meat, this diet is very good. I would only make a few tweaks, namely, allowing certain foods that are on their “avoid” list. I would include certain healthy starchy carbohydrates on a re-feed day, or a post-workout meal.  These carbs include: sweet potato, oatmeal, baked potato, legumes, and pseudo grains (quinoa, amaranth, buckwheat, etc.).

2) Vegetarian Eating

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