Zone Diet
The Zone diet is a diet popularized in books by biochemist Barry Sears. It advocates consuming calories from carbohydrates, protein and fat in a ratio of 40%/30%/30%. Theory The diet ...
Vegetarian and Vegan Diet
Vegetarian diets are basically plant based, with fruit, vegetables, legumes, seeds and nuts. A vegetarian diet can be very healthy as many plant foods are lower in saturated fat and higher ...
South Beach Diet - What is it?
Most people are sick of trying new diets for one reason – they do not work! What makes the South Beach Diet different is that it teaches a way ...
Paleolithic Diet
What exactly is the 'Paleolithic diet'? This answer is brought to you by many of the Australian nutrition professionals who regularly contribute to a nutrition email discussion group. The ...
Organic Food Diet
Organic foods are produced according to certain production standards, meaning they are grown without the use of conventional pesticides, artificial fertilizers, human waste, or sewage sludge, and that they were ...
Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean diet is a modern nutritional recommendation inspired by the traditional dietary patterns of some of the countries of the Mediterranean Basin. History The most commonly-understood version of the ...
LEARN Diet
The LEARN diet recommends 55% to 60% energy from carbohydrate and less than 10% energy from saturated fat. LEARN stands for Lifestyle, Exercise, Attitudes, Relationships, and Nutrition. The LEARN ...
Ketogenic Diet
The Ketogenic Diet is a high fat, adequate protein, low carbohydrate diet, primarily used to treat difficult-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. The diet mimics aspects of starvation by forcing the ...