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What Is The Galveston Diet? How It Works, Pros & Cons, Meal Plan
Diets that fight inflammation are here to stay. Anti-inflammatory diets like the Mediterranean diet and DASH Diet have been around for a while and are legit options for those looking to improve their health with the added benefit of weight loss. In recent years, a new anti-inflammatory diet that was created specifically for women has become very popular—the Galveston Diet. The Galveston Diet was designed for women in all phases of menopause, including perimenopause, who want to avoid weight gain and may be struggling to lose weight during these stages of life. It can also help with common hormonal symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, and brain fog. Their website…
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Ideal Protein Diet 101: Pros, Cons, Pricing, What to Eat, and More
Here are some of the downsides to consider before you try the Ideal Protein diet. A Long Period of Dieting Usually Isn’t Sustainable Strict diets can help with weight loss, but the results may not last. “In terms of low-carb diets for weight loss, studies reveal that it produces short-term weight loss; more long-term studies are needed to account for its effectiveness,” says Anderson-Haynes. For example, one review, published in the Medical Clinics of North America in January 2018, noted that while a person can lose weight through a number of methods, keeping the weight off is the real challenge, and that a typical cycle is weight loss, weight plateau, and…
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Follow These 6 Nutrition Pros for Culturally Competent Diet Advice
Follow these six inclusive dietitians for nutrition advice without a heaping side of guilt. If you’re anything like me, you may hear the word “dietitian” and automatically stiffen. Many of us who are disabled or have larger bodies have been subjected to various types of discrimination in healthcare settings. The same is often true for those of us from communities of color, from different cultural backgrounds, or who aren’t native English speakers. In terms of healthy dietary choices, Western perspectives and education often lead the conversation in the US. Because those health food standards dominate what’s seen in media and what’s shared in health clinics, you may find that the…
