Types of Diet Plan – Part I
There are quite a few different types of Diet Plans that one can choose from in order to lose weight. Provided here is the brief intro about the different types, more details will be added soon.
So the Basic Types of Diet Plans can be classified as :
Fixed-menu diet. A fixed-menu diet plan provides a list of all the foods you will eat. The advantage of this kind of diet is that it can be easy to follow because the foods are selected for you. However the disadvantage of this type of diet is that you get very few different food choices which may make the diet boring and hard to follow away from home. In addition, fixed-menu diets do not teach the food selection skills necessary for keeping weight off. If you start with a fixed-menu diet, you should switch eventually to a plan that helps you learn to make meal choices on your own, such as an exchange-type diet.
Exchange-type diet. An exchange-type diet is a meal plan with a set number of servings from each of several food groups. Within each group, foods are about equal in calories and can be interchanged as you wish. For example, the “starch” category could include one slice of bread or 1/2 cup of oatmeal; each is about equal in nutritional value and calories. If your meal plan calls for two starch choices at breakfast, you could choose to eat two slices of bread, or one slice of bread and 1/2 cup of oatmeal. With the exchange-type diet plans, you have more day-to-day variety and you can easily follow the diet away from home. The most important advantage is that exchange-type diet plans teach the food selection skills you need to keep your weight off.
The next part of Types of Diet Plan includes Prepackaged-meal diet, Formula Diet and Flexible Diet.
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