Whats a good diet for teenagers?
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Fruits, vegetables, and plenty of water and milk for Calcium and exercise.  Follow the food pyramid as close to it as you can get and exerise 3-4 days a week for at least 45 minutes and you'll be all set.  Actual diets don't really maintain a person's weight. Good food & plenty of exercise do.  Good luck!
330637
Lots of lean protein, whole grains (i.e. oatmeal-not instant) whole wheat bread, veggies.  Avoid junk food!  Treat your body like it's a shrine and it will soon begin to look like one (especially at your young age).  Good luck.  You can do it!
639040
I don't think a diet made up entirely of slimfast shakes would be all that healthy.  I am no expert, let me say, but I would go to your doctor and have them recommend a diet for you.  One with loads of veggies and proteins and exercise 3 times a week and lots of water would be a good start I think.
487957
Umm. If you're on a REAL diet, I'd say limit yourself to 1000 cals/day. If you're dieting to lose only a few pounds, try 1500. Of course, it all depends. The national average for which all foods are based on is 2000 cal/day. Kids/teens are recommended to eat even 3000+. I am a teenage male, and I eat no more than 2000. I am not on a diet, but I can function fine on 1500 cal/day, and there's no need for me to pig out. =D But please BE CAREFUL! Don't over-do it. If you stick with your plan for all week, give yourself a treat on Friday. =) That's how a lot of my friends diet. It gives them motivation. Good luck!\n\n***SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU SAID CALORIES, NOT CARBS. AT ANY RATE, CALORIE COUNTING WILL GET YOU FURTHER IN THE LONG RUN.***
434892
No, it's not recommended under 18 years of age and you should not take any diet pills of any kind in your teenage years, especially at 13.
1046982
Exercise every day, even if it's just a walk. Go on a high protein, low carbohydrate diet. Eat fish, eggs, chicken, occasional lean beef or pork, low fat cottage cheese. Stay away from regular cheese, no bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, peas, beans (except green beans). No more than one piece of fruit a day and no fruit juice (it's sugar water, my dr says). Cut down on carrots and tomatoes (included ketchup). Use mustard instead of mayonnaise in recipes. Eat lots of salads, green vegetables. Salads only have one tablespoon of dressing for the whole salad. No ice cream, or other desserts.
740190
Firstly, stop being a twelve year old girl.  Secondly, protein, foo', protein.  Meat, cheese, milk, nuts, beans, and thirdly, anything nutrient dense.  Think whole grain bagels, not cheetos.
919164
Don't eat a lot of sugar, white flour, our starchy foods..and go walking or running. It's the easiest and best diet/excercise of them all!
769035
If you're young and still growing, you need lots of protein (meat and eggs).  A little fat won't hurt you - if you're active, you'll just burn it off.  Eat carbohydrates (bread and pasta) for energy.  Drink plenty of water and avoid too much sugar, especially high-fructose syrups that you find in soda - that's the worst!\n\nFor more info, try this link:\nhttp://www.kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/
271574
be a vegetarian and fruitarian and exercise 15 minutes a day, drink water only not soft drinks or full cream milk. if you want milk, take the soy milk. don't eat any meat
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Kids need to eat what adults are SUPPOSED to eat.  Several servings of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, meat or other protein-rich foods, and dairy.  "Empty calories" and fat should be limited.\n\nFor breakfast, a bowl of cereal and milk is good.  \n\nFor snacks, keep it relatively small and simple, but try to work in as many various healthy foods as you can.  For example, apple slices (probably around five), sliced cheese (about five or six pieces sliced thin) and wheat crackers (five or so) is a good snack.  It shouldn't turn into a mini-meal (or a regular-sized one).\n\nFor dinner, smaller portions of what you have is probably fine.  Once again, try to get as many food groups as you can in there.  Also, we get a lot of the Kid Cuisines (or the Banquet frozen dinner), then give them a glass of milk.\n\nWhen giving him veggies, try to get as many colors as possible, since the various colors provide different nutrients.  Give him orange veggies (carrots, sweet potatoes), yellow ones (squash), purple ones (eggplant, turnips), and green leafy veggies (dark lettuce - iceburg lettuce carries almost no nutritional value - spinach, broccoli.)\n\nWhite bread, like iceberg lettuce, is virtually useless.  Start him on whole grain bread and cereal now, to set a preference.for the healthy stuff.\n\nThere are some excellent cookbooks for healthy meals and snacks for kids.\n\nNow, so far, you've only given him the food (veggies and all), and the real work begins:  getting him to eat it.  Play up the benefits.  For a 5-year-old, he'll understand that milk gives him strong bones (just like Spider-man or any other physical hero).  It'll help him get big and strong (just like Daddy!).  Make it visually appealing (make grilled cheese sandwiches on whole wheat bread, then use a cookie cutter to make them into shapes.  you'll wanna use fairly large cookie cutters, large enough to match up very close to the size of the sandwich itself.)\n\nMake sure he gets lots of water through the day.  Three glasses of milk is the goal.  Give juice sparingly (it's still sugary).  Juice "drinks" (Capri Sun, fruit punch) have high fructose corn syrup (straight up sugar - the same stuff sodas have).  Sodas (even Sprite and root beer, which have no caffiene) aren't good.  Tea is okay, but you don't want to sugar it up too much (like white-or-wheat bread preferances are the result of what you had growing up, unsweet tea is the same thing.  I live in the South.  The one thing that convinces me I don't belong is that I, and my sisters, and my parents, will only drink unsweet tea.)  He should have lowfat milk, but not skim.  The fat from the milk helps with their development.\n\nI may be wrong, but you're using the word diet to just refer to what he eats, not "diet" to attempt to lose weight, right?
298931
try the south beach diet....it still lets you eat everything you like, just healthier versions
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Generally, practicing good nutrition means balancing your daily food intake to incorporate healthful amounts of nutrients like protein (lean meats, low-fat milk, legumes),  and complex carbohydrates (green vegetables, fresh fruits, whole grains in bread and cereals).  Proper choices should result in foods high in dietary fiber, which are found in many fruits and vegetables, whole grains and legumes.  These foods help build muscle, aid digestion and are generally quickly metabolized.\n\nAt the same time, good nutrition dictates care in the intake of simple carbohydrates (refined and other sugars)and saturated fats (meat, dairy, many oils).  Simple carbs are often called "empty calories", since they have little benefit.  And while some fat is necessary in every diet, saturated fats are among the worst.\n\nA typical teen diet can easily be modified to accomodate good nutrition.  Fast food is not always the enemy; you just have to be aware of the alternatives to the typical burger-fries-coke that is the antithesis of good nutrition.  Incorporate more fresh fruit and vegetables as snacks.  Sandwiches made with whole wheat bread without cheese and mayonnaise but with lots of veggies is a suprisingly healthy choice.  Diet soda (especially sweetened with Splenda) are just as tasty, but with little or no calories. Nonfat milk is best, but 1% tastes just as good as 2%, but with half the fat.   Lean chicken or fish entrees, paired with wild rice or baked potato (it's what you put on it that's dangerous!) and green beans or broccoli is as healthy and nutritious a dinner as you will ever eat--and it's delicious!\n\nIt only takes a little bit of thinking to make the kinds of changes in your eating habits that will not only help you become a nutritious eater, but a healthier and more energetic one to boot.
843179
Go on a healthy vegetarian and fruit diet. Moderate exercise like light jogging, cycling, wlking an hour per day.
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The answer is high calorie, good nutrition. Snack. Eat  Three meals a day, and 3 snacks. Take the oportunity to eat enough protein and  calcium, work on B vitamin intake. Choose higher calorie items. So, a banana instead of cantaloupe, 2% milk, not lowfat, yogurt with fruit, not plain. Pick an egg, meat a couple times a week instead of cereal. Add some jelly on whole wheat toast. Fruit smooties are great, same rules, add calories. Use an ensure like product for the base of the smoothie.\nLunch Cottage cheese with a heavy syrup canned fruit, a sandwich, put turkey on whole wheat, add a little mayo. Choose some healthy cookies, raisin oatmeal, peanut butter perhaps. A glass of milk with every meal. Try a main dish item for lunch instead of a sandwich[think blue plate special like you'd get in a diner. Same meal as supper, just smaller portions] lasagna and garlic bread, a breast of chicken with a potato and salad,  meat loaf with mashed potatoes.chicken and dumplings. \nSupper; choose a dressed potato instead of plain, like cheese potatoes, or mashed. Add sour cream, cheese, bacon to a baked potato. Add calories to a veggie like cheese sauce, hollandaise, make baked beans, green bean casserole. Add calories to meat: choose something with breading or a sauce, choose shepard's pie, or a casserole with rice or noodles. Choose a higher calorie meat, like a pork chop, instead of chicken. Put barbecue sauce on a pork steak.\nThings not to do: skip the empty calorie salad with the diet dressing. It fills you up, not out. If you miss salad, add egg, cheese, nuts, seeds, higher calorie dressing. Just watch the fat content with that dressing. Don't skip breakfast, eat something!\nSnacks. Choose a handful of nuts, healthy cookies, celery stuffed with peanut butter or the cheese in a jar [ Kraft makes a jar cheese that is flavored. It's by the velveeta and cheese whiz at the store]. A slice of angel food cake with lemon curd sauce, cocoa, make a small sandwich.Make a fruit salad. Drink a can of ensure, if you can't stand the taste, put some chocolate syrup in. Make a milkshake. Any thing with cream cheese in it or on it.\nFind a cheese you like and pair it with a fruit and crackers.\nFind creative ways to use peanut butter. On graham crackers, on an apple, on a Ritz. Ice cream, sherbet. sorbet. Popcorn with parmesan. I love kiddy cereal right out of the box, no milk on it . I choose a healthier one, not a sugary one.\nAnd eat a snack near bedtime. Milk is a good choice, it makes you sleepy\nHope this helps.Good luck. One trick, when you buy foods from a can or a box, , check the recipe on the box or can, most of the time it has you add stuff that is almost always high cal. Or go to the website.\nOne more trick, but not to excess: alcohol is very high cal. Add a glass of wine, a glass of beer, or some fruit laden tropical drink once in awhile.And make sure you are over the driking age, or your parents will kill me.
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fish, with salad, grilled chicken, whole wheat bread, veggies and fruits like you said, eggs, milk, dairy, just make sure to get a good variety!! good 4 U eating healthier!! :)
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i need a diet plan also pls. (for a 12 year old male, 4' 6", 85 pounds)