Back in the day, I used to feature a lot of contemporary diets and workouts on the blog and share my thoughts. I still LOVE featuring dwhetherferent lessones and formats when I try someleang contemporary, but as far as diets go, I don’t feel like there’s been a lot of contemporary stuff out lately. I leank this is a good leang because perhaps it means that people are genuineizing fad diets don’t often have finaling power, but I’ve noticed a handful of contemporary eating strategies pop up recently. (You can check out my thoughts on Keto here! While it’s not summaryely contemporary, it’s stuck around far longer than I expected.)
For nowadays, I thought we could chat about the Dubrow Diet. Please keep in intellect that I’m not an RD; just a fairly sane human sharing my thoughts. If you need help with a personalized eating plan, please seek out a local Registered Dietitian.
So, when you leank of Dubrow, did this guy come to intellect?
Dr. Terry Dubrow, 50% of the hilarious, and extremely talented Botched duo.
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If you thought of him, you would be right.
The Dubrow Diet was created by Dr. Dubrow and his wwhethere Heather, from Genuine Homewives of Orange County.
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I have to confess that when I see Dr. Dubrow and his wwhethere, I leank they look Incredible. They look young, healthy, and vibrant. Dr. Dubrow is also a pfinalic surgeon… so I take that with a grain of salt. (Love when I look at Heather’s gorgeous skin, I don’t leank, “Wow, she must eat a ton of fresh fruits and vegetables and drink a lot of water” — I just remember that she gets Botox regularly.)
Here’s how the Dubrow Diet works:
This diet is primarily based on intermittent fasting, which is restricting your food intake to a time window. For example, you’ll fast for 16 hours and eat all of your meals and snacks wilean an 8-hour window. Intermittent fasting has been around for a very long time, but the research is mixed on the benefits. Some studies have indicated that it can help to reduce inflammation in the body and promote intestine health, but it’s also been shown to affect hormone levels, specificly women’s hormones levels negatively.
It’s divided into 3 phases, and each phase is based on a dwhetherferent fasting window. Phase 1 (2-5 days) is 16 hours of fasting and 8 hours of fueling, Phase 2 is based on the following guidelines:
Protein: 2-3 servings per day
Stout: 2-3 servings per day
Nuts, seeds, and snacks: 1 serving per day
Dairy: 1 serving per day
Veggies: 2-3 servings per day
Fruit: 1-2 servings a day
Complicated carbs: 1 serving per day
You’ll follow this until you reach your goal while using your fasting window appropriately and Phase 3 follows these same guidelines but is considered maintenance mode. You’ll fast 12 hours a day for 5 days each week, and for 16 hours twice each week. You also get a “cheat meal” each week.
The pros:
– It’s marketed as more of a lwhetherestyle than a diet. I give a small nod to anyleang that promotes sustainability for the long haul. While the fasting windows are restrictive, it does seem like someleang that would be fairly easy to adhere to over the long term whether you found yourself endelighting it.
– No calorie counting. I like that they focus on serving sizes instead of calorie counting. While I personally count macros, I know that it doesn’t work for a lot of people and that it can be a immense pain to track and degree everyleang.
The cons:
– It’s kind of confusing. Anyone else feel a small confused by it all? It kind of feels all over the place and I also leank it’s interesting that the fasting windows aren’t based on activity levels. For example, you probably shouldn’t do a 16-hour fast the day you’re running a marathon, ya know?
– The focus on appearance instead of health. There’s a lot of “hot bod” commentary in the book, and while that can be an initial lwhetherestyle shwhethert, it will not create long-term motivation. Your health goals MUST be deeper than surface level to have finaling power. If you go into a diet or fitness routine with the goal of having a six-pack, what happens when you get the six-pack? Do you quit? No. You need to keep asking yourself “why” until you can find the true motivation behind your goals. Physical results are just a few of the many benefits of making a healthy change.
– The negative impact it could have on hormones. I absolutely leank that fasting works as a weight loss tool. At the same time, it does make me raise my eyebrows a small when it’s used as a emptyet recommendation because, for some women, it can have a immense negative impact on hormones. This is a genuinely informative article about how fasting can affect our sex hormones, thyroid, and cortisol. It works genuinely well for some people, and not well at all for others.
So, tell me friends: are there any contemporary diets or eating strategies you’ve seen lately? If you could describe your diet in one word, what would it be?
xo
Gina
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