The Hallelujah Diet and the Mayo Clinic Diet

Weight loss and general fitness is attained most readily when the program fits one's needs and lifestyle. Most diet and weight loss plans claim they are the best for everyone. This is often just not true. So, how can a person find a good match without trying a program? It isn't easy to find the diet most suitable for your needs, but having real information about them, sans the hype, can help. In this article I will cover two popular diet and fitness programs: The Hallelujah Diet and The Mayo Clinic Diet.

The Hallelujah Diet

The Hallelujah diet is a Raw Foods program (85% raw). Cooked foods are allowed only in the noon or evening meal. Fresh nuts, seeds, vegetables, seasonings and fruits make up the core of the menu. One key feature in the Hallelujah Diet is a product called Barley Max. Barley Max is a powdered juice mix containing many nutrients. Barley Max is also kosher and vegetarian. It is consumed 2 to 3 times a day and is $37.95 for 120 servings (as of this writing). There are also several other proprietary nutritional drinks that supplement the Hallelujah program.

My take on the Hallelujah Diet:

The Hallelujah diet, with its emphasis on fresh raw vegetables and other unprocessed foods seems like a very healthy weight loss program. However, the change from cooked food to raw fruits and vegetables will take some people a while to get used to-- especially if you are like many Americans who rarely eat vegetables, much less raw vegetables. Proponents of this plan state that a person can begin slowly or go into it "cold-turkey" but that if a person introduces the program gradually, it will take longer to see benefits. Because the Hallelujah diet is such an extreme change for many people, however, I would recommend changing over gradually to avoid gastro-intestinal problems.

The Hallelujah Diet certainly appears to be a plan that could be maintained for a significant time. The Hallelujah Diet seems mostly balanced and I am certain most people following this program do lose weight. To read more about the Hallelujah diet, please visit the link in the resources section.

The Mayo Clinic Diet