While most diets are designed to deprive people of food they may crave, a new concept has been developed centered on the idea of eating just about whatever you want, within reason.

Billed as Your Final Diet, Dr. Abby Aronowitz has written a book under that title which not only encourages people to change their thinking on dieting, it suggests being a little overweight might be good.

Abby’s diet even has a list of “healthy” junk foods she encourages users of her diet to eat. These snacks include all natural treats such as Garden of Eatin’ Sesame Blues tortilla chips, Smart Food popcorn and Newman’s Own Organics Champion Chip Cookies. These healthy junk foods are higher in protein and fiber and have no artificial chemicals in their ingredients lists. She has said her research at Columbia University showed artificial sweeteners can actually increase appetite. She also suggests ways of using chocolate to suppress an appetite.

Those using Abby’s diet plan learn to manage sugar, carbs and fat intake rather than eliminating them. Dr. Aronowitz has said everybody craves those elements of their diet, and eliminating them only leads to diet failure. This, in turn, can lead to yo-yo dieting and a poor outlook about themselves.

In an interview, Aronowitz said the USDA recommends women should consume about 1,600 calories per day. She encourages her patients to multiply that by seven for a weekly total of about 11,000 calories. Then, her patients are told they can eat just about whatever they want within the 11,000 calories, especially if they eat all natural foods.

Changing the mind set is also important to her plan. Those using her suggestions will be encouraged to ignore pressure to become unrealistically thin, learn being thin doesn’t mean being sexy and become good role models for children to teach them about food selection and positive body image.

Fitness is important too, and not just for thin people. Aronowitz says even those listed as overweight benefit from being more fit.

Dr. Aronowitz believes increased health comes less from worrying about losing weight and more from accepting your actual size, eating better and working on your overall fitness level. This also improves your self-image.

Article from: www.abbysdietsuccess.com