Dukan, Dash, high protein, dissociated, low calorie... It's hard to find your way around the jungle of diets. How to find the slimming program adapted to both your desires and your metabolism? Let us guide you with our roundup of the main types of diets.
Choosing a diet:an action worth thinking about
Above all, embarking on a diet is not a trivial act. A bad choice or an unsuitable application can have consequences on health (deficiencies, various disorders). Each person is different, which is why before starting any dietary change, it is strongly advised to be well informed and to be accompanied by a dietician.
Which one to choose ? It is enough to look a little at the subject of diets to discover that there are several dozen. We decided to dwell on the most well-known programs.
Extreme diets and children/adolescents: warning hazard
Growing children or adolescents have significant nutritional needs. In case of overweight, we advise you not to consider a slimming diet without medical advice.
The high protein diet (Dukan)
This slimming treatment is all about protein. Its advantage? No limit in quantity as long as the food is in the right category (high in protein and low in sugar and fat). With a high protein diet such as Dukan, weight loss is very rapid.
How it works ? To compensate for the lack of sugar, the body draws on its reserves, which leads to weight loss. In addition, foods rich in protein help you feel full, which prevents cravings and untimely snacking.
For whom? Anyone wishing to lose weight quickly, especially athletes who wish to develop their muscle mass.
This type of diet is not suitable for people with kidney, liver or heart failure.
Useful app :Dukan.
The dissociated diet
Here, we eat everything, but not at the same time. In practice, this means that your meal will consist of only one food group (same nature or same nutritional intake).
In practice, you can determine one type of food per day to consume and limit yourself to it. For example, on Monday, it will be fish, on Tuesday, vegetables… And so on. With the dissociated diet, weight loss is quite rapid, since the work of digestion is facilitated and the appetite is generally reduced by the lack of variety.
On the downside, beware of the risk of nutritional imbalance. It's also a little difficult to adapt to social life (a restaurant offering foods of the same category over an entire meal is not easy to find).
For whom? People who are not very active or not athletic.
Useful app: Dissociated regime.
The low calorie diet
The objective of this diet is to reduce calorie intake to promote effective weight loss in the short term. Of course, to limit calorie intake, it is also a question of targeting food by favoring foods low in fat and sugar. The low-calorie diet allows you to get results quite quickly.
For whom? For overweight people who have not followed too many yo-yo effect programs!
Useful Apps :MyFitnessPal, The Secret to Weight.
What is the yo-yo effect?
We talk about the yo-yo effect when a person goes through a series of weight losses (diet) and resumptions once the program is finished. Eventually, the body gets used to this effect and anticipates future losses by storing more fat. The consequence is the opposite of the main objective since weight gain then becomes inevitable.
The Dash Diet
Several times elected best diet of the year by the American magazine U.S. News &World Report (1) , this program was created in 1997 to fight high blood pressure.
The principle of the Dash diet lies in a fair balance between quantity and nutritional quality. Healthy foods are preferred (fruits, fresh vegetables, whole grains, etc.) and each meal is strictly rationed.
For whom? People wishing to reduce their blood pressure and lose weight.
Useful Apps :Dash diet 2020, DASH Diet :Doctor recommended, Dash diet - personalized - 30 days.
It's decided, you go on a diet?
Through the Allo Santé Wellness assistance service, you can benefit from coaching and personalized dietary advice and thus find the diet best suited to your needs.
Whether you pay attention or not, you just have to keep in mind that a varied and balanced diet is only intended to keep you healthy. This is why it is not advisable to launch haphazardly into a particular diet.
(1) https://www.topsante.com/minceur/regimes-minceur/autre-regimes/regime-dash-609510
