Diet Television: Find your diet through expert and user reviews
With the holiday season upon more and more people will begin to look for the next quick-fix diet to get in shape right before the quintessential family reunion. While regular readers of Fitness Mantra already know that short term weight loss diets are not the solution to a lifetime of fitness, it would still be informative to know what options are out there based on our individual needs. But where do you begin?
TechCrunch, a website that tracks new companies in the “web 2.0″ space, reports on a new site called Diet Television which claims to “help you lose weight and get healthier”. The blurb on their site reads:
we don’t believe in silver bullets and we don’t have a favorite diet.
we just give you unbiased opinions from experts and from people just like you.
DietTelevision is a colorful and easy to use site that allows you to narrow down to a diet that is right for you based on the importance you attribute to a number of factors like how quickly you want to lose weight and whether you are allowed to eat outside. The site uses a system of very intuitive sliders to help you convey how important each of these several factors are and once you make a choice, the right side of the screen automagically updates (cute message alert: “Please weight …”!) and shows you the top five diets for your choice.
Being the fitness freak I am, I gave less importance to losing weight quickly and more to things like feeling healthier, having non-restricitive diets and inclusion of lots of fruits, vegetables and dairy. My results:
Hmmm…. “Whole Grain Diet”. That looked like a diet that seemed to focus on a partuclar food group and made me wary. Clicking on the link, however brought another surprise: A nicely organised tabbed interface that described the diet in detail:
Each tab gives more detailed information including descriptions and nutritional information and why this diet works.
While getting information about diets would likely be the main reason most users will visit this site, the other side of the coin, namely leaving a review of a diet you have tried, is supported too (which in turn forms the basis of narrowing down the choices for the searchers). It looks like the site has been in beta for sometime since there is already considerable information available for a wide variety of diets including some I have never even heard of (Martini-hic!-Diet anyone?).
Clicking on Rate a Diet brings up the familiar, easy-to-use interface, except in this case you are rating the diet rather than your interests:
Overall, I liked the site although the concern with any user-generated site is that it is only as good as its readers. Still, this would be a good first step toward a healthier you and we all know that is always a good thing.
Do check it out and let me know if you found it useful.
Live well!
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