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Rosedale Diet
Ron Rosedale, MD, wrote The Rosedale Diet in late 2004. In the book, the author describes his weight loss diet as the one diet that has not been done yet. He is referring to the particular nutrient ratios of the diet.
Rosedale Diet Type
The Rosedale diet could be described as a high fat, very low carb, low protein diet. It is similar to the South Beach Diet and The Hampton’s Diet (and even the Atkins diet) – yet places more emphasis on eating a lot more healthy fats.
The premise behind the Rosedale diet is controlling the hormone leptin (see more about leptin diets) . Recent research has shown this hormone to be responsible for control of hunger. Dr Rosedale argues that by managing this hormone, you will no longer ‘over-eat’ but will be satisfied earlier. Therefore weight loss will occur.
Breakthrough?
Despite containing a lot of science, there is little that is new in The Rosedale diet – except for the leptin research – this is all new research. It has long been known that consumption of fats (particularly unsaturated fats) does help to satiate appetite. The only carbohydrates the author recommends are fibrous carbs (e.g. green vegetables). Starchy carbs and grains are completely out.
Rosedale Diet – What do you eat?
The protein recommendations are calculated as approximately 1 gram per half your lean body mass. This equates to around 50-75 grams of protein per person per day.
There is no calorie counting or carb counting on this diet. The Rosedale diet is all about eating when you are hungry. The diet is restrictive, beginning with a 3 week phase where all starchy carbohydrates are to be avoided. After these first 3 weeks, some other foods are allowed to be eaten – but only in restricted amounts.
There are even certain fruits and vegetables that must be avoided altogether! – for example; Banana, Cantaloupe, Dried fruit (all varieties), Grapes, Honeydew, Orange, Pineapple, Watermelon, Yams, Pumpkin, White Potatoes, Corn.
Rosedale Supplementation
There is an extensive section on supplementation (about 25 pages of the book). The recommended supplementation plans would be very expensive to follow, and the fact that the author does have business in the supplement industry always makes this suspect.
While there is absolutely no doubt that our food supply is far from nutritionally rich, and we do need to supplement – it should not be necessary to purchase so many supplements for weight loss.
Rosedale’s Exercise Strategies
“…achieve excellent results even if you never pick up a weight or dust off your treadmill…” – Dr Rosedale.
This is something that we all love to hear – lose weight by eating when you want and never exercising. This is just not realistic. The health benefits from exercise are myriad. Ask anyone who has made a physical transformation from obese to muscular – I bet you’ll find that they did pick up a weight, and did plenty of cardio exercise.
Conclusion
The Rosedale Diet is different. Ron Rosedale has been at the forefront of leptin research for sometime. We have also received a number of emails from people who have had success with this diet – not only in weight loss but alleviating other health problems such as diabetes and cholesterol problems.
Sample Meal Plan
| Breakfast Eggs ‘Benefit’ (recipe in book) |
| Snack Almonds |
| Lunch Chicken salad |
| Snack Avocado spread on celery stalks |
| Dinner Dilled Salmon and fresh asparagus Salad of your choice |
The Rosedale Diet retails for $14.99.
I’m a fan of alternative medicine as traditional Western Medicine is killing me. I’m highly allergic to pharmaceutical drugs and I’m highly allergic to wheat, gluten, rice all grains that can be tested and highly allergic to beans/legumes. I can’t even have soy or other beans. Doctors don’t know what I have or why I’m sick. I just keep getting fatter, and sicker. I couldn’t be a vegan if I wanted to. I’m told I’m prediabetic, insulin resistant, but I don’t even know if they know what tests to run. I keep getting both false possitive and false negative results on all tests. I eat meat, but tests showed my B 12 level was fine, yet I had all the symptoms of B 12 deficiency to the point I was having tremors. Docs can’t even tell me if I have a rare disease or lyme disease or what…One allergist told me he used to work at the National Institute of Health (NIH) and said that all tests are only 50% accurate… He also said his tests show I’m allegic to nearly all food. I was sent to UVA and they said I’m not allergic even to gluten, yet when I consume gluten I get extremely sick. I’ve had both possitive and negative results to Celiac disease. One healthcare professional told me that the reason why the term practicing physicians is used is because they are still praticing even after they graduated med school. Yeah and we are the guinea pigs. I’m tired of gaining weight and now without a thyroid because the insurance refused to allow me to go to the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, I’m now doomed. I wish these docs could see me for free to help figure out what it is and how to eat and lose weight. The docs are torn 50/50 some say I have PCOS and the others say I don’t.
I agree with the low carb idea. But in this part of the world (that is in India) we cannot have a food pyramid with predominance on meat. Many are vegetarians and even those who do eat meat do not eat it everyday. So we would welcome a high fat, low protein and low carb pyramid based on low meat portions/ or no meat at all.
“Blood tests confirm that I don’t metabolize vegetable protein (at all)…”
I don’t know what sort of “blood test” you had to reveal that, but I think someone isn’t being honest with you.
Protein is generally broken down into amino acids during digestion. There is no difference whatsoever between the amino acids from vegetable protein or from animal protein.
Animal proteins (especially eggs) are better balanced to our body’s requirements than most vegetable proteins. But if a nutritionist or doctor is telling you that you can’t metabololize amino acids from vegetable sources, you hsould find another heath adviser.
I think the “low protien” is incorrect. This requires higher protien than recommended by the CDC for someone like me. Based on the formula, I need 70 grams of protien a day, while the CDC says I need 46. Wouldn’t that be a high protien diet?? Just sayin…
Denise, congratulations on your success. This is Fiona from the Dr. Rosedale team! We would love to add your story to our testimonial site so that you can help others as well, would you mind? Our email is info@drrosedale.com.
Sandra from Houston.
If you are a great cook it does make it so much fun for sure, but I do not really cook often at all and there is plenty to make, grab in no time! If you have any great recipes we are going to hopefully add a recipe section on our site!
Vegetarians.
Dr. Rosedale has spent many months every year for the past 4 years in India helping towards the major diabetic issues they have there. While it is a little harder for vegetarians, we had no issue at all. Though we have found that most vegetarians do not get a complete source of protein, and are deficient in omega 3′s, so adding a source of this. Also, if one eats eggs, or whey protein then this makes a world of difference to get the complete protein.
Michael, it was a chief that wrote the recipe section, and if you knew Dr. Rosedale you never in your life would even feel he would talk down to you or anyone. I have never met a person so totally giving, and full heartedly putting everyone else first and formost as much as he does. He has given his life to research and fighting for what is right in the name of true health, unlike the medical world today which is primarily about wealth and not health.
MELOZIE
The egg yoke is so full of life and goodness! The only time it is not so great is if it is whipped up in an omelet of scrambled as it oxidizes the cholesterol.. but the cholesterol is really good for you, just preferably not oxidized!
Dr. Rosedale has a really active forum at yahoo communities ‘rosedalediet’.
WHEN I READ A BOOK I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE AN EASY READ, BUT WHEN I HAVE TO LOOK UP WORDS LIKE “CRUDITES” ( FRENCH, LIKE THEY EAT HEALTHY ) WHICH MEANS “RAW VEGETABLES” THEN I TEND TO FEEL LIKE I’M BEING TALKED DOWN TO, WHICH NO BODY LIKES ! GIVE UP THE 5O$ WORDS AND GIVE US THE INFO THAT WE NEED TO GET OF THE WIEGHT WITHOUT A DICTIONARY…………
I would love to find a shopping list blank for the Rosedale, Paleo or South Beach diets…. makes it easy to follow. This is what you CAN eat and this is what you CANNOT eat. With spaces for quantities. Used to have one for a Rosedale/Paleo type diet and can’t find it. Rats.
Blood tests confirm that I don’t metabolize vegetable protein (at all) and that I negatively react to beans, lentils, soy, etc as well as every grain out there. Being on a vegan diet was making me seriously ill and I _had_ to go back to eating meat. Get your blood checked to see what kind of fuel your engine needs. Apparently I needed “diesel” and not “gasoline”.
Just be careful not to become a starchetarian! try the Glycemic Diet by Lucy Beale it is more of a life time way then Atkins
This is a wonderful diet!!! But, you’d better like to spend some time in the kitchen. We are both gourmet cooks so the recipes are new and fun. The ingredients are a little expensive… oils, bread, etc. but with just the two of us it’s not too bad. Whole Foods Market is a great starting point for supplies but I found that most larger food chains, Kroger, Randle’s have quite a variety of organic foods that cost a lot less. Don’t bother ordering Tortillas and Breads from sites listed in the book, these stores markets have everything you need… Sprouted Bread, low carb tortillas and pastas. The homemade dressings are the best and I now grill all my fish and chicken. My husband is a diabetic and with this diet has had great control of his blood glucose. So far we have been loosing bout 4 lbs. per week. This is the best yet since other diets have only yielded about 2 lbs. per week.
NOT an eat all you want eggs and bacon diet. That means very low fat dairy, a bit of egg (whites I think) and tofu are all OK.
You are able to eat a moderate amount of really good EFA rich fats and olive oil which means, nuts avacados and olive oil is OK too. Once you get to part B, a bit of fruit and high fiber crackers. Hey it’s doable, even if you are a vegetarian AND if you have to bend the rules a bit to make it work for you, it seems that it still works, you just might take a little longer to get where you are going.
I have had good success recommending this to certain patients who fit the profile IF you can stay on it and it’s the right diet for you, then it WORKS!
Easy. Avocado is almost a one food diet. You can eat avocado and nuts and seeds and eat a vegetarian meat substitute or eggs.
i just want to tell that this diet has helped me to lose weight more than i expected!!!!
How do you do this diet, if you are a vegetarian?
Stop wasting your life and eat meat/fish etc!
I just wanted to let you know that the Rosedale diet saved my life! My morning bloodsugars were 250, to 350, and I was taking large doses of insulin at meals and bedtime. I started ion august first 2009, and eight months later I have gone from 239 pounds to 182 and still losing! I am taking very little insulin and have as much energy as an active ten year old. I will be 51 years old in september. My doctor is so excited at my success she calls me her posterchild. She has hopes that I may someday soon get off insulin altogether. If I go off your food plan and eat something not good for me, it makes me physically ill. I don’t crave sugar anymore, and my mental state is very much improved. I am so grateful for the friends that cared enough to encourage me to try your food plan and to keep trying! God Bless You!!!I tell everyone I know about your book and they see the success I have had, and some of them are now eating better and getting healthier!
How do you do any diet as a vegetarian? Well you substitute meat proteins with plant proteins…beans, lentils, soy, etc. it may take a little creativity but it can be done.
How do you do this diet, if you are a vegetarian? I need an answer quick, as my doctor recommended this way of eating. This seems too radical to me, and just a copy of theAtkins way of eating. Please straighten me out on this.