Having lesser weight comes with several advantages. Recent studies link the benefits of weight loss to the prevention and improvement of many chronic illnesses, including fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition causing pain throughout the body and trouble sleeping too.
Pursuing the journey of losing weight can be extremely difficult, with a condition restricting you from moving freely. Research has shown that obesity is common in fibro patients. It also interlinks obesity to pain, disability and troubled sleep. Another reason why obesity prevails in chronic illnesses is because of stress eating and other negative psychological effects that a person may suffer from.
Many people suffering from a chronic illness give up on losing weight and are deprived of any benefits it may entail. Weight loss can still be achieved by dietary means, and some of the diet plans have benefits beyond the weight reduction spectrum. Some weight loss diet plans are tailored to prevent and inhibit symptoms of chronic illnesses while helping you get fit simultaneously. Below are some popular diet plans endorsed by medical and nutritional specialists worldwide.
The Mayo Clinic Diet
The Mayo Clinic is an esteemed medical organization that created the Mayo Clinic Diet to help people struggling with weight issues. While some high-intensity diet plans promise to shred off several pounds in weeks, allowing you to return to your normal lifestyle, the Mayo Clinic Diet is a lifestyle change. Unlike high-intensity weight-shedding diet plans and exercises, the Mayo Clinic Diet gives you an easy-to-follow food pyramid. The diet does not exclude any food group but emphasizes loading up on fruits, grains and vegetables.
The diet plan instructs us to cut back on sweets and certain fat groups. The Mayo Clinic Diet has two important phases. The first phase is two weeks long, focusing on changing your lifestyle by introducing and breaking five habits. The second is a lifelong phase teaching you about healthy food choices and the right portion sizes for each food group. You can lose up to ten pounds in the first two weeks with the Mayo Clinic Diet. You can also keep losing weight in the second phase based on how much your lifestyle has changed.
Intermittent Fasting
There are many different ways people go across intermittent fasting. Some people have a specific window to eat every day, while others divide their week into days where they eat as they please and others where they restrict calories. Intermittent fasting helps you lose weight by reducing your overall calorie intake. When your body runs out of energy from food (in about 12 to 14 hours), it turns from burning glucose to burning fat for energy. There is much evidence on the internet about the positive health effects of intermittent fasting and that it can also speed up your metabolism.
Some of the most reported effects are up to 30 percent reduction in bad cholesterol and 40 percent lesser triglycerides. This essentially means much better cardiovascular health. Not only that, there are health benefits noted throughout your body. There are specific instructions based on your fitness goals for intermittent fasting. Is intermittent fasting not working for you? Check out the linked article to see why and get back on track.
The Ornish Diet
The Ornish Diet was created by a professor of medicine, Dean Ornish, at the University of California. Dean Ornish instructs followers of the diet to consume mostly plant-based foods like legumes, vegetables and fruits. It is a mostly vegetarian diet that allows for dairy and eggs. The diet discourages meat, fish, poultry and “bad carbs”. The diet categorizes “bad carbs” as refined carbohydrates like sugar, white rice, white flour and other processed carbs in the market. If you are not losing weight even on a low-carb diet, here are 15 reasons why that may be the case.
Healthy fats from fish oil, seeds and nuts and plant-based proteins like tofu, beans and legumes are encouraged. Egg whites are also regarded as healthy proteins in the diet plan. While focusing on food quality and high-nutrient density, the diet provides the body’s required nourishment with low-calorie foods.
Dr. Weil’s Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Andrew Weil, an integrative medicine doctor, made this diet plan, and it is very similar to the Mediterranean Diet. This diet is designed to reduce inflammation in the body and prevent some types of cancer, Alzheimer’s and heart disease. While no one has linked fibromyalgia with inflammation for a long time, recent researches show extensive evidence of inflammation with pain experienced by fibro patients. Another research further analyzed the link between an increase in inflammation to obesity.
The context derived from both these researches is that inflammation, obesity, and pain in fibromyalgia are all related. Therefore, it is a reasonable approach to control inflammation and reduces weight to tackle the symptoms of fibromyalgia patients. Dr. Weil’s Anti-Inflammatory Diet is one of the best diets for fibro patients and people suffering from other chronic diseases with inflammation. The diet has a lot of fiber and nutrient-dense foods, including lean proteins, healthy fats and omega-3 fatty acids. The diet is a lifestyle change that people get into for the long term. Weight loss is usually credited to the overall healthy shift in eating habits.
The diet has also proven effective against timeless snacking as the protein quantity and fats don’t make you feel hungry occasionally.
Vegan Diet
Veganism is the strict concept of shunning all animal products, including dairy and eggs. While many Vegans get into the diet plan for its ethical perspective of not harming other living beings, it is also known to greatly impact weight loss. Vegan Diets are easier to start than ever today because plant-based meats are becoming popular in the markets. But you have to be careful not to fall into the trap of unhealthy food options with veganism.
Technically, processed foods like potato chips, pasta and candy are not animal-based, making them vegan-friendly. This fact does not change the high-calorie density nature of these foods. The best way to lose weight as a Vegan is to focus on the leafy-greens and plant-based proteins. Sticking with a vegan or vegetarian diet can be easier if you are motivated by the ethical reasons of animal rights and the environmental impacts.
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