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Diets - Meal Planners - Nutrition Guides

Eat right to reach your goals. Use these diets, meal planners and nutrition guides to analyze your diet and give your body what it needs while getting fit and maintaining energy.
Diet and Exercise Guidelines
The USDA released new dietary guidelines for Americans in January, 2005. They recommend more physical activity and eating a balanced diet.
Calories Per Day Calculator
Find out how many calories your body burns each day based on height, weight, age, and activity. For fat loss, burn more or eat less.
Calories and Servings
Portions for a balanced reduced calorie diet. Chart your daily servings for a 1200 calorie or 1500 calorie diet. From your About Guide.
What is a Serving? Rules of Thumb
What is a serving? Rules of thumb for servings of meat, vegetables, fruits, starches, dairy.
Understanding Food Nutrition Labels and Health Claims
Do you understand food nutrition labels and health claims? We uncode those labels and terms for you.
Fast Food Nutrition and Best Choices
Fast Food Nutrition and Best Choices
Weight Watchers
The Weight Watchers program provides tools to lost weight through portion control and selection of healthier food, plus exercise such as daily walking. Select from live meetings or the Weight Watchers Online program.
South Beach Diet Diary
I tried the South Beach Diet to see how it fit into my walking lifestyle. I had great initial results, and I share my favorite recipes.
The Mediterranean Diet
Lower heart disease risk and lower cholesterol while eating more fat? Yes, that's the Mediterranean paradox, explained by Dr. Dario Giugliano. An active lifestyle also plays a part. Have your pasta and live great, too!
Fast Food Nutrition Facts Calculator
Compare fast food nutrition at six major fast food chains.
The Food Pyramid Guide
Balance your diet with the food pyramid - what the portions are, how much to eat each day, ways to improve your diet. From the USDA.
There's No Such Thing as Cheating on Your Diet
Stop cheating on your diet by changing the way you think about straying from your diet.
AHA - Enjoy Eating
All about eating healthily and enjoying it, from the American Heart Association.
Fast Food Quest
Compare nutrition in food items from over 40 fast food chains.
Food Exchange Lists - NIH
Servings and exchanges for the basic food groups, based on the American Diabetes Assocation guidelines, from the National Institutes of Health.
eDiets.com
Free analysis of your weight loss needs. Full online program with meal planning, live chats, phone consults, for a very low membership price.
Jenny Craig
Diet centers nationwide plus new in-home Jenny Craig Direct with meals shipped to your home and phone consultations. Also exercise tapes, cookbooks and other tools.
Weight Watchers
The Weight Watchers site includes a menu planner by their point system, recipes, and more.
Weight Watchers One Point Food List
Lists of foods that equal one point under the Weight Watchers system. From Health Discovery.
Weight Watchers Dining Out Food Points
See the Weight Watchers points to apply to items at many different restaurants. From Health Discovery.

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