“Balanced “ Meal Plans

Eating a healthy, balanced diet is an important part of maintaining good health, and can help you feel your best. This means eating a wide variety of foods in the right proportions, and consuming the right amount of food and drink to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight.

Carb Focused Meal Plans

Carbohydrates are an important part of a healthy diet and provide the body with the fuel it needs for physical activity and for proper organ function. There are two types of carbohydrates—complex and simple. Complex carbohydrates come naturally from fruits, vegetables, legumes (beans, lentils, peas) and whole grains. Simple carbohydrates come from sugars, which are typically processed and contain no significant nutrients. 

Carbohydrates are the most effective fuel for a healthy brain and nervous system.

• Low carbohydrate stores may diminish your concentration.

• Adequate amounts of carbohydrates help spare protein reserves needed for muscle growth, maintenance and repair.

• Carbohydrates help the body burn fat more efficiently than protein.

• Many foods high in complex carbohydrates (such as whole grains, fruits, and vegetables) are also high in dietary fiber for better digestion, and prevention of certain types of cancer.

Lactose Free Meal Plans

A lactose free diet means eating foods that have no lactose. Lactose is a sugar that is a normal part of milk products. Some people do not break down lactose well. They may not have enough lactase, the enzyme that breaks lactose down in the body. Or, their body may make lactase that does not work properly. This may cause gas, bloating, cramping, or diarrhea when they eat or drink milk products. Following a lactose free diet may prevent these problems. 

Holistic Meal Plans

Holistic nutrition is all about eating healthy food as close to its natural state as possible for optimum health and wellbeing. Hallmarks of holistic nutrition include unrefined, unprocessed, organic and locally grown whole foods. It's an approach to eating that very consciously considers everything that's eaten and focuses on eating for health above all else. Top health benefits of a holistic diet Holistic nutritionists believe that food is not only fuel, but medicine for the body. As once stated by Hippocrates, "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food," which is a principle embraced and promoted by holistic nutritionists.

By following a holistic nutrition plan, you may experience a number of health benefits, such as the following:

1. Weight loss and weight management

2. Disease prevention

3. Increased energy levels

4. Improved mood

5. Better sleep

6. Improved skin tone and texture

7. Strengthened immune system

8. Balanced blood sugar levels

9. Reduced cholesterol and blood pressure levels

10. Improved digestion and relief from constipation

Keto Meal Plans

The ketogenic diet is a very low-carb, high-fat diet that shares many similarities with the Atkins and low-carb diets. It involves drastically reducing carbohydrate intake and replacing it with fat. This reduction in carbs puts your body into a metabolic state called ketosis. When this happens, your body becomes incredibly efficient at burning fat for energy. It also turns fat into ketones in the liver, which can supply energy for the brain. Ketogenic diets can cause massive reductions in blood sugar and insulin levels. This, along with the increased ketones, has numerous health benefits.

Low-Glycemic Meal Plans

1. The low-glycemic (low-GI) diet is based on the concept of the glycemic index (GI). Studies have shown that the low-GI diet may result in weight loss, reduce blood sugar levels and lower the risks of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. The glycemic index (GI) is a measure that ranks foods according to their effect on your blood sugar levels.

The following are the three GI ratings:

• Low: 55 or less

• Medium: 56–69

• High: 70 or more

Foods with a low-GI value are the preferred choice, as they are slowly digested and absorbed, causing a slower and smaller rise in blood sugar levels. On the other hand, foods with a high GI value should be limited since they are quickly digested and absorbed, resulting in a rapid rise and fall of blood sugar levels.

Paleo Meal Plans

A paleo diet is a dietary plan based on foods similar to what might have been eaten during the Paleolithic era, which dates from approximately 2.5 million to 10,000 years ago. A paleo diet typically includes lean meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds — foods that in the past could be obtained by hunting and gathering. A paleo diet limits foods that became common when farming emerged about 10,000 years ago. These foods include dairy products, legumes and grains.

CUSTOM MEAL PLANS