Damla Sengul

Damla Sengul

Food Researcher, 12 Years experience

Damla Sengul is a Food Editor and recipe developer at Diets Meal Plan with 12+ years of experience in digital food publishing. Every recipe she publishes has been personally tested and filmed in her home kitchen in Wayne, New Jersey, using locally sourced ingredients. She specialises in recreating healthy versions of popular dishes by substituting high-calorie ingredients with nutritious alternatives, each recipe undergoes multiple rounds of testing until the taste matches or improves on the original
Her work includes researching global cuisines and techniques, analyzing recipes from established chefs, and adapting them into practical, approachable formats. She ensures accuracy in ingredients, measurements, and cooking methods so readers can consistently achieve results.

In addition to her editorial work, Damla is an avid baker who enjoys creating celebration cakes and experimenting with new dessert recipes in her spare time.

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3500 Calorie Meal Plan

Printable 3500 Calorie Meal Plan (PDF)

A 3,500-calorie meal plan is a diet containing 3,500 calories each day. It is also known as a weight gain diet or hyper-caloric diet. This type of diet is used to gain weight and build muscle.

10 Day Green Smoothie Cleanse

10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse for Detox and Waste Removal

JJ Smith’s 10-day green smoothie cleanse went viral, and it does produce fast scale drops. Here’s what’s actually happening. You’re replacing every meal with a blended fruit-and-greens smoothie for ten days. That drops your calorie intake to roughly 1,000 to…

Keto Cheat Day

7 Keto Cheat Day Tips

Some people find it difficult to resist the temptation to indulge in a cheat day when following a Keto Diet.

What to Eat Before Workout on Keto Diet

What to Eat Before Workout on Keto Diet?

Keto isn’t a magic performance edge for every kind of training. The FASTER study (Volek et al., 2016) showed fat-adapted ultra-endurance runners burned fat at more than twice the rate of high-carb-adapted peers, and could sustain that at high intensities.(1)…

Best blenders to make protein shakes

5 of the Best Blenders to Make Protein Shakes

Short answer: For daily protein shakes with whey powder, milk, frozen fruit, and ice, look for a countertop blender with at least 900 watts, stainless-steel blades, and a BPA-free jar or personal cup. Anything under 300 watts will struggle with…

Zone Diet Food List

Zone Diet Food List (94 Zone Diet Foods in PDF)

The Zone Diet has been around since Barry Sears published Enter the Zone in 1995. The core idea: build every meal from 40 percent carbohydrate, 30 percent protein, and 30 percent fat, using low-glycemic carbs, lean proteins, and monounsaturated fats….

Vegan Fast Foods

10 of the Best Vegan Fast Foods

People have been shifting to plant-based diets in recent years in order to eat more sustainably, combat animal-product-induced fatigue, or just live a better life overall.

Vegetarian Snacks

12 Super Fun Vegetarian Snacks

Everyone needs quick, delicious vegetarian snacks occasionally, but if you’re a vegetarian, it can be challenging to find one when you’re on the go.

Blood Type Diet

Blood Type Diet: What the Science Really Says

Dr. James D’Adamo, a naturopathic doctor, developed the Blood Type Diet in the 1980s, and his son, Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo, a fellow naturopathic doctor, popularized it.

Stage 1 Baby Food List

Stage 1 Baby Foods List

Short answer: “Stage 1” baby foods are the first solid foods introduced after breast milk or formula, typically around 6 months of age (never before 4 months, and only when your baby shows developmental readiness).