Diets Part 1 – Transformation Tuesday Tip
I hope you received 
valuable information last night. Here are some key takeaways:
- Best diabetic diet question: DASH, Mediterranean, and Paleo (If no kidney disease). All three diets have been studied and provide solid weight loss in diabetic patients and are safe to maintain blood sugar levels.
- Paleo diet: Consists of foods that were only available when our ancestors roamed the earth. There is a good variety in this diet and, when maintained, support healthy, long term weight loss.
- Gluten free diet: This diet was intended for diagnosed celiac and gluten sensitive patients. This should not be a strategy for weight loss, because this can cause a dietary loss of essential nutrients that are often replaced with caloric fillers.
- Whole 30 diet: This is a nutritionally sound dietary program. However, this diet is extremely militant. If you make a mistake, you must start the entire 30 days over again. Envision gorging on the weekends only to start again and never truly achieving the goal. This diet is not sustainable for long term success, but safe for short term loss if that is your goal
- Goals: If you real long term goal, is a well maintained, livable, health lifestyle in our current culture, slow, steady consistent change is the real solution. You will achieve long term success if you target one to three goals and focus on those changes before moving onto the next. It is a process but I believe this is the real path toward lasting change and improved vitality. If you want proof, see how many of the Biggest Loser Champions sustained big weight loss. The bottom line is to quickly lose weight, if you change caloric intake, you will lose weight with most diets.
- I will increase my workouts from three times a week to five times a week.
- I will work on meal preparation so that I have food with me when I am on the go. This will decrease the use of convenience food.
- My goal is to address my sugar addiction by trying to find healthy alternatives.
- I will increase my water consumption throughout the day.
Finally, as promised, some examples of team member goals are listed below to get you thinking:
I will eat six small meals a day.
Next week, I will address vegan, mediterranean, and keto diets. If you have other questions, please leave a comment and I will be sure to include them next week.
-Mindful Medicine Girl ?
