Posted on November 14, 2009 in Diet-Types
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Thrive Diet is a popular and interesting eating plan proposed by Tri-athlete Brenden Brazier. This plan suggests stop eating of meat, milk products and processed food. Instead, it recommends eating of food rich in nutrients. Following this particular diet would benefit your physical and mental health.
Diet Plan:
The Thrive diet is basically a plant based eating plan. It avoids dairy products and instead presses on eating more of raw foods. It is a 12-week diet plan that would change your views on eating food. The diet consists of over 100 recipes.
A Diet Plan sample to be followed on a particular day has been given below.
- Breakfast: a bowl full of banana ginger pear cereal.
- Lunch: Creamy Pepper soup with lentil crackers.
- Dinner: Pecan (nut) sunflower burger.
Pros and Cons of the Diet:
Pros
- Nutritious and balanced plan good for health-physically and mentally.
- Eco-friendly.
- Avoiding refined and processed foods would also reduce the risk of diseases. It also would help in weight reduction.
Cons
- Strict plan might be difficult to follow for a longer time.
- The list of restricted foods is very long. It would be hard to control the urge to stay away from them for long.
- Few recipes take lots of time to prepare.
Last Take:
The diet is only suggested for people who wish to clean up their diet. At the same time, they should also be willing to reduce the carbon emissions on mother earth. The diet is based on roots and raw vegetables. So follow the diet only if you can stay away from cheese, meat or chips. If not, then its better to go the other way.
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