Diet Protocols
Ditch the Diet Dogma and do what's best for your body at this point in time. There are hundreds of different dietary protocols that serve their purpose, based on an individuals current state of metabolic health. It's important to understand that bio-chemical individuality dictates what your body needs on a cellular level, not what you think you need. Explore each of these theories, and allow your body to do the talking. The best part about ditching the diet dogma? When your body is healthy, in many cases all of these diets can be mixed and matched for the rest of your life, allowing your body to dictate what he/she really needs on a daily basis. This allows for flexible freedom, restored health and sustainable weight-loss that lasts a lifetime.
Dietary Protocols
Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean diet is based on the traditional foods that people used to eat in countries like Italy and Greece back in 1960.
Researchers noted that these people were exceptionally healthy compared to Americans and had a low risk of many lifestyle diseases.
Numerous studies have now shown that the Mediterranean diet can cause weight loss and help prevent heart attacks, strokes, type 2 diabetes and premature death.
There is no one right way to follow the Mediterranean diet, as there are many countries around the Mediterranean sea and people in different areas may have eaten different foods.
The Basics
- Eat: Vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, legumes, potatoes, whole grains, breads, herbs, spices, fish, seafood and extra virgin olive oil.
- Eat in moderation: Poultry, eggs, cheese and yogurt.
- Eat only rarely: Red meat.
- Avoid: Sugar-sweetened beverages, added sugars, processed meat, refined grains, refined oils and other highly processed foods.
ADHD Diet Protocol
An ADHD diet that ensures you're getting adequate levels of the right foods optimizes brain function. Protein. Foods rich in protein — lean beef, pork, poultry, fish, eggs, beans, nuts, soy, and low-fat dairy products — can have beneficial effects on ADHD symptoms.
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Fertility Diet
A Fertility Diet Plan is an effort to blend the wisdom of Chinese medicine with groundbreaking western research to help women and couples learn what and how to eat to optimize fertility.
Fertility Diet Recommendation: Avoid the following foods, ingredients and chemicals that increase inflammation and oxidative stress:
- Refined, processed foods and fast foods including most fast food restaurants.
- Flour and products made with flour (bread, scones, muffins, pancakes, cookies, etc).
- Moderate and high GI foods (white bread, bagels, crackers, refined cereals, juice, etc).
- High AGE foods such as fatty meats cooked on high heats and highly processed foods-only consume grass-fed pastured raised meats.
- AGE (advanced glycolation end products) is created when sugars and proteins, re heated (e.g. sweet marinade on barbecued meat).
- Corn, safflower, sunflower and soybean oils which are high in omega 6 fatty acids.
- The imbalance of omega 3 to omega 6 fats contributes to cellular inflammation.
- High fructose corn syrup which is a highly refined product used in soda and many processed foods.
- Trans fats found as added hydrogenated fats, partially hydrogenated fats, shortening, or mono/diglycerides.
- Fried foods, especially in restaurants and fast food outlets.
- Artificial colors, flavors, preservatives, sweeteners.
- Processed soy products (tofu, soy protein, soy milk/yogurt).
Depression Diet Protocol
Links between diet and depression were misunderstood until recently. Many factors contribute to depression symptoms, and there are dietary considerations for each of them.
A recent study posted to BMC Medicine demonstrated that a group of people with moderate to severe depression improved their mood and signs of depression by eating a more healthful diet.
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The Wahls Protocol
The Wahls Protocol: A radical new way to treat all chronic autoimmune conditions using Paleo principles by Terry Wahls, M.D. Like many physicians, Dr. Terry Wahls focused on treating her patients' ailments with drugs or surgical procedures—until she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2000.
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Autoimmune Disease Diet Protocol
The Autoimmune Protocol is a diet that helps heal the immune system and gut mucosa. It is applicable to any inflammatory disease such as:
- Alzheimer's
- ankylosing spondylitis
- arthritis (osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
- psoriatic arthritis)
- asthma
- atherosclerosis
- Crohn's disease
- colitis
- dermatitis
- diverticulitis
- fibromyalgia
- hepatitis
- irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- systemic lupus erythematous (SLE)
- nephritis
- Parkinson's disease
- ulcerative colitis
Autoimmune Paleo Protocol works to calm inflammation in the gut and also calm inflammation in the body. And while autoimmune disease can never be cured, it can be put into remission.
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