How does the Slimming World Diet work?
The Slimming World Diet is based on something called Food Optimising and is based on weight loss through a calorie restrictive diet. Although the value of calories are reduced, they are in no way reduced to levels seen in the Lighter Life Diet, the Cabbage Soup Diet or the Hollywood Diet, which all aim to promote weight loss through dramatic calorie cutting. The three basic principles of the Slimming World Food Optimisng Diet are: • Free foods – low calorie but nutrious foods (i.e. salads, some vegetables etc) can be consumed in large quanties. • Higher calorie foods that contain essential vitamins and minerals (i.e. fruits) can be consumed 4 times a day • Syn foods – up to 15 ‘syn’ foods per day. Syn foods are based on calorie value. The great thing about the syn food approach is that no foods are taken out of the diet plan, they are merely eaten in small or moderate amounts. The other ‘hook’ of the Slimming World Diet is the idea of Red and Green days. What are Red and Green days? Ea
