Many diet books are like sending your bodies to prison - they're
all about deprivation and restriction. These diets may work in
the short-term by shackling you to keep you away from certain
foods and calories. But once you get a sniff of freedom (in the
form of fries and shakes), you're more likely to try to escape
your diet. And you know the severe penalties for trying to escape
- a life sentenced to a fat gut. The Abs Diet is about gaining,
not restricting. You gain a leaner, firmer body, you gain more
control over your life, and even gain more opportunities to enjoy
the foods you love. The Abs Diet trains your body to burn calories
and make itself lean. You are feeding yourself the foods that
force your body to lose weight, to burn more calories.
Both The Abs Diet and The South Beach Diet are based on sound
principles of healthy nutrition. While the SBD is a great diet
and overall plan, The Abs Diet features exercise as part of its
foundation. One of the biggest differences is that The Abs Diet
also recognizes a critical component of weight control - muscle.
Muscle exponentially speeds up the fat-burning process - 1 pound
of muscle requires your body to burn up to 50 calories a day just
to maintain that muscle. This plan combines exercise with the
foods that most promote muscle growth.
There are many diets out there today and as long as people have
the opportunity to choose a course for better health, that's what
ultimately counts. Frankly, I hate the word "diet,"
because diet implies you have to eliminate and restrict, but to
call this the Abs Nutritional Superiority Plan seemed a bit much.
