Types of Diets

Types of Diets

• Other Diets

by Tasin K. and Maryam S.

There are hundreds of diets out there, but here are the most popular 6:

Belief-based diets are diets which are when religious, spiritual or philosophical beliefs influence a person's choice of diet on which they must follow. If the following options consider you, this might be a right diet for you.

• The Zone Diet

• Atkins diet

• South Beach Diet

• Vegan Diet

• Mediterranean Diet

• Islamic dietary laws
• I-tal
• Kosher diet
• Word of Wisdom diet

• Buddhist diet
• Edenic diet
• Hallelujah diet
• Hindu and Jain diets

• Weight Watchers diet

• Vegetarian diets

Diets followed for medical reasons are unfortunately a must for the people that have to take it, they have no other choice. Allergies are one of the reasons. When you are allergic to a certain food, it means that you cannot eat/drink it no matter what, or else it will cause rashes on your body or even kill you. Diseases can also lead to this kind of diet for example, diabetes. People with diabetes are forbidden to eat a large amount of sugar daily.

Vegetarian diets deny any kind of meat or by-products of animal slaughter. There are also semi-vegetarian diets which let you occasionally eat meat. If you want to base all your meals with vegetables for a heather option, then this is the diet for you!

Diets

When people think about diets, they say that its all about starving yourself until you lose weight or eating the bare minimum so you don't weigh anything at all. But, that's not true. A diet is when someone restricts themselves to certain kinds of food or small amounts of food in order to lose weight. There are many different types of diets that are followed though not all of them are for just losing weight. Different diets are for people with different needs so, not everyone will eat the same kinds of food or the same proportions. But, which one is best for you?

List of Different Diets

• Belief-based diets
• Vegetarian diets
• Weight control diets
• Crash diets
• Detox diets
• Diets followed for medical reasons
• Other diets

Detox diets are known to flush toxins out of your system, but they may not always do so. It works by only eating raw fruits and vegetables, juice and caffeine to cleanse the body of any harmful chemicals. But some doctors think that the body can take care of itself.

Weight control diets are for people who want to control how much fat or calories are going into their body. This diet is different for everyone depending on their weight but consists of everyone maintaining the food pyramid. There are 4 different types of weight control diets.

• Low-calorie diets

• Low-carbohydrate diets

• Very low calorie diets

• Low-fat diets

A crash diet is a diet someone takes to lose weight as fast as possible in a short period of time. You can lose up to 20 pounds in just a matter of days. Crash diets are very dangerous and uncomfortable. People who try crash diets are people that NEED to lose a couple of pounds for an upcoming event like a wedding, party, date etc.