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Different Types of Diets and Their Benefits

There are so many different types of diets, with new one’s popping up all of the time. So, we understand how daunting it can be trying to decide which diet is the best for you. However, if you’re interested in making a healthy lifestyle change and don’t know where to start, we’re here to help!

Should you follow the Paleo diet? Cut out meat completely and become a Vegetarian? How about going straight to Veganism? What about Keto? Here’s what you should know about different diet types!

4 Different Types of Diets and Their Benefits

1. The Paleo Diet

• A Paleo diet is a dietary plan which consists of foods similar to what might have been consumed during the Paleolithic era, approximately 2.5 million to 10,000 years ago.
• This typically includes lean meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds — foods that could be obtained by hunting and gathering in the past.
• It’s health benefits may include:
  • Weight loss, due to a lower carbohydrate and sugar intake on the diet.
  • Increased insulin sensitivity.
  • Improved heart health.
  • Less processed foods.
  • Help to lose weight.
  • Increased and sustained energy.
  • Less inflammation.
• There are great Paleo diet meal options through Sun Basket such as Thai Turkey Lettuce Cups and Green Goddess Steak Salad with Roasted Carrots.

  2. The Vegetarian Diet

  

  
  

• The Vegetarian diet is a dietary plan in which you abstain from eating meat, fish and poultry. Instead, your diet will consist of plant-based foods, such as grains, vegetables and fruits.
• Many often choose this way of eating for religious or personal reasons, as well as ethical issues, such as animal rights.
• It’s benefits may include:
• Weight loss and weight control, as you’ll typically take in fewer calories overall (as long as you avoid too much unhealthy simple carbs like pasta and white bread).
• Better heart health, as your diet will be lower in saturated fat and cholesterol, resulting in a reduced risk of heart disease.
• Hypertension management, as consuming a plant-based diet may help lower high blood pressure.
• Improved insulin resistance.
• Lower metabolic syndrome risk.

  3. The Vegan Diet 

  

  
  

• A Vegan diet is part of a lifestyle that excludes the consumption or use of any products coming from animals.
• Vegans do not eat meat, fish, poultry or any animal product such as honey, eggs, gelatin, or dairy.
• It’s benefits may include:
• Weight loss, typically due to most diets being high in fiber and low in saturated fats.
• Higher intake of certain beneficial nutrients, as this diet relies more heavily on foods such as whole grains, fruits, vegetables, beans, peas, nuts and seeds.
• Lower blood sugar levels.
• Lower risk of heart disease.

  4. Ketogenic

  

  
  

• The Ketogenic diet (or Keto diet, for short) is a low-carb, high-fat diet. It involves drastically lowering carbohydrate intake and replacing it with fat.
• As a result, this reduction in carbs puts your body into a metabolic state called ketosis.
• When ketosis occurs, your body becomes very efficient at burning fat for energy.
• It’s diet benefits may include:
  • Weight loss.
  • Improved insulin sensitivity.
  • Lower HDL cholesterol levels, blood pressure and blood sugar.
  • The Keto diet has even been linked to reducing symptoms of epilepsy.
• There are plenty of delicious Keto diet meal options. You can find many seafood recipes on Wild Alaskan and shop for groceries at the same time. Moreover, if you are looking for meat recipes and groceries, check out Butcher box! They have great recipes and meat products as well.