The Best Diet Period!

The best diet without question is............THE DIET THAT YOU STICK TO. As with an exercise program or any condition that you wish to change in life (passing a test, increasing your vocabulary, learning a language) consistent practice is the key. Dieting should be a life change if the goal is to improve health and reshape your physique. To lose fat you must creat a caloric diffeciency over a period of time. True weight loss does not occur in a single day. The loss of water weight through respiration or perspiration will not produce a a difference in the amount of one's body fat composition. This is why the standard of optimal weight loss is considered to be 2lbs per week. To put this in perspective, one would need to reduce their caloric intake by 1,000 calories per day to result in a 2lb loss over the course of a week (Note: The 1,000 calorie diffeciency takes into account excersise along with food consumption. So, if one were to consume 2,500 calories and burn 1,000 cal, total calories for that day would be 1,500 cal.) .

The medically proven most effective diet is no mystery. A daily intake of unprocessed food rich in whole grains, lean, proteins, fruits and vegetables, and healthy fats is the rule. Quality and quantity are important to improving your health and increasing you metabolism. The simple act of eating raises your metabolism. This is why it is suggested that one eat consistently every 2-3 hours over the course of a a day, or graze. Instead of gorge themselves 1-3 times a day, which switches your body into storage mode.

Protein is the critical component for building muscle. A single gram of protein contains only 4 calories, as oppossed to the 9 calories contained in 1 gram of fat. Protein is proven to raise the metabolism more than other food sources through what is called the "thermic effect of food (TEF)." The TEF is the energy necessary to digest food. The TEF of protein is twice that of fat and carbohydrates. But this TEF only results in a caloric loss of 21 cal/day. Exercise and physical activity or still essential to reducing body fat. But the significance of protein is that as a food source it also provides a greater effect of satiety than foods high in fat and calories, and thus is more effective at reducing hunger.