The Diet Solution Program - A Glycemic Index Diet Plan?

In this article we examine one of the best current low GI diet plans today: the well-liked Diet Solution Program (DSP). DSP is rated as: "one of the most comprehensive books I've ever read and the closest thing to a nutrition bible which I've encountered," by weight loss expert John Davenport. We also compare and contrast it to current metabolic glycemic index (GI) diet plans. Due to the current obesity epidemic, these plans are growing rapidly in numbers.

Isabel De Los Rios is creator of the Diet Solution Program. She has an academic degree in Exercise Physiology. Isabel is a well-known authority on issues of diet and wellness. Her writing has been highlighted in numerous publications, and she runs her own health and wellness clinic in New Jersey.

As a wellness enthusiast, and having had enormous achievement with glycemic index diet plans, I'm often asked to comment about other prevalent diets for similarity. With surprising ease, I've lost 35 pounds using a low GI diet plan and both recognize and am grateful for the science underpinning this method.

Of these, we are most familiar with the Healthy for Life Program, established by Dr. Ray Strand. Healthy for Life has been "field tested," with acknowledged outcomes, under the standards of the Western Review Board of the FDA. Healthy for Life is based on the postulate that no two carbohydrates are the same. Actual test results are used to establish the GI "score" of foods on a 0 to 100 scale, so that clear-cut meal selections may be advised. Due to proven scientific results, Healthy for Life may be viewed as a benchmark.

DSP similarly understands the fact that foods that rapidly "metabolize" into sugar are to be avoided. They are aware of the glycemic stress following poor meal choices that drives blood insulin levels to sky rocket. The DSP slant is identical to low glycemic diet plans, including advising of certain foods to avoid vs. choose. This is the same as the usual glycemic index diet plans. In particular, the counsel in Jorge Cruise's "Belly Fat Cure" is also similar to DSP. The Belly Fat Cure, especially, recognizes that the kind of calories are much more important that the quantity eaten.

DSP incorporates analogous recommendations for healthy vs. unhealthy fats and advice on the processed foodstuffs to stay away from for best results. And, DSP uses the consistent calorie counting mantra, often heard in most glycemic index diet plans, which is: "You don't need to count calories."

All in all, the Diet Solution Program uses a similar strategy to what we've been aware of in a number of other glycemic index diet plans. They seem to have recognized the advantages for their methodology, based on experience vs. science. This is of little import since outcomes are what matter. Finally, DSP is set apart from common glycemic index diet plans, by using metabolic typing to provide individual recommendations. This makes DSP different from otherwise similar glycemic index diet plans, in view of the fact that it provides an individualized approach.

We conclude that DSP is akin to other low glycemic diet plans and with added features that may appeal to some. Please bookmark this article, if it resonates with you, and provide some results or opinion, whether you decide to try the DSP or you have used additional analogous methods.

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