Modern Diets and Myths!

A vegan diet is more of a philosophy and a way of life and has been in practice, since ages. The people who follow it only eat plant-based food and they do so out of ethical, environmental and compassionate reasons. They do not eat any animal-based food and it includes honey, egg and dairy products.

The weight watchers diet was founded by Jean Nidetch, a Brooklyn housewife in 1963 and she formed a network of friends to popularize the diet and slowly it evolved into an international company. This diet assigns points to food items. The high-fat and high-sugar foods have high points and high-protein foods have low points. No food is restricted and the participant aspires to gain lesser points from the point system.

Vegetarian diets do not include fish, meat, and egg which are rich sources of protein. Fruits, vegetables, grains, and milk carry very less amount of proteins. Thus, a vegetarian diet lacks protein to a high extent but it can be compensated with protein sources such as soyabean, nuts, and seeds.

The extraction of fruit juice leads to filtration of fiber which is necessary for the body. It also leads to a hike in the natural sugar content which is further transformed into sucrose and thus, the juice becomes poorer in nutrition and benefits, as compared to its fruit form.