Thinking About Dieting - The Fit For Life Diet

There are dozens and dozens of <a href="http://www.wineinyourdiet.com/diet_plans_and_menus.php">diet plans and menus</a>. The Fit For Life Diet was created by Doctor Harvey Diamond and is based on the principles of natural hygiene. About half of your food intake comes from raw fruits and vegetables. The theory is that raw foods contain unaltered enzymes, which are destroyed by heat during cooking. Giving a place of privilege to raw foods provides your body with extra energy from proteins and carbohydrates. Here are some of the principles.

You should eat at least as much raw food as cooked food. Eat a lot of fruit. According to Doctor Diamond fruits are the most indispensable part of our diet. They contain fiber, are rich in glucides or fructose, and provide energy. Furthermore, they constitute the only foodstuffs that need not be digested by the stomach. Eat only fruit (or drink freshly made fruit juice) for breakfast. They help the body to eliminate waste, a morning activity. Don't eat too much. Give your body enough time to digest food. For example, wait half an hour after eating fruit, 90 minutes after salad, and three hours after cooked food. Drink your fruit juice slowly and don't eat anything after seven o'clock, anything except fruit. It is better to avoid drinking coffee but if you really must, eat a piece of fruit 15 minutes before your coffee. Don't mix starches and protein in the same meal. One day a week eat only raw food. Reduce your consumption of dairy products.

An advantage of the Fit For Life Diet is its ease to follow. But it is quite strict and you may be hungry. Fruits simply don't keep you full for a long time. If you don't have enough dairy products your system may lack zinc, calcium, vitamin B12 and vitamin D. Unlike <a href="http://www.wineinyourdiet.com/my_wine_diet_articles.php">many popular diets</a>, the Fit For Life Diet does not talk about wine.

Here is a sample menu: For breakfast drink a glass of water and the juice of one pear. Eat a bowl of strawberries. Your mid-morning snack is a nectarine. For lunch eat a tomato salad with basil, grilled sole, and spinach. Supper means a tomato juice, a salad with green beans and bell peppers, and braised endives.

Despite the fact that this diet is no longer a best seller, you won't have any trouble finding a diet book on the Internet. In fact the text is available in several different versions.