Created by a doctor of nutrition, the Volumetrics diet plan is one that focuses on overall healthy eating.
What is Volumetrics?
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Created by nutritionist, Dr. Barbara Rolls, the basis of Volumetrics comes from the fact that people will always choose to eat more of something than eat less of something. Dr. Rolls saw that restrictive dieting is what contributed the most when people where looking to lose weight and have a healthier diet. Forbidding certain foods in essence just makes the dieter want them more and puts the mental focus on the forbidden foods than on the foods that are allowed on a diet and therefore deemed healthier for you.
Under the Volumetrics diet, people are allowed to eat as much as they want of certain foods in order to give them feeling of being full from foods that are lower in calories. The idea is that if you've filled up on foods with lower calories, you'll still feel full and there will be no room or "want" left for foods that are higher in calories.
What Foods Can You Eat?
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Foods in Volumetrics are broken down by energy density. This means that the foods that are filling and low calorie are considered better energy density foods while foods that are higher in calories and are less filling are considered high energy density foods. Foods that contain a lot of fat and calories for a small portion are high energy density, while foods that have the fat and calories spread out over a larger portion size are low energy density.
Some of the foods that are considered low energy density and therefore can be eaten in higher quantities are as follows:
- Soup Broths
- Non-starchy Vegetables
- Skim Milk
- Non-starchy Fruits
- Water
- Clear Soups and Stews
Diet Plan Success
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The overall basis of this diet comes down to eating sensibly. You can eat more food is it's water based, will make you feel full and is low in calories. TheVolumetrics plan is a common sense approach to creating a healthy diet by tricking your mind and body into making better food choices.
Of you are looking to lose more than ten pounds or to lose weight quickly, then this is not the diet for you. The people who will gain the most benefits from the application of this diet are those who are looking to become healthy over the long term and those who are not concerned with weight loss but more concerned with having a stable and healthy eating plan.
For more information on this diet, please visit Dr. Rolls main web site at: www.volumetricseatingplan.com