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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Alkaline Diet Plan

How to Make an Alkaline Diet Plan

Honest lead: The alkaline diet is built on a claim that will not survive a chemistry class. Your body tightly controls blood pH between 7.35 and 7.45 no matter what you eat, and food cannot meaningfully change it.

1000-Calorie Bariatric Meal Plan: Pre-Op 7-Day Guide (Printable)

A 1000-calorie bariatric meal plan is a short pre-operative protocol used in the 2 to 6 weeks before weight-loss surgery. Its job is to shrink the liver, drop visceral fat, and lower surgical risk, not to replace a maintenance diet…

Simple Vegan Dinner Recipes for Beginners

8 Simple Vegan Dinner Recipes for Beginners

These eight simple vegan dinner recipes for beginners were chosen because each uses one main cooking method, needs 30 to 45 minutes, and forgives small mistakes.

Easy Paleo Meals On A Budget

Easy Paleo Meals on a Budget: 7-Day Plan for $40

Honest headline: The paleo diet is one of the more expensive eating patterns because it centers on meat, seafood, eggs, nuts, and produce while excluding the cheapest calories in the American grocery store (rice, beans, oats, pasta).

2200 Calorie Meal Plan

7 Day 2200 Calorie Meal Plan

The macro split below targets roughly 30% protein (about 165 g), 40% carbohydrate (about 220 g), and 30% fat (about 73 g), which aligns with the USDA Dietary Guidelines Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges and with obesity-management protein targets published in…

Intermittent Fasting Recipes

7 Balanced Intermittent Fasting Recipes (for the Eating Window)

Do not begin a fasting protocol if you are pregnant or nursing, have a personal or family history of eating disorders, are underweight, take insulin or sulfonylureas for diabetes (hypoglycemia risk requires medical adjustment), are under 18, or are managing…

Type 2 Diabetes Diet Plan

Type 2 Diabetes Diet Plan: Honest 7-Day Guide With Remission Focus

If you take insulin, sulfonylureas (glipizide, glyburide, glimepiride), meglitinides (repaglinide, nateglinide), SGLT2 inhibitors (empagliflozin, dapagliflozin, canagliflozin), GLP-1 receptor agonists (semaglutide, liraglutide, tirzepatide), or DPP-4 inhibitors, changing calories, carbohydrate, or meal timing without a medication review can cause dangerous hypoglycemia or,…

1400 Calorie Meal Plan

1400-Calorie Meal Plan: Honest 7-Day Balanced Guide with Macros (Printable)

The 2020-2025 USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend building daily eating around vegetables, fruit, whole grains, lean protein, and low-fat dairy, with limits on added sugar (under 10 percent of calories) and saturated fat (under 10 percent) (1). The Jensen…

Peach Diet Meal Plan

Peach Diet Plan: What It Is and a 3-Day Sample (PDF)

Any drop on the scale is mostly water and glycogen, not fat. Nutritionists universally warn against single-food shock diets because they miss essential nutrients and set up rebound weight gain.

Vegan Meal Plan 1600 Calories

Vegan Meal Plan 1600 Calories (Printable and PDF)

A 1,600 calorie vegan meal plan is a moderate energy, fully plant based menu that suits many smaller adults, older adults, and anyone aiming for gradual weight loss of about half a kilogram per week.

Keto Recipes with Ricotta Cheese

Keto Recipes with Ricotta Cheese | Family Friendly

Whole-milk ricotta contains only about 4 g of carbohydrate per 100 g while delivering 7 g of protein and 13 g of fat, which makes it low enough for keto and creamy enough to replace mascarpone, cream cheese, or bechamel…

Low Carb Breakfast Recipes

7 Balanced Low Carb Breakfast Recipes (Under 10 g Net Carbs)

Low carb breakfast recipes work best when each serving lands under 10 g of net carbs while delivering 20 g or more of protein for morning satiety. That protein anchor matters most in the first two weeks of a low-carb…