The Volumetrics Diet was created because of our desire to eat - a lot.For most, we equate diet with deprivation and tiny amounts of foodspread out over the course of the day.  With the Volumetrics Diet,created by nutritionist Barbara Rolls, PhD, you can eat largequantities of the right foods, so that you don’t scarf your dinnerbefore the rest of your dining guests have finished swallowing theirfirst bite. The ins and outs of her diet are outlined in the book “Volumetrics Eating Plan."Rolls’ premise of her diet rests on the notion that we do love to eatand when we are deprived of certain foods for too long, we’lleventually go back to our maladaptive ways. Her plan is built aroundthe concept of satiety or feeling full: If we feel full by eating therights kinds of foods, we won’t feel so deprived and lose weight. The Volumetrics Diet has two categories of food: The good and thenot-so-good. No food is off limits, but each food comes with its ownconsequences. The dieter will judge each food by its energy or by howmany calories per serving. Fats and dense carbohydrates pack a seriouscaloric punch per serving whereas eating the same number of calories ina broth-based soup that is full of low-carb vegetables might take someeffort. By eating foods that have a lower caloric density, your platewill look a lot fuller, you’ll be able to eat a lot and best of all,you’ll consume fewer calories which should eventually equal to a looserpair of jeans.   The Volumetrics Diet relies on fruits and certain low-glycemic veggiesas its backbone since these foods have a high water content, full ofnutrients and fiber. Small portions of lean protein and fats are alsoincluded in the plan. Rolls doesn’t require that you count calories,but her book does include many recipes and sample meal plans that haveabout 1,600 calories per day.Exercise is also a primary component of the Volumetrics Plan. Theauthor encourages you to engage in moderate exercise for 30 – 60minutes of most days of the week to ensure that you are expendingenergy and increasing your metabolism.The Plan gets the thumbs up from some nutrition experts. It reliance onfruits, vegetables, and exercise is welcomed with open arms fromdieticians and health experts. This kind of eating style containswiggle room for the occasional indulgence as long as it’s measuredagainst what you eat throughout the rest of the day. Critics of the Volumetrics Plan point out that eating water-based foodswill only temporarily give you a sense of fullness. Others argue thatmany people eat out of emotions and not just because they are hungry.The Volumetrics Plan may therefore not be beneficial to someone whocontinues to eat even though they are no longer hungry.  The diet doesn’t try to pull any tricks over or make any promises that you’ll lose 10 pounds in five days.