Factor 5 Diet Plan

The 5 Factor Diet plan conceived by Hollywood’s nutrition and fitness expert, Harley Pasternak It’s well-balanced daily menu that includes all of the food groups. The core behind this structure is everything is grouped in a set of “fives.” You eat 5 meals a day with 5 different ingredients with each meal. Spend only 5 minutes in food preparation with 5 minutes cooking time. Also included is a 5-day a week exercise plan with 5 different exercises for 5 minutes each. You do get Sundays as your “cheat” day for the week on this 5-week diet plan.

In the 5 Factor Diet plan each meal must contain 5 components: lean protein, complex carbohydrates, healthy fats, 5-10 grams of fiber and 8-10 ounces of water or sugar-free beverage.

Lean proteins in this diet plan consists of poultry, fish, egg whites, low-fat dairy, whey powder, lean meats, and turkey. Complex carbohydrates are simply vegetables, fruits and carbs on the low gylcemic index table. Those would consist of apples, blueberries, strawberries, squash, broccoli, spinach, sweet potato, cauliflower, bell peppers, Boston lettuce, peas, pears, and tomatoes to name a few.

Fiber would include quinoa, Kashi, flourless wraps, pasta, whole grains, no-sugar cereals and rice. Healthy fats in this diet would include canola oils and olive oils.

The exercise regiments for this diet plan centers on cardio and strength training. Total training time about 25-minutes. First step start out with a cardio 5-minute workout to maximize heart rate. Second and third step is to do10-minute strength training for upper body and lower body alternating days. Use dumbbells for upper body, lunges with dumbbells for lower body.

Fourth step in this diet plan workout is strengthening your core. Do crunches straight up or with twists or sit-ups for the abdominal muscles, 5-minutes. Final and fifth step is to work on cardio to “cool down” for 5-minutes.

By following this 5 Factor Diet plan you succeed in 5 key fat-loss principles.

1. You improve your metabolism, which assist in burning calories.
2. Exercise helps you burn fat and build strong, lean muscles.
3. You eat the right foods, which help you watch your calorie intake.
4. By eating low glycemic foods you keep you blood sugar leveled.
5. You reduce stress and promote growth hormone.

Why eat 5 meals a day? The idea behind that in this diet plan a principle in science that the more often you eat, this increases your metabolism, lessens your hunger cravings, keeps the body and brain fueled throughout the day and maintains your sugar levels. A normal mealtime plan for the average working individual would be something like: 7am, 10am, 1pm, 4pm, and 7pm.

The 5 Factor Diet plan food goal is to eat no more than 65 grams of fat per day, mostly either monounsaturated fats or polyunsaturated fats and consume carbohydrates with a GI of less than 80. This will allow not only a gradual weight loss but induce a healthy new lifestyle. Do note while this diet plan involves some cardio training, its total cardiovascular training is no more than 50-minutes per week.