Does the plan exclude entire groups of foods? Remember the fruit diet from the 80 s?
This lunacy made millions of dollars for someone before a few deaths had the authors scurrying for asylum in Central America or somewhere. While the USDA s food pyramid has come under fire recently, and for good reason, there is something we know for certain; your diet needs to balance proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. Diets that cut out entire groups of foods are missing part of the puzzle. The popular target these days is carbohydrates. While cutting way back on carbs can have a positive effect on many people s health (mainly due to the fact that almost all popular American snack foods are nearly all carbs), they should never be cut out entirely. Carbs are what your body uses to fuel both its brain and muscles for the highest level of performance. By sacrificing carbs, you sacrifice performance period. Similar situations can be found for fat and protein, and all sorts of various foods. Remember that the more food groups you limit (like meat or dairy, for example), the more difficult
