APPENDIX G
Popular Diets
You either have perfection or you don’t, and the Perfect 10 Diet has got it.
However, the Perfect 10 Diet has plenty of competition. Many of these diet
programs are well known and popular, but none of them will make you a perfect
10 in hormones or in health. In fact, these diets will disturb your hormones, and
in turn, endanger your health. You see there is more than one way to go for
weight loss, so don’t be deceived. How do you know if you were previously on
the right track or not? Read on. In this section, I review nine popular diets so you
can understand their pros and cons as well as how greatly they differ from the
Perfect 10 Diet, the only diet that balances all your hormones.
- Jenny Craig
Technically, no food is forbidden because the Jenny Craig program relies on
calorie counting. The program includes motivational and educational meetings
with food counselors, and you can buy their packaged food.
THE ADVANTAGES: People lose weight when they reduce their calories and
lower insulin demands.
THE DISADVANTAGES: Jenny Craig’s food contains added chemicals and
partially hydrogenated oils, which are bad for insulin, leptin, and sex hormones.
Trans fats not only mess up hormones, but they can actually clog your arteries.
There are long-term consequences when all food is valued only as calories.
- NutriSystem
The NutriSystem program relies heavily on the glycemic index. You purchase
processed food directly from the company by phone or online. The food is