The Atkins Diet is a diet where you eat less carbohydrates and more fats and proteins so; your body goes into Metabolic State and starts to burn fat instead of carbohydrates. 1. Many health problems can occur including blood problems‚ vomiting‚ bad breath‚ constipation‚ kidney problems and heart attacks. The one that I will be focusing on today is the higher risk of heart attacks. According to BHF (The British Heart Foundation)‚ when they competed a study‚ they found out than an additional four
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Yo-Yo Diets vs Complete Life Change Any American with cable has seen an infomercial by some companies advertising the next “fool proof” diet scheme. These diet plans claim that customers will lose so many more pounds in weeks. Americans are obsessed with dieting‚ and today‚ a large part of the population is classified as being obese‚ or extremely over weight. Therefore‚ with the population looking for a quick and easy fix for their weight issues‚ many turn to the fad diets. However‚ most of these
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The Atkins Diet: Is it Safe and Effective? People in today ’s society all want to find the perfect solution to their weight problems. They are looking for a diet which would allow them to eat all the foods they love and still loose weight. Dr. Robert Atkins‚ founder of the Atkins Diet‚ devised a diet that allows people to eat such food as fried eggs‚ bacon‚ steak and other high-fat foods as long as they drastically reduced the amount of carbohydrates they consumed. Is this a safe and effective
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NO FAD DIETS Americans are obsessed with dieting. They willingly try the latest diet appearing in popular magazines‚ discussed on talk shows‚ and displayed on the shelves of a local bookstore. The basic premises to a healthy life seem simple‚ and Americans are even given specific guidelines- outlined in the food pyramid- as to how much of each food group to eat. If this is so‚ why then‚ is obesity one of the leading health risks confronting Americans? It may be because the simple and healthy
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Over the last few months there has been a lot of talk about the best diet. (Check out U.S. News’ evaluation of 20 popular diets‚ for instance -- the DASH diet came out on top.) But what about those diets that didn’t make the cut ... by a longshot? While it’s great to know what we should be doing to make healthy eating choices (especially since 66 percent of adults in the U.S. are overweight or obese)‚ it’s clear that societal pressures to look a certain way (read: thin) push people to look for quick
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The very popular Atkins diet consists of eating low carbohydrates and focuses on consuming fats and proteins. According to the Mayo Clinic‚ the main goal of this diet created by Robert C. Atkins in 1972‚ was to maintain a balanced amount of carbohydrates and fats and proteins for ideal health and weight loss. When the Atkins diet was first introduced‚ it was believed that consuming too many carbohydrates led to blood sugar imbalances‚ cardiovascular complications‚ and weight gain. The main idea of
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The Paleo Diet The Paleo Diet or Paleolithic Diet is referred to as the Caveman Diet‚ the Stone-age Diet‚ and the Hunter-Gatherer Diet. It is not about tearing chunks of meat off animals. It is about type of foods that are eaten. The Paleo Diet is the healthiest way a person can eat because it is the only nutritional approach that works to help stay lean‚ strong and energetic. Researchers indicate that the modern diet which is full of refined foods‚ trans fats and sugar cause diseases such as cancer
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Fad Diets What is a fad diet? A fad diet is a reducing diet that enjoys temporary popularity. Fad diets are all the rage today. Flip through magazines‚ surf the web or turn the TV on and you will see number of diets promising to help you lose weight in a week or two. However a lot of fad diets aren’t worth trying. They can be very dangerous; trying to lose a lot of weight in short periods of time isn’t the best thing for our bodies and can cause a lot of harm to them. Some major harm that fad
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Fad Diet Fact Sheet The Zone Diet is based on a scientific approach on weight loss by Dr. Barry Sears - a former researcher in biotechnology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He came upon the science of eicosonoid‚ which is ubiquitous hormone-like substance that control many vital physiological functions‚ including those of the cardiovascular system‚ immune system‚ and nervous system. It helps to regulate the proportion of carbohydrates‚ proteins and fats taken into your body. In turn
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2011 Dangerous Fad Diets Fad diets today continue to increase in popularity all America. They are popular due to the fact that they work in the short-term‚ meaning the results of one’s weight loss show immediately in abundant amounts. However‚ the diets do not work long-term because they are hard to follow‚ and once an individual stops the fad diet‚ they will usually gain the weight back. They seem restrictive in calories or exclusive in certain types of foods. Many fad diets can be dangerous
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