Hallelujah Diet Was Based on the Story of Adam and Eve

The Mediterranean basin was where several ancient civilizations first discovered the triad style (diet) of feeding based on oil, bread and wine. In fact, olives and olive oil were not only an important component of the ancient Mediterranean diet but also one of the earliest industries in antiquity spread by Greek and Phoenician colonization. Once the peasants began to move to the cities and away from subsistence farming, making decisions about diet and how it impacted one's overall health was no longer just for the elite.

Through the ages, people have kept their weight down with a variety of weird and wonderful approaches. Listed are a few of the most popular fad diets:

• ROLLO MEAT DIET - After English physician and experimental physiologist named Matthew Dobson had identified sugar as the culprit in the urine of patients suffering from diabetes, John Rollo published a beneficial meat diet in his 1797 paper Notes of a Diabetic Case.
• BANTING LOW-CARB DIET - Possibly the first fad diet, the "Banting" emphasized avoiding sweet foods, sugar, starch, beer, milk and butter as the world's first low-carbohydrate and low calorie diet plan.
• RAW FOOD DIET - The raw food diet has been around since the 1800s and includes uncooked and unprocessed whole plant-based foods. Maximilian Bircher-Benner, a doctor, cured his own jaundice by eating raw apples.
• GREAT MASTICATOR DIET - American health food enthusiast Horace Fletcher popularized the idea that food should be chewed until thoroughly liquefied before swallowing (32 to 100 chews per mouthful). A Victorian-era concept called "Fletcherism".
• CABBAGE SOUP DIET - Popular in the 1950s, the name says it all. The cabbage soup diet promises 10-15 pounds of weight loss (but not permanent) in one week. With such a low calorie intake, it is not sustainable and most of the weight will be water weight and muscle.
• ORNISH DIET - To follow the Ornish Diet, people ate all the beans, legumes, fruits, grains and vegetables that they needed to feel full. Dr. Dean Ornish recommended low or no-fat dairy products, such as milk, cheese or yogurt, but dieters could only consume 10% of total calories from fats.
• HALLELUJAH DIET - Created by North Carolina reverend George Malkmus, the Hallelujah Diet is based on the story of Adam and Eve. Malkmus recommends followers consume fruit, vegetables and whole grains consisting of 85% raw and 15% cooked plant-based foods.
• SUBWAY DIET - In 1999, Jared Fogle replaced two of his high calorie meals with low-fat Subway sandwiches and lost 245 pounds in eleven months. Although Subway is healthier than most fast food, it does prove you can lose weight by eating fewer calories than calories burned.

Going on a diet sounds simple. However, in reality, adopting a diet for healthy eating and executing a personalized weight-loss program involves so much more. You must be prepared and committed to shop for different foods, prepare new recipes, drink more water, fight cravings for junk food and make certain lifestyle changes - all at once. For help with your personalized menu plan, contact the Metabolic Research Center nearest you.