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In the rush to lose weight we can find many diets that promise to let us into better shape without suffering much from hunger. These methods are backed by people who say they have had remarkable results and in some cases are true. One of the most popular diets of the moment is that of the points.

The diet of the points is to give a score to each meal and only eat a limited amount of points depending on weight and metabolism. For example the number of points that a person should eat per day based on weight is as follows: 61 to 70 kg to 18 points a day. 71 to 80 kg to 20 points a day. 81 to 90 kg to 22 points a day. From 91 to 100 Kg up to 24 points a day. Over 100 Kg up to 26 points a day.

The classification of foods according to points is the following: Cheese: 0 points. Ham: 0 points. Arepa with cheese: 5 points. Tuna in oil: 5 points. Hamburger with onions: 12 points
Coffee without sugar: 0 points. Tea without milk and sugar: 0 points. Cappuccino without sugar: 2 points
Meat, fish or chicken into pieces of 100 gr: 0 points.

Foods that have zero points can be taken at any time of day, but if more than twice should be added as a point.

Importantly, each diet should be supervised and approved by a nutritionist because each person is different and it is for one may not work for another.

This diet is aimed at those who commit themselves to strictly physical exercises every day must be made between an hour and a half of exercises to accompany the diet explained below.

Ideally, high-impact aerobics, weights, and work every day a different part of the body, that is: Monday: abs, Tuesday: Chest, Wednesday, buttocks, etc.

Breakfast

1 cup melon
1 turkey breast sandwich on whole wheat bread

Lunch

1 cup mashed potatoes
1 cup water-packed tuna
1 cup of lettuce and broccoli

Eating

2 cups steamed rice (brown)
1 cup cooked spinach
300 grs. Beef, chicken or fish

Dinner

1 tomato
1 carrot
1 cup lettuce
1 gelatin
1 cup jicama

The reasons that can lead to dispense animal food are many. Some ancient religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism, rejecting animal sacrifice, believing in the transmigration of souls.

Christianity sets along fast days of the year in which you can not eat meat. Seventh Day Adventists advocate vegetarianism, while Judaism and Islam prohibit, among other foods, beef and pork.

The most extreme and strict vegetarian diets is the Zen, especially the one followed in their monasteries, and that is reduced to a bowl of rice a day.

A mid-century, vegetarianism became a stream of Western fashion and since then has not ceased to be a very popular diet. Some would continue to eat healthily, others to protest the treatment given to farm animals, and some that say that eating only vegetables contribute to environmental conservation.