Dash diets can work for weight loss as long as you follow the plan with a "calorie deficit." A dash diet is mostly used for strengthening your cardiovascular system and lowering blood pressure.
There are several great resources about DASH diets. The website dashdiet.org has great information as well as recipes. Dash diet reduces blood pressure.
DASH diet recipes consist mainly of fruits and vegetables. They also include seafood like shrimp. Desserts are even allowed but they are mainly fruit based.
You can find a ton of sample recipes from the dash diet on dashdiet.org/dash_diet_recipes.asp. But if you want to find something that tastes good, you'd be better off on McDonald's website.
The best diet recipes are not the big companies, they are the small buisnesses. They are harder to find but they are really effective. big companies do alow a more flexible plan though.
If you have high blood pressure, your doctor may have recommended that you follow the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet. Though low in sodium, recipes on the DASH diet do not have to be bland or tasteless. Boost the taste of DASH recipes by adding sodium-free spices to your meals. Brighten a soup or chicken dish by adding a squirt of lemon juice or a splash of red or white wine vinegar. Fresh or dried herbs such as thyme, rosemary and oregano also improve flavor. Enhance the flavor of meat without adding salt by preparing it with sauted garlic or onions. Rub spices such as cumin and black pepper on the meat to boost flavors.
Many websites have free atkins diet recipes for people who are participating in the diet program. The website with the most recipes would be Atkins.com.
Yes, cornstarch is an effective thickener for recipes.
Many of the recipes for the "Zone" diet are also appropriate for the HcG diet. I was also able to find a website that lists many HcG diet recipes. It is http://hcgdietinfo.com/HCG-Diet-Recipes.htm.
There are many delicious recipes you can use when you are on the hcg diet. Some of these recipes can be found at www.allhcgdietrecipes.com or www.simplyhcg.com/blogs/recipes-soups-salads-sauces
To find tasty recipes for the Zone Diet you would go to the Zone Diets main website. There they would have many recipes that are rated by other people who are on the diet and that have tried the recipes.
Yes, corn starch is an effective thickener for recipes.
You can find these recipes in all the diet cookbooks. You may also find other yummy recipes online at different web sites some of these web sites might have comments from other people who tried these recipes.