U.S. magazineNews & Amp;World Report's asked a group of nutrition experts to qualify the best diets.The Mediterranean diet and Dash, the champions.
Lowering weight and having a healthier diet is the purpose of the New Year shared by millions of people but knowing exactly the best way to achieve this is not an easy task.In an attempt to put order in the wide range of diets with which doctors, nutritionists and companies try to seduce citizens, the magazine U.S.News & Amp;World Report's asked a group of experts to qualify the best feeding plans.
The experts, through an in -depth survey, qualified 40 diets in nine categories, including the ease of compliance, the probability of losing significant weight in the short and long term, and the effectiveness against cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.
For the first time, the Mediterranean diet was classified as the best diet in general.Although he had to share his leadership with the Dash diet.The Mediterranean diet, based on the nutritional patterns of countries such as Spain and Italy, consists of the intake of high consumption of plant products, bread and other cereals (wheat being the base food), olive oil as the main fat, the main fat, thevinegar and regular consumption of wine in moderate quantities.
The Dash diet is the diet developed by the US National Institute of Health to help people with hypertension.His name is an acronym for Dietary Approaches to stop hypertension (dietary approach to stop hypertension).In broad strokes it consists of intake of certain fruits, vegetables and dairy products.Various investigations have demonstrated their benefits against control of the
The third place of the Ranquin was for the flexitary diet.This food model is based on the vegetarian diet but occasionally and for various reasons it allows the consumption of some products of animal origin, from seafood, fish and birds to meats.
In the fourth place was the Weight Watchers diet.The program designed by an American company assigns each meal and drink a value based on its nutrition (higher amounts of saturated fats and sugar increase the value of the point, greater amounts of protein reduce the value of the point).The points system helps people make better decisions in the face of each new meal.
"Whether you are trying to lose weight or control a chronic disease such as diabetes, the classification is designed to help consumers identify the appropriate diet for their specific needs," said Angela Haupt, an assistant health editor of U.S.News & Amp;World Report's.
David Katz, director of the Yale University Prevention Research Center and who was part of the evaluation group commented through a press release that "ultimately the best diet is one that can be adopted, administered and maintained in time"