Modern Diets and Myths!

A low-fat diet is not really helpful in losing weight if you are also eating high-amount of carbohydrates. In fact, the body needs a certain amount of fat on a regular basis and avoiding it altogether can lead to more harm than good. Fat is not fattening per serving and its connection with weight gain is contextual in nature.

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.