In order to keep the blood glucose in a healthy balance, a healthy diabetes diet is needed and the right discipline to follow it through.

According to the National Diabetes Information Clearing House (NDIC), a diabetic person must eat equal amounts of food on a daily basis; eat their meals and snacks at a regular time daily, and to not skip meals or snacks.

Aside from monitoring the sugar level, diabetic persons must also check their cholesterol level as they are also at risk in having a heart disease.

To maintain the blood sugar levels and cholesterol, you need to have a healthy food selection, do regular exercises and take the medicines that your doctor prescribed to you.

The ADA has provided some dietary approval for retaining healthy cholesterol and triglyceride ranges:

• Choose lean meats and meat substitutes
• Eat at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables each day
• Eat more foods that are high in fiber
• Eat less salt and sodium
• Switch to low-fat or fat-free dairy products
• Eat less fats, especially less saturated fats
• Limit foods that are high in cholesterol like egg yolks, high-fat dairy products,  high-fat meat, and poultry
• Eat fish two or three times a week with high-protective fat like tuna and salmon
• Cook in low-fat methods like roasting, grilling, by cooking using spray or baking

T Factor Diet History

Letter T in the T Factor Diet means ‘Thermogenesis Effect” or “Thermic Effect”, pertaining to the ability to burn calories.

T Factor Diet was created by Dr. Martin Kahtan in 1989 and was updated later on in the year 1994, where it was popularly known as the first diet book that promoted dietary fat reduction as a realistic way to obtain good health and a slimmer body.

Dr. Kahtan’s studies state that only the fat in the foods you eat can add up to the fats stored in your body.

The T factor diet claims that what is more significant is the recommended amount of daily fat content coming from the right foods rather than the number of calories you intake.

In Dr. Kahtan’s studies and as scientifically proven, carbohydrate calories are burned faster than fat calories, giving you the feeling of not getting hungry all the time.

I’m sure that you’ve heard about the “grapefruit diet” that has been buzzing the internet these days and slowly being advertised on the sidewalk and billboards.

And I’m pretty sure too that the word “diet” attached after the grapefruit is what caught your attention to it.

I have been receiving a lot of emails regarding this type of diet and instead of answering your questions one by one; I’ve decided to make a post about it.

What is Grapefruit Diet?

As the name implies, it’s a diet involving grapefruit – carries simple carbohydrate that is rich in fiber. This fruit has no fat, low in calories and sodium and is filled with vitamin C.

For dieters, the fruit is believed to help trim down a person’s appetite, when combined with their diet plan.

A Little Bit of Its History…

Grapefruit diet has been actively present for the past several years. It was first introduced by Mr. Kelly D. Brownell in the 1930. From there, it just spread through word of mouth to books and then the internet.

Grapefruit is also known as Mayo Diet or Hollywood Diet.

How Did It Became a Diet?

The grapefruit has a “magical” ingredient that when gobbled with protein food, it elicits fat burning effect thus causing weight loss. It contains enzymes that accelerate the way our body burns fat.

The cause of quick weight loss from other diets is mainly from fluids and not fats. They claim that when doing this diet, it is possible to lose weight up to 10 pounds in just 12 days without being famished as you would still enjoy your regular meal at regular times.

Catabolic diet is based from the theory that there are specific foods that burn up more calories than what they supply to the body. It has been said that this is more effective compared to a starvation diet.

“Catabolism is the metabolic breakdown of complex molecules into simpler ones, often resulting in a release of energy. This relates on the whole vital processes in the body’s cell, not the properties of foods.”

Catabolic diet claims that taking certain foods that have a catabolic reaction on the body will help in weight loss. This is because the process that takes the body to digest will become calorie-free; however, this should also be incorporated by a low calorie food intake.

Catabolic foods are mostly rich in fiber or water, content like fruits and vegetables. These catabolic foods are all very low in calories. This type of diet allows foods that are high in vitamins and minerals.

To maintain or lose weight, eat a minimum of ten servings per day with other protein and carbohydrates foods – taken with the right moderation.

There are foods that have a rating catabolic substance. To give you some example of such foods:

Group of high rating catabolic fruits – oranges, pineapple, strawberries and grapefruits.

Group of high rating catabolic vegetables – tomato, cucumbers, carrots, asparagus, eggplant, sweet potato, broccoli, lettuce, celery, peppers, and parsley leaves.

Are you a vegetarian and still searching for the safest method of eating the right foods as part of your healthy diet meal?

You always have heard this – vegetables and fruits play an important part of a balanced diet. Yes, a balanced diet, which means it includes the protein, calcium, nutrients and minerals that all of us need as well.

A vegan diet generally includes less fat and cholesterol, and consisting of more fiber.

A well planned vegetarian diet have several benefits such as:

• Less risk of getting type 2 diabetes
• Less risk of getting prostate cancer
• Less risk of getting high blood pressure
• Lower BMI
• Lower cholesterol levels

How To Create a Healthy Vegetarian Diet:

1. Choose from the three types of vegetarian diet that will suit your lifestyle:

• Vegans – completely plant-based foods. No meat, poultry, dairies and fish
• Lacto-vegetarians – plant-based foods with milk and milk products only. NO eggs.
• Lacto-ovo vegetarians – plant-based foods plus the milk, eggs, cheese, and yogurt only
• Flexitarians – plant-based diet but rarely eat small amounts of meat, poultry or fish.

2. Talk to a friend or a group that does any kind or type of a vegetarian diet.

This will give you the necessary knowledge and tips on how to create your own healthy vegetarian diet. This would also help you decide if you really want to take this kind of diet or not.

Don’t push yourself on a diet just because several others are doing it, if your body and mind are not ready yet, don’t go for it! Know the reasons why you would like to try the diet first.