P.O.R.N. Diets

I am coining this term as I feel some of the diets out there are so radical they need to be discussed in one place.

We here from our favorite celebrities daily and some of us live for this. We follow them on Twitter, talk about them on Bebo and MySpace or e mail each other about them especially when a new diet is talked about.

There have been some over the top radical diets in the past like the 'Air diet', not a very popular one for obvious reasons unlike the 'Chocolate' diet. Then there is the more main stream 'Atkins' diet or 'The Dash Diet' or even 'The South Beach Diet'. All have there plus and minus points and their advocates and nay sayers as well.

The trick when it comes to diets if there is a trick in selecting one would be to thoroughly research the topic. The mere fact that there literally are thousands of diets commercially available shown on television, billboards or even your local Chemist shop.

Here will be many, many articles pertaining to the topic of P.O.R.N. Diets circulating our media and your opinion on them is most welcome. Maybe you have been on one and would like to praise it or maybe warn others away from it. Whatever you may like to share, diet related, please do.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Well Balanced Diet Can't Be Without Fruits And Vegetables-Healthy Living Part 7

By Haiyan Lai-Heskin

Fruits and vegetables are important to our health for many reasons; certainly because they contain fibre in the whole food, and they contain phytonutrients, which are plant based nutrients in the numbers of 20,000 or more, all of which work together to ensure our health.

Eating 5 a day or more servings of fruits and vegetables is part of an important plan for healthier living. Vegetables are virtually fat free and contain no cholesterol.

Using herbs or seasoning instead of butter or fat could make vegetables more distinctive. Vegetables may be raw or cooked; fresh, frozen, canned, or dried/dehydrated; and may be whole, cut-up, or mashed. But certainly the acid test or taste of the good cook will be in the preparation of vegetables.

Fresh vegetables contains many of the vital vitamins and minerals and may be destroyed by cooking, so the idea of using raw vegetables becomes the most desirable for any menu, and especially for the low-fat menus and raw food diets.

Use raw vegetables almost exclusively, since the vitamin value is at peak this way, and the crispness of the vegetables is most appetizing. And the raw food diet is said to provide you with quick weighty loss results. Cottage cheese, or gelatin recipes can be combined with vegetables on a raw foods diet.

As important as vegetable, fruits also contain virtually no fat and are entirely free of any cholesterol. Two notable exceptions, however, are the avocado and the coconut, which are both very high in fat content and thus should be avoided. Otherwise there is no restriction on the use of fruits, which are also certainly ideal for desserts. When fresh fruits are not in season, use dried, canned, or frozen fruits.

Salads are often served before a main course, however in low fat or raw food diet, a well-constructed vegetable or fruits salad can be served as a meal all alone.

Gelatin salads are special favorites to many, especially when made with fruit juices instead of water. Aspic salads are excellent when prepared with vegetables or vegetable juices. If cottage cheese is added to gelatin and aspic salads, more protein and "body" results.

Simply add various fruits and vegetables to your daily diet is the easy way to help improve your health, give you a quick boost of flavor and energy anytime. And also helps reduce the risk of many cancers, heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and cataracts.

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