Health foods come first for me. I eat a good breakfast, skip lunch, munch on fruit and nuts all day, and work out like a maniac. If I dont work out, I try skipping both lunch and dinner. I dont eat anything fried or from outside, confesses Sheikh. On college trips I take along a lot of soya munchies to snack on and avoid the junk.

According to Neha Gehi, whos studying diet ethics, the concept of a diet is a myth in itself. Nutritionists often provide weight-loss diets, but they still recommend healthy eating. However, the popular Atkins diet, a high-protein, high-fat diet, is blindly followed here, says Gehi.

I think a hearty breakfast and organic food is the best diet for teens. Junk food and starving shouldnt be on the list of to-do things. I also recommend minusing processed foods.

It's hard to stick to a diet around bar food

Sitting at the bar with your friends having a cocktail or two and watching sports can make for a fun evening.The problem is that just a few drinks can add up to 500 or 600 calories, and if you order food as well, you can reach the 1,500- to 2,000-calorie range in no time.The following should help you to make better bar choices, or, at the very least, make you more aware of what you're eating.Onion rings vs. french fries vs. cheese friesThey're all high in calories, but the onion rings and french fries are pretty close at approximately 500 calories for 6 ounces.

UK ad regulators go crazy for carbs, classify cheese as junk food

Jimmy Moore is up in arms this week on his podcast, and rightfully so, decrying the ridiculous decision in the UK that the Atkins Nutritional Approach could not be described as "healthy". A print advertisement for the Atkins diet was forcibly removed by a consumer watchdog group. Their "reason"ing? There is not enough evidence that the low-carb diet is a "healthier lifestyle."

In more craziness from across the pond, cheese was classified as "junk food" under new advertising rules for children's television. The Daily Mail reports that the ban will come into effect this month, with all commercials promoting cheese prohibited during children's TV shows and other shows with a large proportion of young viewers. The fate of the cheese-loving claymation characters, Wallace and Gromit, remains to be seen...