Don't know what diet to choose (I'm a meat eater)

Before you start this diet, consult with your doctor. Even though this diet has many health benefits (you avoid all processed food), many experts consider it unsafe and nutritionally deficient because it excludes entire food groups (legumes, grains, dairy products), making it hard for dieters to get all the nutrients they need.

The Paleolithic Diet consists only from food that was consumed by our ancestors living in Paleolithic era over 10,000 years ago. The Paleo Diet advocates claim that our bodies are designed to survive and flourish on the diet that was available to our early Paleolithic predecessors. The backbone of Paleolithic Diet are meat, fish, fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts and basically anything that was available in the Paleolithic era. Foods that were not available in the Paleolithic era, and therefore are not allowed, are  grains, legumes, dairy products, salt, refined sugar, and processed oils. Followers of this diet believe that modern day food is to blame for the obesity epidemic, as well as the increase in weight-related health conditions.

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Before you try this diet, consult your doctor.

This is not a short-term diet that will make you quickly lose your weight. Instead, this is a diet that you can sustain for the rest of your life. It emphasises healthy and balanced weight-reduction plan with gradual weight loss.

It consists of three phases:

• Baby steps (minimum of 4 weeks): Brace your body for weight loss. Increase level of activity, stimulate your metabolism with increased fiber intake, have small meals every couple of hours and get rid of alcohol, bad fats, sugary beverages, white bread and high-fat dairy products.
• Get moving (minimum of 4 weeks: In this phase you eat the same food from phase 1 but now you can add some "bad" food you weren't allowed in phase 1. You also have to take care of portion control and increase your activity even more. The number of calories you can eat depends on how much you are active.
• Your best life (for the rest of your life): You increase your level of activity even more, and make sure that the food you eat is wholesome, healthy and filled with nutrients and minerals your body needs. You can indulge in alcohol and junk food every now and then.

This diet can be adjusted for vegetarians and vegans. It is also healthy for people that have diabetes or heart condition.

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Before you start this diet, consult your doctor. Even though successful on a short run, it is highly controversial. Many health experts claim it has a multitude of negative effects on your health, especially if you follow it for longer than a couple of months. For a more nutritionally balanced and healthier diet, you can try the Atkins 40 diet which is similar to classic Atkins but with more food variety and fewer restrictions.

The Atkins diet has four phases:

1. The first phase lasts for two weeks in which you should avoid carbohydrates and all foods containing them (even in small quantities).We also should avoid fruits and leafy vegetables and a person on a diet should use a variety of supplements to compensate for the vitamins and minerals.
2. The second phase is slowly introducing carbohydrates when you are allowed to consume 15-40 g of carbohydrate per day, depending on the body weight of the patient.
3. The third phase allows consumption of large amounts of carbohydrates that are regulated so they don't affect your weight.
4. The fourth phase lasts for the rest of your life. A certain amount of carbohydrates you can consume is defined and you should stick to it if you want to maintain your desired weight.

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Before you start with this diet, consult your doctor.

The diet is designed to be followed in three phases. But, if you have no more than 10 pounds of excess weight, you can start with phase 2. Each phase becomes gradually less restrictive. The focus is on removing bad carbs and fats from your diet and instead start consuming good carbs and fats. Your typical days will consist of three meals, two healthy snacks, and a dessert with a high percentage of protein.

• Phase 1: You have to endure for two weeks without starchy food like bread, pasta, rice, and potatoes. Fruits, milk, yogurt, honey and baked goods are also off the table. Sugar is strictly forbidden. Emphasis is on lean meat, fish, eggs, beans, nuts, and non-starchy vegetables.

• Phase 2: You gradually reinstate fruits, pasta, and bread(whole grain only). You'll pick only one type of carb and combine it with one meal each day for one week. You are advised to wait a couple of days and if there are no noteworthy effects, implement one more healthy carbohydrate. Continue this until you're able to successfully have two or three healthy carbohydrates each day. Phase two will last until you reach your desired weight.

• Phase 3: In this phase you maintain your desired weight that you reached in phase 2. Phase 3 is designed to last for life. No food is forbidden. Instructions recommend eating 3 pieces of fruit daily, 3 to 4 servings of starchy vegetables, and no more than 2 tablespoons of healthy fats, such as olive oil.

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Sugar Busters diet may not necessarily be the best diet for losing weight, but it certainly is one of the best to keep your sugar level in control. It doesn't give you any calorie restriction or tells you how much you should eat, but it does teach you about how to eat healthily and how to remove bad food from your diet. 

It encourages eating lots of fruits and vegetables, lean meat and fish, whole-grain foods, and low-fat dairy products. In fact, anything with a low glycemic index. Refined sugar, white flour, rice and pasta and anything with high glycemic index are strictly forbidden. You can replace it with whole grain alternatives. Since calories are not restricted, you don't have to be hungry, you just have to eat the right type of food. But, again, you won't lose any weight until you start spending  more calories than you take in your body. If your eating habits are really bad, chances are you will lose weight and greatly improve your health.

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Before you try this diet, consult your doctor.

This is one tough program. It requires lots of exercise (6 times a week, 3 days cardio, 3 weight lifting) along with fairly rigorous diet plan. You will mostly eat carbs and proteins with very little fat distributed through 6 small meals. One day per week you are allowed a "cheat" day when you can indulge in food that is prohibited during the rest of the week.

And the following is prohibited: fatty and processed meats, high-fat dairy products, processed sugar or any kind of junk food.

This diet is meant to change your lifestyle. Even though you might lose some weight quickly, it is designed to work in the long run. As mentioned before, it could be hard to follow, especially if you are not used to exercising this much. But if you stick to it, results should be satisfying.

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Before you try this diet, consult your doctor.

Inventor of BFR diet, James R.Lyons, MD, claims that yellow(or white) fat is the bad kind that makes you look soft and toneless while the brown fat makes you look younger, firmer and physically more attractive. This diet focuses on lowering percentage of your yellow fat and increasing the percentage of your brown fat.

To do this, you will have to eat 6 small meals per day and exercise regularly. You alternate between protein days and carb days. Diet is pretty casual, every food group is allowed and you even have one cheat day per week when you can eat what you want, within reason. Your diet should be filled with fresh fruits and vegetables (even starchy ones), low-fat dairy products, lean meat and fish, and unsaturated fats. You have to get rid of processed food, saturated fat, artificial flavors, and preservatives.

Even though studies are yet to confirm claims of this diet, it is likely that you will be able to lose weight following this diet, as long as you don't overindulge on your cheat day.

Vegetarians and vegans can easily adjust this diet to their preferences. People with a heart condition will benefit from this diet.

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