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5 rules to follow eating clean foods diet program for weight loss
from: meghanOnce a serial dieter, Demi Moore has now turned her back on extreme diets, opting instead for ‘clean’ foods. Here’s how the latest Hollywood eating craze could help you Age-defying actress Demi Moore announced recently that she’s following the ‘Clean Program’ — an American diet plan that cuts out junk food without being a strict detox. And she’s just one of a host of stars — including Gwyneth Paltrow, JLo and Geri Halliwell — who’ve decided to clean up their diet, without resorting to drastic measures. “There is no starving involved! It’s all about nourishing the body!” Demi, 47, tweeted. And the plan certainly seems to have paid off.
Death of the detox diet
Moore has tried a host of restrictive diets in past — including the ‘Master Cleanse’, which involves consuming nothing but lemon juice, cayenne pepper and maple syrup. However, she and her hubby Ashton Kutcher lasted just four days on this strict regimen, before she switched to the Clean Program, a diet that Demi describes as ‘far healthier and more liveable’.
Now these principles are part of a bigger food trend that’s taking Hollywood by storm — it involves cutting out the rubbish in your diet to lose weight and feel healthier, without going overboard on a super-strict plan that is impossible to stick to.
Once fashionable detox diets, which claim to ‘clean harmful toxins’ out of your body by consuming little but juices and supplements, have now fallen out of favour, with doctors raising concerns over their safety and effectiveness.
A report published last year by a charity denounced detox products as ‘complete mumbo-jumbo’. ‘Detox is marketed as the idea that modern living fills us with invisible nasties our bodies can’t cope with unless we buy the latest jargonfilled remedy,’ it said. Other experts have pointed out that living off little but fruit and vegetable for up to two weeks can be dangerous, triggering headaches, mood swings and dehydration.
Now Hollywood’s A-listers are ditching the detox in favour of diet plans centered around ‘cleaning up’ meal choices rather than skipping meals or cutting out whole food groups. It’s all about deep cleaning your diet and being healthier, without becoming obsessive.
Why it works
By cutting the junk out and focusing on foods that provide your body with nourishment, you’ll feel fuller, even though you’re eating less. You’ll also have a healthy glow, feel less sluggish and easily lose any extra kilos.
Plus, because nobody’s asking you to have outright bans or follow tricky meal plans, it’s easy to stick to long-term so the weight actually stays off. Here’s how you can clean up your diet...
The 5 rules to follow
1. Limit processed foods, fast foods, and ready meals. Foods with artificial additives lack vitamins and fibre your body needs to work efficiently. Keep them as occassional treats.
2. Watch out for caffeine. For it can stop your body from absorbing essential vitamins and minerals and leave you frazzled. From a five-a-day habit, cut down to one or two.
3. Drink water before every meal. Dieters who drink two glasses of water before meals shed more kilos than those who only count calories, according to a new study. Besides, if the stomach is full of water, you’ll feel fuller and so eat less.
4. Reclaim your kitchen. Cook meals from scratch — so you know they won’t have nasty additives.
5. Perfect your portion sizes. A portion of meat or fish should be roughly the size of a pack of cards, and carbohydrates should be the size of your fist. Fill your plate with veggies.
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