Finding a diet is confusing at best to most people. You have to find one that is going to be safe, effective and nutritious. It has to have variety and give you a number of options to choose from. It has to be proven by science and backed by research, and it has to come in an easy-to-use format that you can go back and refer to time and time again. Finally, it has to be a diet that you can afford, a free diet plan that does not include expensive and exotic that will have to have shipped in from far off places. A free diet is what you want and need, and there are tons of them to consider. Finding examples of free diets is not a problem, but choosing which one is best for you might be.
The Most Important Criteria for the Free Diet
It is important that you evaluate any diet that you are planning to use carefully on a number of different criteria. The most important of these are:
– Nutritional value
– Convenience
– Variety and flexibility
– Availability of the foods that are included
– Scientific research
It doesn’t matter which celebrity is endorsing the diet plan or how many stars supposedly lost all of their excess weight using the plan. It must still be workable in the real world for real people with real weight issues. You, the average person, will not have a whole team of people behind you nor will you have the advantage of having photos being retouched and digitally enhanced if needed. You are a real person, living in the real world and facing real issues. The diet that you choose has to be ready, willing and able to address that.
The Nutritional Value of the Free Diet
The food that we eat is supposed to fuel our bodies and keep us healthy and strong. It is meant to provide us with the energy to get through our days. Food is necessary for our heart, our lungs and our brain to function properly. Even if we never get up off of the couch, a small amount of food is needed or our bodies will simply cease to function at all and we will die. That being said, it is important that the food that we eat be of the right kind and in the right amount.
Every food that we eat contains one or more of the macronutrients: protein, carbohydrates and fats. Most of the foods also have at least one of the micronutrients. Even the lowly bag of cheese doodles will have some of the vitamins and minerals, but only in small amounts and negated by the artificial flavors, coloring and unhealthy fat.
In addition, all foods have a certain number of calories, or simply the amount of energy that the food could provide to the body. Foods in the free diet should be fairly low in calories but high in nutritional value. Foods that are also high in artificial colors or flavors should not be included in the healthy diet plan. A good example of something to include in the free diet plan is Fruitasia, a protein-based supplement from Protica. Made from 100% fruits and vegetables, it contains three servings of vegetables and two servings of fruits with five grams of fiber in less than three ounces. There are no preservatives, aspartame, yeast, wheat or gluten in Fruitasia.
Convenience
The more steps that you have to go through to use something, the less likely you are going to be to use it. Today’s lifestyle often has people running around here and there, barely taking the time to stop and sit down, let alone sit down and have a decent meal. As a nation, we are all getting bigger and bigger, but the number of meals we eat at a table is getting smaller and smaller.
If you are in a hurry most of the time, you probably will not have the time to stop and take into consideration how many calories that a food has or how many grams of each nutrient it will provide. It is important that the diet spell out eating plans that can be followed, even out on the road. Isometric, another option from Protica, is the world’s smallest and most balanced meal replacement drink, coming in at just over three ounces. It is ready to drink and provides two full servings of fruits and vegetables and ten grams of fiber per serving.
Variety and Flexibility
The problem with some diet plans is simple: they are boring. A single food eaten every day may help you lose weight initially, but will become boring and impossible to stick with for the long run. Plus, some of the plans that are included with the free diet are so rigid that you may find yourself faced with skipping events because the foods are not included in your diet’s plan for the day. Imagine eating the same flavors of foods over and over. Even the meal replacement plans can be limited in their flavors, typically only offering chocolate, vanilla and strawberry with the occasional extra flavor in some brands. Profect, the single serving protein shot from Protica comes in a wide range of flavors including Blue Raspberry Swirl, Mango-Passion Fruit and a number of others.
The diet plan should also include a way to adapt it to different situations that can arise whether they are planned or not. You plan should include ways to handle birthday parties or other events and days when you just cannot make it home to eat a meal.
Availability of the Foods that Are Included
Some free diets list certain types of foods, certain brands or certain flavorings and spices that are just not available in every area. While most of them will suggest locations to find these items, there will be times when you are on your own for the foods that you need to have. If you have to continually hunt down a food on the internet along with ways to cook it while wondering what it actually is, it might not be the right food or diet plan for you.
Scientific Research
Finally, every diet plan must be backed by solid science with studies and testing to show how efficient and how safe it is as well as documents that show how well the subjects did with the plan when they used it themselves.
Protica Research (Protica, Inc.) specializes in the development of Capsulized Foods. Protica manufactures Profect, IsoMetric, Pediagro, Fruitasia and over 100 other brands, including Medicare-approved, whey protein liquid for bariatric surgery patients. You can learn more at Protica Research – Copyright