In case you are unfamiliar with the term, in most instances, dieting is the process by which food intake is controlled in order to achieve weight loss. The weight that we are talking about here is fat, because a person may maintain their body weight while losing fat and increasing muscle. This section of Man Boobs Guide will focus on dieting and how it can be used to get rid of man boobs. In this article, the popular diets in society today will be briefly discussed. These are diets that you may consider trying for your man boobs. In the related articles below, you can find specific dietary measures that you can take to eradicate your man boobs. These measures can include eliminating certain foods or substances from your diet as well as adding foods or substances to your diet. Okay, let’s talk about some of the popular diets next.

The Atkins Diet

This diet was invented by Dr. Robert Atkins. Dr. Atkins noted that the main cause of obesity is the consumption of refined carbohydrates such as sugar, flour and high-fructose corn syrup. In the Atkins diet, the intake of carbohydrates is severely restricted. This forces the body to burn fat for energy and fuel in a process called ketosis.

The Cabbage Soup Diet

The goal of this diet is to lose 10 lbs in one week. I am very skeptical that it is possible to lose that much weight in a week, but I decided to include it here for information purposes. Basically, in this diet, you eat low calorie cabbage soup for every meal for a full week. It may work. Who knows?

The Grapefruit Diet

This is another interesting one. The creators of this diet hypothesize that when grapefruits are combined with protein, fat loss is triggered by the interaction between protein and the mystery grapefruit enzyme. It is said that the weight comes back once you go off the diet. 

The Hollywod Miracle Diet

This diet revolves around a product that comes in two versions: a 24 hour version and a 48 hour version. The claims are that 5 pounds of weight can be lost in 24 hours by juice fasting. You basically deprive yourself of food and drink the product that contains all your daily vitamins and minerals. Celebrities use this diet to lose weight quickly for roles and appearances.

The Rice Diet

I should start by setting the record straight about the name of this diet. Most people think that this is a diet where you eat rice all the time, but it is quite the opposite. The diet was invented at Duke University and is intended to help people with conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. The first phase of the diet involves consuming only fruits and grains. The second phase of the diet adds fish, vegetables and as well as carbohydrates.

The Scarsdale Diet

This diet is much less structured than the diets mentioned above. It involves following a strict regimen for the first 14 days and then a less strict routine for another 14 days. This diet is considered to be somewhat unhealthy as only 700 calories are consumed for each day that you are on the diet.

The South Beach Diet

The South Beach diet is another diet whose goal is to reduce carbohydrate consumption. However, the difference is that this diet separates “good” carbohydrates from “bad” carbohydrates. Typically, bad carbohydrates are foods such as white bread and potatoes. This diet also has phases where certain where the first phase is the most strict. More foods are introduced in later phases.

The Zone Diet

So by now, you should have a pretty good grasp of dieting based on the descriptions above. In the zone diet, carbohydrates, proteins and fats are consumed in a strict 40:30:30 ratio. Even though carbohydrates have a 40 percent weighting, it is still considered to be a low carbohydrate diet.

There are also other diet programs such as Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers. Perhaps, I will discuss these in other articles. Please refer to the articles below where I will present specific information pertaining to man boobs and diet.