Best Diets and Workout Programs of 2022

The end of 2022 is near, so it’s time to share our top 10 care plans for this year, based on popularity among BodySite’s healthcare professionals and practitioners. Only you as a healthcare provider can decide what is “best” for your patients, but this list shows the most popular care plans including diets, workout programs and mindfulness, based on usage by thousands of healthcare providers on BodySite. Our providers have chosen these care plans as their top choices to assign to their patients with great success and outcomes. 

For those who are unfamiliar, BodySite is a patient care guidance and monitoring solution for healthcare professionals that helps providers guide patients to their health and wellness goals beyond the four walls of the clinic. Our detailed library of care protocols can be used as-is or customized to fit a specific patient’s needs. They cover a wide variety of medical issues that keep the patient engaged in their health all while saving the provider time. Plans and protocols can be as long or as short as the provider sees fit and can include diet, exercise, and medication information all of which the provider can monitor in real-time.

Here are BodySite’s top 10 care plans of 2022 based on popularity among BodySite healthcare professionals and practitioners…

1. Paleo Diet

The Paleo Diet is based on eating modern-day foods that mimic foods of the pre-Agricultural Revolution (about 333 generations ago). It has also been called the caveman diet because it has the characteristics of hunter-gatherer diets which are unprocessed “real” foods such as meat, seafood, eggs, vegetables, fruits, and nuts. There is little starch and NO sugar on this plan.

Our providers have had great success with BodySite’s Paleo Diet. Diego F. Rutenberg, LAc, IFMc, stated: 

“Many times the first steps to a successful functional intervention is to initiate the journey by creating an optimal lifestyle and nutritional reset. I find the ancestral paleo nutrition meal plan ideal to guide patients on eliminating possible general triggers, reducing inflammation, boosting optimal gut function, and detoxification. It’s simple, effective and easy to follow. That is why in my practice it’s one of my top choices when it comes to nutritional advice.”

2. Clean 28

The Clean 28 Healthy Weight Loss Program outlines a practical, healthy and safe way to lose weight. It is all about eating healthy foods: lean meats, lots of fruits and vegetables, low carbs, and healthy fats. Carbs never go over 20% per day. This program is also a great foundational program to teach patients how to eat healthily so we have a version of this program called Clean28 Healthy Life in case you don’t want it to be specifically labeled as “weight loss.”

Dr Eric Kusher, DC, Owner of Compass Fat Loss, is just one of our providers that have experienced success through using our Clean 28 Program. He stated:

“In our practice, we have found the plan templates within BodySite to be invaluable in offering patients personalized solutions. Although our dietary guidelines are very patient-specific, BodySite has provided multiple pre-made plans available to us which are fully editable…this allows us to tailor the template to every patient’s specific requirements. While the Clean28 plan, for example, utilizes many of the parameters we offer within our program, we can also fully edit and save it to create a fully unique and personalized plan to fit within our model. Like many other of the advantages BodySite provides, these collective abilities are truly game-changers for our clinical care!”

3. At Home Fitness

The At Home Fitness Plan is for people who do not have a gym membership; working out at home can be just as effective. This 8-week plan requires only some dumbbells, a mat, and your patients’ body weight. Recommended application is a healthy client or patient who is conditioned but wants to lose body fat and get in better shape. However, this workout is not for people with physical restrictions such as knee or back injuries or other medical restrictions.

4. Basic Walking Plan 

The Basic Walking Plan is a six-week program for beginner walkers who are looking to improve their overall health and increase their energy. Walking is a great and simple way to get in aerobic activity, increase endurance, and improve heart health all while burning calories. Exercise doesn’t always need to be complicated or vigorous; regularly taking walks can do the trick. The goal of this plan is to introduce patients to a daily lifestyle of fitness and health that will help them get stronger and healthier in just six weeks. By the end of the plan, they’ll be walking more than 30 minutes a day.

Jeb Cleveland, PA-C, Owner Huff Wellness in Clinton, North Carolina has found that the Basic Walking Plan has been very successful for his patients. He stated: 

“At Huff Wellness, we create an account at Bodysite for all of our Weight Loss Patients. We typically start with the Basic Walking Plan and the Clean 28 Healthy Weight Loss Program because when it comes to weight loss and starting the path to a healthier lifestyle, it doesn’t need to be complicated. Most people just need to get moving and the Basic Walking Plan is a simple, easy to follow plan that allows our patients to add that piece of the weight loss puzzle to their daily regimen. So far in 2022, our patients have lost a combined 2,500 pounds and counting!” 

5. 21 Days of Mindfulness

The 21 Days of Mindfulness Plan is a jump start into the power of living in the moment and letting go of the restraints of past and future.  This plan is the perfect accompaniment to any lifestyle program, diet, exercise plan or as a standalone course.

Mindfulness is the art of being present, being in the here and now. Why that is so important is because if your patients are not in the present moment, they are probably caught up inside of their minds worrying about the future and regretting the past. They also may be planning or having life review, which are necessary to either move forward, or to look at what worked and what didn’t work in the past free of judgment.

6. Anti-Inflammatory Paleo Protocol 

The Anti-Inflammatory Paleo Protocol (AIP) is used to treat inflammatory disease and reduce inflammation in the intestines which can lead to autoimmune disease. BodySite has two versions of this protocol: anti-inflammatory and autoimmune. The anti-inflammatory protocol focuses on those who struggle with inflammation, while the autoimmune protocol goes further into autoimmune disease. These plans both completely remove all foods and allergens that cause inflammation in the gut such as grains, legumes, nightshades, and sweeteners. Similar to the “Whole30” and other healthy gut programs, patients will feel re-energized and healthier after following this diet!

Many of BodySite’s providers find success in using the AIP Protocols for their patients. Missy Beavers, M.S. in nutrition states: 

“BodySite’s autoimmune paleo diet template is a great starting point for people who are new to the diet. It provides recipes, menus, tips and tools to help my clients follow the diet. I used the recipes provided and added my own education and videos to help explain the steps of my protocol, then added my own daily education to walk clients through 12 weeks of healing. The app is so versatile that is has replaced several of the other platforms I was using. It is my one-stop-shop! Following an autoimmune paleo diet is an essential part of healing the gut and shutting off inflammation and immune flares.The BodySite software and app make it easy for clients to adhere to this diet that is often seen as restrictive and hard to follow.” 

7. Weight Loss Roadmap

The Weight Loss Roadmap is a 12-week weight loss program with 5 Phases: Education, Elimination, Reintroduction, Transition, and Healthy for Life. This is the last diet your patients will ever need. This roadmap is your patients’ complete guide to losing weight and keeping it off, for life. During the first phase, they eliminate inflammatory foods in order to shred the weight and then they learn how to eat those foods in moderation. This program emphasizes dark leafy vegetables, low sugar fruits, lean meats, and no sugar.

8. Mediterranean / Gluten Free Mediterranean / Mediterranean Diet for Diabetes

If your patients are looking for a heart-healthy eating plan, the Mediterranean diet might be right for them. The Mediterranean Diet incorporates the basics of healthy eating — plus a splash of flavorful olive oil and perhaps even a glass of red wine — among other components characterizing the traditional cooking style of countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea.

BodySite has a couple of versions of the Mediterranean diet. We also have the Gluten Free Mediterranean Diet and the Mediterranean Diet for Diabetes. All three variants primarily involve the same habits, but each one puts a focus on different types of issues that your patients may be struggling with. The Mediterranean Diet for Diabetes completely eliminates red meat and focuses on practices that help with blood sugar management.

9. Plant Based / Vegan Plant Based / Vegetarian

BodySite has a Plant Based Diet, a Vegan Plant Based Diet, and a Vegetarian Diet. A plant-based diet can be defined as a way of eating that focuses on whole, clean, natural foods that have had no chemical processing or genetic modifications involved from the point of creation to delivery to your plate. The diet consists mostly of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, legumes, nuts, seeds and oils. Quite similar to the flexitarian diet in this aspect, the Plant Based Diet differs from the vegetarian and vegan diets in that it actually permits animal food products but in much smaller portions.

The Vegetarian Diet, which permits some animal food products, is an introductory plan that caters to vegetarians and provides guidance for ovo-vegetarians, lacto-vegetarians and ovo-lacto vegetarians. This plan excludes meat, fish, and poultry, but allows dairy products and eggs therefore many meals in this plan may not qualify as “vegan” in philosophy. The Vegan Plant Based Diet is recommended to be used when looking to prescribe a diet without any animal products. All three are available in BodySite’s library of template wellness plans!

10. Ketogenic Diet

The Ketogenic Diet is a high-fat, average-protein, low-carbohydrate diet. The diet forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates. This diet generates the production of ketone bodies which pass into the brain and replace glucose as an energy source. Typically producing weight loss, this plan has also been recommended by doctors before certain surgeries.

Many of our providers have found success in using our Ketogenic Diet. Jordyn Stoneberg, VP of Marketing at Real Ketones, stated: 

“Having a diet plan that users can base their own low carb menus off of is so helpful for us – as we’re a supplement company made to accompany a low carb or keto diet, not a nutrition counseling practice. While we have vast knowledge of ketones from clinically proven studies, experiences, and secondary research, it certainly helps to have a plan we can offer to customers to get them started that’s from an app that was made for medical professionals!”

Why BodySite?

We recognize that some doctors and some patients may need individualized approaches to wellness plans, so that’s why our 60+ remote care programs are all customizable using our content management system, if you choose to modify the program.

Each program will also come with access to a complete remote patient monitoring web portal and app for iPhone and Android. Patients will be able to track their progress, keep a journal, and follow your prescribed program materials everyday with ease, all while making the process of health monitoring much easier for you.

If you’re looking for remote care tools to assist you in adding online/remote patient care to your practice, check out BodySite.com. BodySite offers HIPAA compliant messaging/telemedicine, an automated patient education system, and many other ways to care for your patients remotely. Click HERE to claim your 30-Day Free Trial of the BodySite platform.

DISCLAIMER: This article is not reflective of the personal opinion of BodySite, rather this data is based on usage among BodySite healthcare providers and professionals.