Diet and Meal Planning Reference

Diet

Modified: 2009/11/03 20:14 by MealMixer - Categorized as: autism, diet, food allergy
Diet is not a pejorative term, it is simply the food and beverage one consumes. Some people are on specific diets to aid in weight loss, medical conditions, or merely for personal preference.

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Weight Loss Diets

There are many diets for weight loss, and the key to success is to find a diet that you can incorporate into your lifestyle. Using MealMixer allows you to plan your meals specifically to your dietary needs. Some of the more popular diets for weight loss are:

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Low Calorie Diet

- a simple method of not ingesting more calories than you burn. MealMixer's diet setting page calculates your BMR and allows you to set your calorie needs accordingly.

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Low Carbohydrate Diet

- limits carbohydrates such as bread, grains, rice, starchy vegetables and fruit and emphasizes protein and fat. There are several versions of low-carb diets, the most popular including Atkins diet, Zone diet, and the South Beach diet. Using MealMixer allows you to closely track the number of carbohydrates consumed, and also helps to keep the meals varied so you don't get burned out. Edit

Low Fat Diet

- this diet works for weight loss as long as the high calorie fat is not being replaced with equally high calorie fat substitutes. MealMixer's recipe editor allows you to replace higher-fat recipe ingredients with low or no fat ingredients depending upon your needs.

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Balanced Diet

- this diet gives you an appropriate number of carbs, protein, and fat for your caloric needs. Planning your meals to be cooked and eaten at home gives you control over fat and calories.

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Healthy Diets

There are many medical conditions which require patients to be on special diets. In many cases, not following a diet prescribed for a medical condition can lead to a severe health crisis. Some of the diets that are easily followed using MealMixer's planner are:

Autism Diet - this diet removes gluten, casein, and food dyes from the diet. Many of these ingredients are hidden in packaged foods. Meal Mixer allows you to plan meals that avoid these ingredients, and

Diabetic Diet

GFCF Diet

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