Have you heard of ‘The Best Life Diet’ by Bob Greene? He is the personal trainer to Oprah Winfrey and is a well-known author. His diet is a plant-based food diet and has a set amount of meals per day to stop unwanted snacking habits. Exercise is also gradually added and increased in intensity during the diet to ensure that weight loss goals are achieved.

Bob Greene recommends that you consume three main meals per day and at least 1 snack to ensure picking at foods and unhealthy habits stay are avoided. The amount of calories that you consume per day sits between 1500 – 2000 calories depending on the amount of physical activity you participate in.

This will help you to lose between 1 – 2 pounds per week or 500g – 1kg as long as you follow the guidelines in the meal and exercise plans. Continue reading →

The TLC diet is a heart-healthy diet that was formulated by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to help people control their cholesterol levels. TLC stands for Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes, which is exactly what this diet does. This diet is not a quick-fix diet but a lifelong program to ensure you change your bad habits and lower your cholesterol at the same time.

Cholesterol is a substance that is produced in the body and is used to help make hormones, digest foods, and synthesize vitamin D. The body creates all of the cholesterol that is needed to help generate these things but an unhealthy lifestyle can lead to higher cholesterol levels than are healthy.

Excess cholesterol can damage your arteries by mixing with blood and particles to create a plaque around the inside of the vessels leading to a build-up in the arteries, causing them to narrow and become blocked. Continue reading →