FAD DIETS THROUGH HISTORY By Helena Childress‚ B5 Fads have always been popular through history. Especially in the Victorian Era people always wanted to have perfect bodies and beautiful figures. But these diets were usually not very healthy or good for those who used them. Some are even life threatening or deadly to their participants. Others were downright strange or didn’t sound like diets at all. One such program is the Cookie Diet. While it may sound like the opposite of healthy‚ it’s creator
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workout regiment‚ it also requires a strict diet. The controversy between which diet to use‚ has been alive since the beginning of CrossFit’s time and remains an issue today. Which is the better diet‚ Paleo or The Zone? While both have similarities they also have many differences. They also both have advantages and disadvantages in their programs. This is a controversy that will probably never end‚ and leaves people having to answer the question‚ which diet will you choose? Before making any decision
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Step-by-Step Mono Diet Give yourself a detox with this simple plan for a day of cleansing and relaxation. A mono-diet involves eating only one type of food all day: either raw fruit or vegetables. During the day‚ the traditional three meals a day are replaced by a series of mini meals‚ eaten every two hours or so. Eating lots of small meals will help to curb any hunger pangs and you must remember to drink between two and three liters of water during the day. Preparing for your Mono Diet Choose a day
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In Michael Pollan’s essay “Escape from the Western Diet‚” he informs Americans about the western diet and believes they need to escape from it. The reason Americans should escape the western diet is to avoid the harmful effects associated with it such as “western diseases” (Pollan‚ 434). To support his view on the issue‚ Pollan describes factors of the western diet that dictate what Americans believe they should eat. These factors include scientists with their theories of nutritionism‚ the food industry
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Pros and Cons of a Vegetarian Diet . A no carbohydrate diet can affect calcium levels and cause vitamin deficiencies. Everything put in our bodies has an effect on us. Eating unhealthy foods all the time causes obesity and raises blood pressure. A vegetarian lifestyle can eventually lead to malnutrition and health problems. As people become more aware of their health choices in life‚ they are trying different diets and lifestyles to help them stay healthy. Making healthier choices leads to a
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Introducing DASH The Isosceles Triangle Diet. The Bacon Grease and Beer Diet. We haven’t heard of ei- ther of these diets‚ but it wouldn’t surprise us to learn they existed! No doubt about it‚ our society has an insatiable appetite for wonder diets that will cure all our ills—and the wackier the premise‚ the better. There’s no reason to think people with high blood pressure are any different‚ especially when you consider this med- ical condition is so serious that it is a leading cause of
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How the proponents of the paleo diet have always won the debate over the critics because the critics’ facts are not solid‚ are not scientific and are baseless: If you’re unacquainted with this popular eating plan‚ the paleo diet (also known as the "Caveman Diet") prescribes a pattern of eating that mirrors the way your forefathers ate back in the day. "Although in theory‚ this may seem like a sensible eating plan‚ particularly‚ when removing salt and sugar‚ it has removed several recommended foods
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Are Diet Pills The Answer To Losing Weight? There are a wide variety of diet pills on the market. It’s the knowledge based on the awareness that matters because some can lead to death or long term health problems. With today’s society both men and women are so influenced to be at a perfect weight and if you’re not than you are considered to be overweight. So many people are worried about how they look and if they are skinny enough to blend into society. When women or men think
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popularizing the Paleo Diet (a name which he has trademarked)‚ the paleo diet is based upon the idea of mimicking‚ as closely as possible‚ the diets of our “pre-agricultural‚ hunter-gatherer ancestors‚” specifically as they supposedly existed during the titular Paleolithic period. Cordain‚ a professor at Colorado State University‚ claims that adhering to this diet will “help to optimize your health‚ minimize your risk of chronic disease‚ and lose weight.” The Ideological underpinnings of the diet are based on
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Why Teens Shouldn’t Diet Dieting can be defined as restricting calories or food groups (Deal with Diets: kidshealth.org). With the number of obese people growing‚ it’s no wonder that people are starting to diet‚ and "in 1988‚ Americans spent 32 billion dollars on diets and diet products (Baird: Women’s Health Fact Sheet)." A problem arises when teens start restricting their food‚ because dieting can be very harmful to a teenager’s still-developing body. It can also be harmful to the teen’s psychological
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