Question 1

what a good diet?

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Calories and portion: The key to losing weight effectively is taking in fewer calories than you can burn. This results in weight loss.  Women should restrict their calorie intake to 1200 a day. Men should restrict their calorie intake to 1500 a day.  Portion control is essential. An easy way to understand portion control is to look on the back of any nutritional label.  One serving size is always listed on the label.

Question 2

what the best diet?

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Depends: It's a numbers game and a genetics thing. Overall the ornish or zone diet. But you need to know how many calories you burn everyday and how many u consume. You want to burn more than you eat. However, some people won't lose wt bec of hormone imbalances or lack of muscles. Diet alone will not work you must exercise and wt train.

Question 3

whats the best diet?

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Diet?: There is no best diet.  No restrictive plan ever works long term.  A "diet" usually means that the patient is going to go off of the "diet" when they have lost the weight.  Guess what happens then?  You go back to the foods you gave up...And you gain the weight back.
Most patients then feel like failures, and it's not their fault! reducing
food portions, exercise, support for change will help.

Question 4

can kids go on diets?

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Yes: Excess weight is a common problem in children.  They frequently follow the example of their parents who are often overweight as well.  Children can go on diets and should be encouraged to do so  if they are obviously gaining weight.  Enlist the aid of your pediatrician and a good nutritionist.

Question 5

what is the abc diet?

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A low calorie diet : As with many diets it has no long term results. Instead eat healthier with more vegetables and smaller portions.

Question 6

why do diets not work?

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All diets can work: All diets have a basic underpinning: ingest fewer calories than your body b urns so that you lose weight.  The novelty of new diet types usually causes a burst of weight loss.  The problem is that few can sustain the diet and they regress into their previous food intake and exercise pattern which causes the weight to return.

Question 7

what is pristine diet?

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Pristine diet: Pristine diet is a diet that consists of food in the food pyramid scheme. These are foods that are considered most healthy for you.

Question 8

how to control our diet?

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No junk food: Avoid eating junk food and prepares food that has flavor enhancers in them . These include msg , soy protein isolate, protein isolate , carragenan all there to make you eat more . 

Avoid fructose and high fructose corn syrup. Eat more protein and vegetables preferably organic and  aviod bread and dairy products and you will lose weight.

Question 9

what diet is good for me?

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Dietician: If you have concerns about your weight and diet or if you have medical issues requiring a special diet, your best bet is to make a one time appointment with a dietician at your local hospital. He/she will review your eating habits, determine your ideal weight and appropriate amount of daily calories you need considering your general health and  level of physical activity.

Question 10

what diet neutralizes bo?

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Healthy one!: People sweat but don't all smell bad.  Key is likely in your diet.  Junk food, processed foods, pungent food make for foul smells.  Instead, lots of fruit and veges, lean meats, regular bathing, clean clothes.  Baking powder under your pits dampens smell.  Great product out of israel, a cream deodorant called lavalin. Apply once, gets a week or so without bo!

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