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your health, as well as the reduction products used are not packaged. The
of animal suffering. When keeping a rejection of cereals and the eating
vegetarian diet, one can use animal of fruits, vegetables and meat are
products , for example skins and called the paleo-diet. This resem-
leather can be used. bles, or is similar to, the supposed
eating behaviour in the Stone Age.
Also interesting is the low-fat diet Losing weight, avoiding diabetes
that means avoiding high-fat prod- and MS, as well as alleviating auto-
ucts, so that you get a maximum immune diseases is possible.
of every third calories from fat. It
is hoped that this will lead to a re- In the low-carbohydrate diet, fats
duction in body weight. In contrast and proteins are used as an alterna-
to the low-fat diet, ketogenic diet tive to carbohydrates, so you should
increases the amount of fatty foods consume less than 50g of carbohy-
and carbohydrates. It is hoped that drates per day. This way you can
this will lead to a loss of body weight lose weight quickly without feeling
and a reduction in the risk of devel- hungry and chronic diseases are pos-
oping diabetes and cancer. itively influenced. Additionally, one
can find the trend of food combin-
urthermore, there is the so- ing, which is about considering what
F called Whole Food Diet. It foods you are eating together and
describes the consumption of fresh how this impacts on your digestive
and natural products which are not system. People following this diet
or minimally pre-treated. These will e.g. eat fruit on an empty stom-
foods are supposed to be healthier ach and not combine high protein
and more valuable. These include foods or carbs together in the hope
whole grain products and some an- of improving their digestive health.
imal products. The aim is to prevent This diet is most of all part of a very
intestinal (=bowel) cancer and a strong diet trend in Ireland.
lower cholesterol level. In addition,
less waste is produced because the

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