Positives of Sonoma Diet
1. The major advantage of Sonoma diet is that it is very simple. You don't need to count grams and calories on this diet. Plate size is used to control portions.  2. This diet has a positive emphasis. It focuses on what you should eat rather than what you shouldn't. The list of foods which are not recommened on this diet is common to most low-carb diets like, for example, the South Beach diet and others.
3. Emphasis on eating foods. According to the principles of this diet you should eat slowly and savoring foods. It is also advised to drink a glass of wine with dinner after the first ten days on a diet. 4. Foods to eat. This diet consists of various pyhtonutrients and antioxidants which are taken mainly from the so-called power foods. The diet puts much emphasis on variety and nutrition that is truly healthy. According to this diet plan you should also include whole foods and avoid processed foods. 5. The stucture of the diet. It should be mentioned that most popular low carb diets have poor structure. Disadvantages of Sonoma Diet
1. This low-calorie diet has very little flexibility. For example, the Wave One menus contain 900-1100 calories for women and 1100-1300 for men, and 200-300 calories more in Wave Two. In fact, this amount is too low for most people who are just in the first phase. In a few days these people may become ravenous, which isn't sustainable. Also this diet doesn't contain necessary guidance concerning what to do when you feel hungry. In some cases even a small snack consisting of raw vegetables won't be able to tide you over. 2. Vegetable serving after the first phase is very limited. This diet limits the consumption of low starch vegetables which are rich in fiber. 3. Too many foods are forbidden. The Sonoma diet focuses on eating whole foods which is very useful. However, this can become a big change in nutrition for many people who have just begun to follow it. Because of this many diets give more «outs» for dieters including for instance sugar substitutes, more fats, or "extra" foods which are not allowed on the Sonoma diet. 4. Danger of carb crash in first phase. This situation is typical for most low-carb diets. However Sonoma diet is not considered as low-carb and tha's why it has no method to deal with this problem. 5. Incoherence and roughness. In fact this is a drawback of most popular diets.  Here are several factors of which you should be aware while you are on Sonoma diet:
1. You are recommended not to get low in carbs. This diet critisizes all low-carb diets, however the carb levels which are advised on Sonoma diet are consistent with other reduced carb plans. For instance, The Wave One menus include 40 grams of usable carb per day, and each of the Wave Two menus don't contain more than 100 grams (some of them are as low as 69). According to standard that's low-carb. This diet is as high in fiber and includes the same variety of foods as any other low carb diet.
2. You are assured that the whole wheat bread is less glycemic than white bread. It is true that heavy breads made with cracked wheat are low glycemic but it is not so in the case of most 100% whole grain breads which contain finely-groun flour.
3. Grains are considered as the «heart and the soul» of this diet. However Sonoma diet includes fewer grain servings than the "Food Pyramid".
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