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The only diet that always works
Men often store fat around the waist where it is associated with higher blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes and heart disease. But if you don’t want a Diet with a capital D, what do you do?
First, assess the size of the problem. Find a tape measure and measure your waist. Measure around your middle at a point mid-way between the bottom of your ribs and the top of your hips (usually, this is the level of the belly button).
Men have a higher risk of health problems if their waist size is more than 94cm/37 inches. For Asian men, it’s lower: 90cm/36 inches.
Trouser waistbands are not a good guide if your belly is hanging over the top (in which case a 36-inch waist might disguise a real measurement of 40+).
Just losing half a stone could significantly improve your health. And, contrary to popular belief, there is one diet that works every time:
- Prepare your normal meal and plate it up as usual.
- Remove half the food and place on another plate in the fridge or freezer for another day.
Easy enough? This approach cuts your cooking time, calorie intake and food expenditure in half. If it’s still too much hassle, have two roast potatoes rather than four.
Still too much hassle? Try the soup option: braise chopped onion in a little oil for five minutes. Add water and your favourite veg chopped up. Simmer until soft and zap it with the blender. Cream it with soya milk. Flavour with spices and/or garlic. Lasts days. Plenty of recipes online.
Home-made is best as shop-bought soups are often high in salt and sugar.
It’s about portion control. The amount you are currently eating alongside your current exercise levels has resulted in weight gain. Simple as that. You need to eat less and exercise more. This diet deals with the first bit in the easiest way.
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| This content is wholly based on the Men's Health Forum's man manual Eat. Drink. Don't Diet. which was prepared in line with the NHS England Information Standard of which the MHF is a member. Follow the links for more information or to buy copies. |
Date published
19/06/15
Date of last review
28/02/15
Date of next review
28/02/18
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The Men’s Health Forum need your support It’s tough for men to ask for help but if you don’t ask when you need it, things generally only get worse. So we’re asking. In the UK, one man in five dies before the age of 65. If we had health policies and services that better reflected the needs of the whole population, it might not be like that. But it is. Policies and services and indeed men have been like this for a long time and they don’t change overnight just because we want them to. It’s true that the UK’s men don’t have it bad compared to some other groups. We’re not asking you to ‘feel sorry’ for men or put them first. We’re talking here about something more complicated, something that falls outside the traditional charity fund-raising model of ‘doing something for those less fortunate than ourselves’. That model raises money but it seldom changes much. We’re talking about changing the way we look at the world. There is nothing inevitable about premature male death. Services accessible to all, a population better informed. These would benefit everyone - rich and poor, young and old, male and female - and that’s what we’re campaigning for. We’re not asking you to look at images of pity, we’re just asking you to look around at the society you live in, at the men you know and at the families with sons, fathers and grandads missing. Here’s our fund-raising page - please chip in if you can.
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