If you’ve ever wondered how some chefs can be surrounded by fabulous food and stay slender, check out Healthy Living With Ellie, the weight-loss plan developed by Food Network chef and dietitian Ellie Krieger. While the typical diet comes with a long list of foods you cannot eat under any circumstances, Ellie Krieger takes a different approach with delicious and healthy recipes. Healthy Living With Ellie: H ...

At the top of the list of odd diet fads, the hCG diet has been widely discredited by scientists, but remains popular because of its weight-loss promise. The diet requires that you eat only 500 calories a day and get daily injections of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG.) Also available in pill form, hCG is the hormone produced by the placenta during pregnancy. In 1954, British physician A.T.W. S ...

The Hallelujah Diet is an eating and lifestyle plan based on the following passage from the Bible: "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb and bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat." — Genesis 1:29 The idea of following the Hallelujah Diet, which involves eating more "living" foods like ...

Eating a diet rich in fiber helps keep your digestive system healthy and can lower your risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Women need at least 25 grams fiber every day and men need more than 35 grams. Foods that are considered to be high in fiber contain at least 5 grams per serving. Foods rich in fiber include fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Look for 100% whole grain or 100% whole wheat on t ...

The Grapefruit Diet, which has also been called the Hollywood Diet, has been around since 1950. There are many versions of this quick weight-loss diet, based on the belief that enzymes found in grapefruit can help burn fat, thereby promoting rapid weight loss. Another claim is that dieters can expect to lose up to 10 pounds after 12 days on the Grapefruit Diet. The Grapefruit Diet: How to Follow It On the G ...

The Glycemic Index Diet, which is also called the GI Diet, is a weight-loss plan developed by Rick Gallop, a businessman who had trouble losing weight. Gallop bases his plan on the glycemic index, which measures how your body responds to various foods. The glycemic index was first described about 20 years ago by David Jenkins, a professor of nutrition at the University of Toronto. "It is the rate at which y ...

The theory behind the GenoType Diet is intriguing: The authors claim that everyone fits into one of six genetic types, referred to as “epi-genotypes,” determined by genetic inheritance. This dynamic relationship between genetic inheritance, diet, and lifestyle supposedly determines your weight. The authors of this diet are naturopathic physician Peter J. D’Adamo, ND, and Catherine Whitney. D’Adamo is not ne ...

The Fruit Flush diet is a three-day detox diet designed by nutritionist Jay Robb to cleanse your system and help you lose weight. This detox diet plan claims to help you lose up to nine pounds in just three days, conquer food addiction, and jump-start your diet and exercise program. The Fruit Flush Diet: Basics The Fruit Flush diet is a severe three-day detox session during which you will: Drink at least 12 ...

Healthy Foods for a Healthy Lifestyle There are several fad diets that will lead to successful weight loss if you follow them exactly as they are designed. That doesn't mean every food that fits into a diet is a healthy food, but it does mean you have to change your eating patterns to fit the diet's rules. Rather than worry about following a fad diet, think about your health and your lifestyle instead. Star ...

Doctors and public health officials have been telling us for years that eating too much sodium can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke by raising blood pressure to unsafe levels. So how to explain a new study that suggests low salt intake actually increases the risk of dying from those causes? The study, which followed 3,681 healthy European men and women age 60 or younger for about eight years, als ...