What You Need To Know About The Duke Diet PlanThe BasicsThe Duke Diet, has almost forty years of experience on the Duke campus in Durham, NC. Now it's available to everyone online.According to the Duke Diet, there are four keys to a healthy lifestyle and weight loss: Nutrition, Fitness, Behavioral Health, and Medical. The online plan provides information on each of these, and it provides expert advice in each of the four fields.
The Nutrition section provides advice on what to eat, how to find good food when eating out, and how to prepare your own healthy food at home. The Fitness section provides tools to get you started on your exercise program. Fitness programs start out as simple as walking around the block after lunch and advance to more complex exercises used in gyms. They believe that behavioral health is also important, so that section focuses in on the root of your obesity psychologically and gives you encouragement, advice, and support from experts and others that are on the program as well. The Medical section helps you understand the risks of obesity and gives you basic indicators for whether you’re at risk for certain problems (diabetes, heart disease, etc.).
The cost for the on line program is $5 per week. This seems pretty reasonable considering that your program is supported by doctors and other professionals at Duke University.
Things to EatThe plan provides advice on what to eat, how to find good food when eating out, and how to prepare your own healthy food at home. There are over 400 recipes available through the program! Nutrition also includes a grocery list builder so you know what to buy for each recipe, a calorie counter to make sure you’re on track throughout the day, and a food analyzer so you know what foods are best and which ones you should avoid.
Rather than telling you to eat only certain foods, they guide you through how to make intelligent choices in the various food groups.
They Claim It Works Because . . .The program addresses several aspects of the lifestyle changes necessary for lasting weight loss. Additionally, it provides weight loss guidance and advice from university experts in each field.Some Opinions I FoundDuke Diet and Fitness Online provides an excellent program in a fully interactive format. The website is clean and easy to navigate, and it is visually appealing.
Duke Diet provides professional and community support for its subscribers.
If you’re struggling to stick with a diet because you don’t have a support system, or if you’re looking for strong scientific support in a program, Duke Diet is the program for you.
Some dieters used to “quick fixes” may need to adjust to a healthy plan. Long-term behavior modification generally requires a bit of effort. This program is guided by a commitment to addressing the many facets of weight problems, and providing ongoing support.
My ThoughtsIf you are really serious about weight loss and your overall health, and you want lots of guidance and support, this may be the program for you. If you're not into wandering around a web site everyday for information and guidance, you may prefer to buy the book. The book is thorough and gives the same basic guidance that's on the web site, but it isn't as customizable. It retails for about $25. You should be able to find it for under $15.
By addressing the four areas of nutrition, fitness, behavior and medical; this program pretty much covers everything you need to pursue a healthy lifestyle.
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