Since the introduction of Dr. Mike Moreno’s 17 Day Diet plan on the Dr. Phil show, this new diet plan gain rapid popularity as evidenced by the multitude of reviews and endorsements on Google and YouTube. People respond well to the person-centered approach Dr. Moreno developed in his years as a family physician.
The 17 Day Diet Plan Elements
The key objective of the 17 Day Diet plan is to change the proportions of carbohydrates, proteins and fats consumed by the dieter during the day. This alternation in one’s diet is shown to improve the ability of the body to burn fat and increase the metabolic rate. People who use Dr. Mike Moreno 17 Day Diet Plan report that they learn to manage portions of the food they eat, and learn recognize the signs of hunger as opposed to giving into craving and emotional driven eating patterns. In addition, users of the diet plan for 17 days prepare for a report to be able to eat a variety of dishes and they are allowed a weekend treat of beer or a glass of wine, if they so desire. They deny they feel deprived of food or experience persistent hunger, when they follow the guidelines of the plan.
Tips for 17 Day Diet
Some essential tips of Dr. Mike Moreno’s 17 Day Diet plan are as follows:
1. Avoid eating foods containing refined sugar and high fructose corn syrup;
2. Do make healthy choices in planning meals and in portions of the foods served in meals;
3. Eliminate the consumption of alcoholic beverages;
4. Avoid eating highly processed (junk) foods;
5. Increase the amount of water one consumes on a daily basis;
6. Focus on increasing the amount of natural and organic foods in planning daily menus.
While the idea behind the 17 Day Diet does seem to be one that works, the evidence shown on the official website itself does not seem to support that it is as great as it claims to be. Perhaps the users of the 17-Day Diet do not find it as easy to stick to the plan as the author claims. The author claims “anyone can do anything for 17 days” and lists that as the reasoning that anyone can stick to this 17 Day Diet plan. Many tend to disagree because if this were true many smokers who have tried and still want to quit smoking would have been successful in their attempts to quit, for example. It is logical that followers of the 17 Day Diet would experience healthful benefits and even see weight loss if the plan was followed, but given the example meal plan shown above, it seems that it would be difficult to switch from the typical American diet to this diet plan without any wavering from the plan at all.
There are many tools available to people who decided to try Dr. Mike Moreno’s 17 Day Diet. For example, Dr. Moreno hosted a live U-Stream chat enabling people to watch Dr. Moreno reply to their questions that they posed using the U-Stream chat function. These videos are recorded and are available to view on Dr. Mike Moreno’s 17 Day Diet website at wwwa.the17daydiet.com .



