Pocket Diet Review

What You Should Know

The Pocket Diet is a diet built on the premise of portion control. It does make very few restrictions on what food you should eat — eating healthier options is still the best way. Itís called the ìPocketî diet because it uses pockets to control portions, literally. The use of pita bread to control food portions is the basic mechanism of this diet. The diet and recipes are detailed in a book of the same name. The diet encourages small meals more often than the usual 3 square meals a day.

List of Ingredients

There are no banned items with Pocket Diet, youíre free to eat what you want. Eating more vegetables and fruits, more lean meat, and less fatty foods is still recommended. High fiber, low fat foods are still the norm for this diet. The only item of note in the Pocket Diet is the use of pita pockets to control portions. Each pita will contain only 2 or 3 ounces, so itís the right size for a small meal.

Product Features

The Pocket Diet book goes for around or less than USD 10.00 online. The diet makes no restrictions out of the norm; it still suggests eating healthier foods like fruits, veggies and lean meat over the usual options. The only thing that stands out as ìdifferentî about this diet is that it uses pita bread to restrict portion sizes. This could get really old, really fast for some dieters. Exercise is also part of the program, to accelerate weight and fat loss.

Pro’s

• Portion control concept is central to the diet.
• The book is more affordable than many other diet books.
• Recipes and diet plans were made by registered dieticians.

Con’s

• Pita bread can get boring very quickly.
• It is more difficult for those who do not like pita bread in the first place.
• Willpower is essential for this to work, especially more so with the inclusion of one item in all meals.
• No guarantee people will fill their pita pockets with healthy food, consciously or not.

Conclusion

First off, the Pocket Diet concept of the Pocket Diet sounds like a novelty gimmick to some, something to make the diet look more appealing, fresher, and different. Worse, some might even look at it as some sort of conspiracy to increase pita sales. The food recommendations in the diet itself do not stand out. Agreed, portion control is a good goal, and this method is simple, but the same could be achieved with willpower; the very same willpower you will need to stick with this diet. Even the most hardcore pita fanatics, excluding those to whom pita is a staple, will tire of pita sooner or later. People who are not fond of pita or do not like it altogether will have an even harder time of keeping themselves on the diet. Overall, Pocket Diet does not particularly stand out among the many diets centering on portion control and the pita-centric methodology looks like a lame gimmick.