The Supermarket Diet is the creation of the diet and nutrition experts at Good Housekeeping. It was designed with convenience in mind and involves eating foods that are found in the supermarket.
The basic philosophy of the diet is that you do not have to give up any favorite foods but instead learn to select healthier versions of these foods. No foods are strictly forbidden but dieters are advised to watch portion sizes. Dieters are also encouraged to prepare meals at home rather than eating out.
This is a calorie controlled plan however it is not necessary for dieters to actually count calories. Dieters are provided with options for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. They simply need to select from these lists in order to create their own instant calorie controlled diet.
The Supermarket Diet contains three different plans and dieters are recommended to select the plan most appropriate to their needs depending on their lifestyle and goals.
A wide range of foods are recommended including fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, eggs, low fat dairy, breads, cereals, legumes, nuts, and olive oil. Dieters are also permitted to eat frozen meals, 100 calorie packs of cakes and cookies, energy bars, low fat granola bars, pretzels, popcorn, baked tortilla chips, and frozen yogurt.
Breakfast
Scrambled eggs |
Morning Snack
Skinny latte |
Lunch
Chicken wrap with light ranch dressing |
Afternoon Snack
Apple |
Dinner
Vegetarian Pizza |
Evening Snack
Low fat yogurt with fruit |
30-60 minutes of walking is recommended daily in The Supermarket Diet in addition to resistance exercises two-three times per week.
The Supermarket Diet retails at $9.95. There is a cookbook available for $19.95
The Supermarket Diet will appeal to dieters who have a busy lifestyle and don’t want to spend too much time on meal planning or food preparation. It could actually be quite a healthy and balanced diet so long as dieters take care to include a high intake of fresh fruit and vegetables while limiting processed snack foods.
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