
The Hamptons Diet
Nutritionist Dana Angelo White on
Hamptons Diet
Dana Angelo White, MS, RD, ATC/L is a registered dietitian and certified athletic trainer who earned her master's degree in nutrition education from Teachers College- Columbia University and undergraduate degree from Quinnipiac University in Sports Medicine and Athletic Training.
Dana has consulted for several food companies and public relations firms. She spent the last several years working as a nutrition and health educator for various fitness organizations and private schools in Connecticut and Manhattan. Dana specialized in weight management, dietary modification, menu planning, sports nutrition and culinary nutrition.
Dana contributed to the publication of a regional food guide for the New England and Mid-Atlantic regions designed to help make the public more aware about the importance of local agriculture and sustainable food systems.
In addition to her work in nutrition and education, Dana is also a Certified Athletic Trainer, providing emergency medicine and rehabilitation services to high school, college and professional athletes. She is a certified CPR and First Aid instructor through the American Red Cross.
Bread, Pasta & Sweets (carbs)
limited
Fruits & Vegetables
sometimes
Fast Weight Loss
nutritionist
kind of agrees
Feeling Healthier
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kind of agrees
Simple Rules
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kind of agrees
Frequent Meals
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kind of agrees
Great Tasting Food
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kind of agrees
Easy To Eat Out
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kind of agrees
Affordable
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strongly disagrees
A Nutritionist Weighs in...
Overall, this plan verges on outlandish. Is it true that you can get olive oil's benefits only by consuming estate-bottled olive oil? Skimpy scientific evidence vouches for the beneficial and superior nutritional claims of the diet's magic elixir, macadamia nut oil. This diet does use some sound nutritional principles, but it can be very costly. A healthy eating regimen should include healthy fats and whole foods. This diet does offer recipes and pointers to help you do so.
If you can afford a house in the Hamptons, you can probably afford to follow this diet
If you can pay approximately $30 apiece for the numerous bottles of Australian macadamia nut oil you'll need each month, perhaps you can afford to follow this diet. The suggested alternative, estate-bottled olive oil, is just as expensive as the nut oil. And it would be difficult to follow the diet without these ingredients. Most of the recipes for salad dressings, marinades, and cooking liquids require them.
The A, B, or C list selections make this diet flexible and accessible. At the same time, all the recommended menus are too restrictive in terms of carbohydrates and some meals are too rich in saturated fat. The special food pyramids are helpful. You may find that the book and website provide good resources to help you stick with the plan.
If you enjoy cooking, you may relish the great variety of recipes that you can find on the Web site and in the book. You may also find recipes that you cannot imagine cooking since they incorporate expensive and even exotic ingredients (lobster, black truffles, and caviar, for instance). The daily menus are really not practical, unless you cook full-time or have your own personal chef.
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Diet Cons |
- Emphasis on whole foods - lots of fruits and vegetables
- Could be fun if you enjoy cooking
- Focus on healthy fats
- Can modify for various preferences and eating out
- Decent amount of variety in food choices
- Tasty recipes
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- Too pretentious - too much focus on being thin, gorgeous, and rich
- Expensive and time consuming
- Meal prep is labor intensive
- Too much macadamia nut oil
- Some meals have too much saturated fat and are high in calories
- Some foods may be hard to find at your local market
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