The Hot Latin Diet: Everything you Need to Know About This Life-Changing Weight Loss Plan

Weight loss plans always involve a particular diet, mostly depending on one's caloric needs per day. But here's one that does not only promise to lose the pounds but also keep it off.

Created by FOX News senior health correspondent and OB-GYN, Dr. Manny Alvarez, "The Hot Latin Diet" is a diet plan and lifestyle change that features several Mexican foods that guarantee a healthier body.

According to Eat Right Pro, the "Hot Latin Diet" makes use of seven Latin "power foods" such as tomatillos, garbanzo beans, avocado, garlic, cinnamon, chiles, and cilantro. These, combined with whole grains, organic foods, and fresh herbs, and proper exercise, promise to help you lose weight. This diet also requires eating every three to four hours, and no food intake after 8 p.m.

The "Hot Latin Diet" is composed of three phases, the last of which is solely for keeping the pounds off. The first phase involves consuming about 1,500 to 1,800 calories from five meals in a day, promising a weight loss of four to six pounds in just two weeks.

Phase two, on the other hand, features more lean meat and garbanzo beans for protein to make up 1,800 to 2,000 calories per day. This also enables the body to lose 12 to 18 pounds.

To keep the weight loss off, track three requires increasing physical activity up to 90 minutes, three times a week, and consuming 1,800 to 2,500 calories in a day. The meal should also have equal rations of protein, fats, and carbohydrates.

"If you think Latino food is heavy … if you think Latino food is going to make you fat, think again. Latino food is incredibly diverse and full of healthy foods...especially power foods," Alvarez, who documented the diet and featured recipes in his book, "The Hot Latin Diet: The Fast-Track Plan to a Bombshell Body", explained to FOX News.

But what exactly do these "power foods" contribute to one's health? Here is a quick breakdown of some of the foods present in the "Hot Latin Diet":

1. Tomatillos - It's a great source of folic acid, potassium, and vitamins C and A for great skin.

2. Garbanzo beans - This protein source is high in fiber and low in natural sugar, giving you a two-punch combo of fiber and protein in just one food.

3. Avocado - "Avocados are very high in omega 3 fatty acids, the good kind of fat, in the form of alpha-linolenic acid," San Diego-based nutritionist Laura Flores told Livescience. As much as three-fourths of the calories in avocados are omega-3 fatty acids that help decrease cholesterol and enhances the heart. Like garbanzos, it's high in protein and low in sugar.

4. Chiles - What's a hot diet without the heat? CBS News reports that according to a study published in 2015, the capsaicin in chili helps stimulate energy-burning and turns white fat (the fat that stores energy) into brown fat (thermogenic mechanism that burns stored fat).

5. Cinnamon - According to Medical News Today, cinnamon has been linked to the reduction of serum glucose, triglyceride, LDL cholesterol, and total cholesterol in type 2 diabetes patients.