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21 Day Diet: Montel Williams
Background
Emmy Award-winning talk show host, Montel Williams, is the author of Living Well: 21 Days to Transform Your Life, Supercharge Your Health, and Feel Spectacular. In this book he aims to help readers convert to a healthier lifestyle by incorporating some basic diet and fitness practices.
After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Williams began to explore dietary methods of healing. He came to the conclusion that the basis of good health involves eliminating junk food and maintaining a very high intake of fresh fruit and vegetables.
By employing the simple principles outlined in the book Williams has reduced his symptoms of multiple sclerosis by 30-40% and has been able to stop taking antidepressant medication.
21 Day Diet Basics
Williams says he doesn’t like the word ‘diet’ and instead likes to call his plan an eating regimen. He asserts that this is a lifestyle change and something that you need to do for the rest of your life.
He advises dieters to eliminate junk foods and processed foods. He says, “Try to reduce the amount of man-made garbage that you put in your body. And guess what? You’ll start feeling better.”
The foundation of Montel Williams’ eating regime involves eating as many colorful fruit and green vegetables as possible. He is a proponent of green smoothies, a blended combination of fruit and green leafy vegetables.
He starts every morning with a green drink, which he rotates with ingredients such as apples, oranges, peaches, spinach, lettuce, beets and mango. Williams says green smoothies are the “blast of nutrition and energy that helps power me through the day”.
The 21 Day Diet also recommends adhering to a Mediterranean style diet that includes a high intake of olive oil, whole grains, nuts and seeds, and eating more fish rather than red meat.
The book also includes food and exercise diaries that are designed to guide you through the process of changing your lifestyle and to track your progress.
Recommended Foods
Fruit, vegetables, green smoothies, green juice, sweet potatoes, brown rice, quinoa, nuts, seeds, avocado, salmon, lean turkey, lean beef, olive oil, canola oil, raw chocolate, goji berries.
Sample Diet Plan
| Breakfast
Green juice (cucumber, celery, chard, kale, green apple and lime) |
| Morning Snack
Smoothie with banana, oranges and romaine lettuce |
| Lunch
Red miso soup |
| Afternoon Snack
Trail mix with sunflower seeds, cashews, raisins and goji berries |
| Dinner
Stir-fried chicken with bok choy |
Exercise Recommendations
As a former bodybuilder Montel Williams knows about the importance of exercise, but now he exercises so that he can be fit for life, rather than for competition.
The 21 Day Diet includes a detailed exercise plan that involves a combination of power walking, strength training and flexibility exercises.
Costs and Expenses
21 Days to Transform Your Life, Supercharge Your Health, and Feel Spectacular retails at $15.
Pros
- Encourages a high intake of fresh fruit and vegetables.
- Holistic approach to healing and well being.
- Can be maintained as a lifestyle eating plan.
- May assist with management of many diseases.
- Recipes and food suggestions are appealing and satisfying for male appetites.
- Encourages exercise.
Cons
- May require more time for food preparation.
- Williams is not a qualified health professional.
- Some readers may not appreciate Williams’ simplistic approach.
Conclusions
The 21 Day Diet offers dieters a ‘back-to-basics’ approach to diet and health that looks at the big picture and highlights the importance of a high intake of fresh fruit and vegetables. Even though Montel Williams is not a qualified health professional he outlines some solid nutritional concepts that will provide a good foundation of a sustainable healthy lifestyle.
I just love the Dr. Mercola free newsletter, He is on the cutting edge of all health related issues coming from a Holistic approach. the below web site —New Link Shows Gut Bacteria Plays Role in Multiple Sclerosis
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/12/05/gut-bacteria-for-your-health.aspx?e_cid=20111205_DNL_art_1 I hope this information is of help in some way to those of you suffering with M S and I pray that some how this information can get to Monteil Williams………I am not affiliated with Dr. Mercola, I am just a grandma who gets his free newsletter and learn alot each day. I pray someone is blessed by this information!
Hey Tricia I have MS, is there anyway you can get into contact with me?
I have gained weight something fierce! And I feel like a Weeble who woobles as he walks. I just read this web page and I feel it is helpful. I just started getting into this smoothie trend. We just got a mini-blender from Dad’s friend and thought I’d give a whirl using Montel’s suggestion on TV of his uber blender. I add nectarines, blueberries, spinach, milk and oranges. It taste great and I feel like it’s making me healthier. Not sure if it helps with my weight trouble.
Hi.. Before my marriage i had 55 kgs.. But after marriage within 4 months my weight increased as 67.. I have to reduce my weight.. Need useful suggessions..
I’ve had MS since 2003 and find it hard to buy the “healthy” foods and consume them before they spoil…cooking for ONE is hard
I eat 85% raw foods. I am symptom free and lovin’ it. Montell’s diet includes meat and fish which are the culprits. (That’s why he’s still sick!) Wake up Montell.
Avoid
caffeine
processed foods
alcohol
all meats, fish and poultry
legumes
dairy
gluten
wheat
These trigger symptoms. Stick as closely as possible to a raw food diet that includes nuts, seeds, veggies and fruits. There are lots of recipes available to make your food menues interesting.
Also include the following supplements
black seed oil (very important)
multi-vitamin
b-complex
b12
fish oil
Research each one to learn and understand the benefits of each in relation to MS. That’s how I got cured and you can too.
I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1996 & I believe Montels book would be invaluable for me to @ least get healthier & also stay healthy through the life style changes that the book offers!
hi my name is erica an im tryin 2 lose some weight so that i can be fit an healthy again i need a 7 day diet or health plan pls thanx alot
NICE !!
Hi Teffany, The Greenlane diet was a good one for me I lost 5kg’s in a week (7 days) Its a 3 day diet so 3 days on and 3 days off. On your 3 days off you eat sensable, IE: salads lean meat ext…
I done walking with this diet I walked 20-30 min every night..(Mod)
hi everybody!
i want to lose about 10 kg can any1 tell me a good diet plan that really worked??i really would be happy if some1 could do that..
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i want to reduce my weight