Almond Diet

The Almond Diet

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I started the Almond diet in September of 2008. I was 68,3 Kg* ( 150 lbs) at the time. In the day i wrote this post, 18 February of 2009 , my weight is 56,5 kg (125 lbs). In other words , I lost almost 12 kg (25 lbs)

I am not a nutritionist, but i would like to share my diet that i build based on some medical articles that i found in the internet and books.

The diference between the Almond diet and other diets, is that with this one i never felt any food cravings. It work with me, i dont know if it will work with somebody else, but it would be interesting to see the results.

Try the Almond diet , and I sincerilly hope, that you achieve the weight you wish!

This is a very simple blog and I organized on the left a index so you can navigate to the most important subjects:

How to Stop Food cravings
Diet plan ( Menus)
Forbidden Foods and Allowed Foods
Diet FAQ - where you can post your questions about the Almond Diet

*In the photo I have more weight because I didnt cut sugar at the time, only Excitotocins like Aspartame and Glutamate so I lost weight very slowly.The photo is from June so i lost I bit more since I first wrote this introduction. And now I am on August my weight is 52,6 kg!!!!!

FAQs - Almond Diet

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Please put your questions on the comments and I will add them in this post with answers.

How to stop food cravings - Almond Diet

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when you fell like eating something sweet or any of the forbidden foods, have always a bag of almonds near you. You can use hazelnuts instead too.

Eating almonds, helps on losing wheigh and decreases food cravings.

But if you dont eat the forbidden foods you wont fell cravings.

Forbidden Foods in Almond Diet

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Sugar or food that has sugar as one of the ingredients

White Rice, white Pasta ( Spagetti or similar) and white bread ( only brown versions are allowed)

Very sweet fruits like bananas, mango, greaps ( High IG)

Corn and Soy ( and produts made with it like corn starch)

Foods from Mac Donalds, Burger King and similar.

Foods that contain the following ingredients on the label:

Glutamate ,hidrolized protein, aspartame, sugar, malt extract, maltodextrin, dextrose, sacarose, caffein.

why ?

Because they can increase you appetite

Allowed Food in Almond Diet

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You can eat:

Simple food ( not processed ) in other word, that don't have chemicals has ingredients like additives.

Examples of simple food:

Grilled steak with salt and garlic, grilled fish, whole rice and whole and beans just cooked in water and rice. Eggs, Milk, natural yogurts ( the light and flavored ones don't because that have additives). There are some whole rice cookies that the only ingredients are rice and salt, these are ok. Olive oil, natural herbs for seasoning, herbal teas ( not in the little packs but organic)

Green and other Low IG Vegetables, but dont abuse on carrots because they contain some sugar.

Fruits with a few sugary taste ( Low IG) like avocado, apples, pears, cherries,peaches . Nuts like almonds, brazilian nut, hazelnuts.

Every Low Glycemic Index ( Low IG) and some of moderate GI

Glycemic Index Table

Fodd with High GI (> 85)
Food with moderate GI(60-85)
Food with Low GI(<>

FOOD	GI	FOOD	GI
Cakes	87	Cuscus	93
Biscuits	90	Corn	98
Crackers	99	White Rice	81
White bread	101	Brown Rice	79
Ice Cream	84	Arroz parboilizado	68
Whole milk	39	Tapioca	115
Skimmed milk	46	Cooked Beans	69
Cherries	22	Butter Beans	44
Natural Yogurt	27	Lentils	38
All Bran	60	Peas	68
Corn Flakes	119	Almonds	14
Muesli	80	Spaguetti	59
Oat	78	Potatos	121
Oatmeal	87	Chips	107
Cooked trigo	105	Sweet Potatos	77
wheat flour	99	Yam	73
Apple	38	Chocolate	86
Apple juice	58	Pop Corn	79
Dry damascus	44	Avocado	18
Banana	83	Bean Soup	84
Kiwi	75	Tomato Soup	54
Mango	80	Honey	104
Orange	62	Fructose	32
Orange juice	74	Glicose	138
Canned Peach	67	Sacarose	87
Pear	54	Lactose	65

Menus of the Almond Diet

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Almond Diet
BFs1	1 natural yogurt or 1 third of avocado +10 almonds+pear or apple
BFs2	Apple or pear or natural yogurt or 10 almonds or a home made soup or salad
Lunch	Grilled meat or grilled fish or eggs + 80 gr of : whole cooked rice or whole spaguetti or 1 boiled potato or 100 gr of black beans + salad
L1	Apple or pear or natural yogurt or 10 almonds or a home made soup or salad
L2	Apple or pear or natural yogurt or 10 almonds or a home made soup or salad
Dinner	Grilled meat or grilled fish or eggs + 80 gr of : whole cooked rice or whole spaguetti or 1 boiled potato or 100 gr of black beans
After dinner	Apple or pear or natural yogurt or 10 almonds or a home made soup or salad

Notes:

The only seasoning allowed is olive oil and cider vinegar and salt
Be careful with the soups, don't buy them because they usually have glutamate that makes your appetite increase. Make at home instead.
If you have hungry you can add more elements of the breakfast choice. For example, I always carry almonds with me .
Don't touch in sugar or sweetners ( see forbidden foods)

Example:

1º Breakfast : Video - Almond Diet Breakfast

Natural yogurt + Almonds+ fruit like avocado (20gr)( fruit with Low IG)+whole rice cookie

2º Breakfast :

Tea + Almonds or whole rice cookie

Lunch: Video

Grilled Turkey or Beaf steak + whole Spagetti ( a cup ) + Salad

Coffee Break: Almond Diet Snacks

Natural yogurt or glass of milk + Fruit like apple / pear / cherries or almonds

Dinner:

Grilled Fish + Whole rice ( a cup - 80 gr cooked or 30gr raw*)

After Dinner:

Almonds or fruit ( low IG) or Natural yogurt

Observations:

The yogurts can not be "light" because most of them have aspartame, one of the forbidden ingredients.

Do not jump meals, specially 1º Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Eat always complex carbs at lunch and dinner, like whole rice or whole pasta or beans. Occasional you may eat just salad or just vegetables , but it the beginning its not very recommendable.

Avoid very fat meat like pork and don't abuse on Olive Oil as seasoning.

*if you are have a lot of weight you can start with bigger portion and reduce some weeks later, i put 80 gr cooked because its the equivalent to 100 calories)