Monday, March 17, 2008

Eat right, stay well

I saw an article about dieting called volumetrics. It was developed by a researcher named Dr.Barbara Rolls. She claims that in people's effort to feel full and satisfied, they tend eat more. She explains that people often eat high energy-dense food, which is also loaded with calories. Food included in these category are chips, cookies, bagels, nuts and high-fat meats. On the other hand, vegetables, fruits, skim milk and lean meat are some of the low energy-dense foods. Although this diet looks promising, I don't think it will be very successful because the idea of eating low energy-dense foods mean that people need to eat more. Sure, food like these have low caloric value but when people eat more of these to satisfy their hunger, it will all add up. Anything eaten excessively have downside. Dr. Rolls states that "Volumetric plan is to eat less of -- but not avoid altogether-- the high ehergy-dense foods, while eating more of the very low and low energy-dense foods. That way, you can eat the same volume of food you always have (or even more), while maintaining or even losing weight". It sounds promising. This new diet strategy adds up to the wide array of diets that diet enthusiasts would plunge into, although it does guarantee a 100% success rate. As a result, low self-esteemed individuals will be subjected to another useless routine.

1 comment:

PaperDoll said...

There was a show on TLC last night called I Can Make You Thin...you should write a blog about that.