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MANSFIELD – Breaking a diet can leave a feeling of hopelessness in the pit of the stomach, but it doesn\u2019t mean all hope to losing weight is lost.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Baylee Leonhardt, registered dietitian nutritionist at OhioHealth, firmly advocates for the\u00a0food plate method<\/b>\u00a0and highlights the importance of eating each of the five food groups a day rather than a restrictive diet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t really recommend dieting. I just recommend healthy lifestyle changes,\u201d Leonhardt said.<\/p>\n
With diets such as\u00a0mediterranean<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0keto<\/b>\u00a0becoming more popularized, however, Leonhardt can see the appeal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of the mediterranean diet goes hand-in-hand with the plate method with portion control and adding a variety,\u201d Leonhardt said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The main point of the mediterranean diet is eating lots of vegetables, lean meats, some dairy fats like low fat cheeses or low fat greek yogurt, eating seafood twice a week and incorporating plant-based protein such as beans and soy foods.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The\u00a0mediterranean diet also has a lot of health benefits including lowering the risk of heart disease, chronic disease prevention, weight loss, improving brain function and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leonhardt would recommend the mediterranean diet over the keto diet, but maintaining a healthy balance of food intake should always be the main priority.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou also want to think about maintenance and sustainability of the weight loss, and so when we\u2019re doing a very restrictive diet, we\u2019re less likely to stay on it long term, whereas with just adopting healthy eating habits we\u2019re more likely to learn and actually maintain the weight loss,\u201d Leonhardt said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The one downfall she sees with the keto diet is that you can only have 20 grams of carbs a day, whereas on a mediterranean diet promotes high fiber foods with whole grains and non-starchy vegetables recommended.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe keto diet is a little more restrictive in a sense,\u201d Leonhardt said. \u201cA lot of your calories are coming more from fat and less from carbohydrates. That\u2019s considered a very low carbohydrate diet, so you\u2019re restricting a lot of your dairy products, fruits and your whole grains.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The\u00a0American Heart Association<\/b>\u00a0recommends 25 grams of fiber a day, making it limited to get that fiber amount through a keto diet where it\u2019s very high fat and low carb, according to Leonhardt.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTrying to stay below 20 carbs a day, you\u2019re really limiting what varieties of food you can have at meals,\u201d Leonhardt said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Though Leonhardt prefers the mediterranean diet over keto, she doesn\u2019t rule out someone being able to maintain a healthy diet with keto. The food plate method, however, is her recommendation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re doing a keto diet with a medical professional and you\u2019re under supervision then I think that\u2019s a different story, but I think learning healthy eating habits and lifestyle changes is a great way to promote weight loss instead of a restrictive diet,\u201d Leonhardt said.<\/p>\n
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