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    Fad Diets

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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 Mediterranean Diet

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    The Mediterranean Diet John Q. Student College University Abstract This paper explores the research available on the history‚ nutritional guidelines‚ and health benefits of the Mediterranean diet (Mediet). A ranking in U.S. News (2014) has the Mediet as one of the top three best diets on a scale of short- and long-term weight loss‚ ease of following‚ nutrition‚ safety and performance as diabetes and heart diet. This paper examines these claims against the research available to

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    Adventure is an important part of childrens psyche. Children often dream of strange fortunes‚ great feats‚ exciting events‚ long trips‚ and everything they can be drawn to from the monotony of everyday life. Heroes of adventure stories are mostly sailors‚ pirates‚ cowboys and Indians‚ convicts‚ researchers‚ adventurers and solitaires of all types. The concept of adventure story is quite simple: brave‚ strong and resourceful hero must make a difficult task‚ and overcome a lot of danger‚ but in

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    Mediterranean Diet

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    March 06‚ 2013 The Mediterranean Diet Unlike most diets‚ the mediterranean diet isn’t meant to make one promote massive weight loss. The mediterranean diet was created because studies for about 50 years have shown that it helps accomplish good health. Along with fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts‚ whole grains‚ eggs‚ and small amounts of fish and poultry‚ the mediterranean diet also consists of plenty of physical activity. The mediterranean diet has show to reduce LDL which is low density

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    Exercise

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    II. BENEFITS OF EXERCISE About 100 B.C.‚ Cicero observed that “exercise and temperance can preserve something of our strength in old age.” Aristotle stressed the need for exercise to maintain “a healthy mind in a healthy body.” In the Misneh Torah‚ the twelfth century Jewish scholar and physician‚ Rabbi Moses Maimonides‚ strongly recommended daily exercise and warned that “anyone who sits around idle and takes no exercise will be subject to physical discomforts and failing strength.” Early in

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    Fostering Literacy Development in Young Children (783 words) In the modern society‚ words are everywhere. They are on signs‚ labels‚ in books‚ on computer screens‚ TVs‚ advertisements‚ and many other materials that exist within the immediate environment. It is because of this that young children are aware of words and letters even if they cannot yet comprehend the respective meanings. Young children can often recognize such environmental print as a stop sign‚ or certain labels‚ or product brand

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    An Impractical Diet In the article “Diet for a Warm Planet” Julia Whitty proposes a radical concept of the U.S. Cutting its carbon footprint as a whole. She uses first-hand knowledge provided by James Hansen from NASA to back up her supporting evidence and statistics. Whitty’s conceptualizes about putting the US on a diet; in the article‚ for the most part it is well written. She also states that we need to reduce our CO2 emissions from 385 ppm to 350 ppm. Whitty starts out with the perils

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    DIET ANALYSIS

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    ATKINS DIET ANALYSIS Phuong Nguyen NUTR 1322 Friday 6pm What is Atkins Diet? The Atkins Diet is also known as the Atkins Nutritional Approach. It was made by Dr. Atkins‚ an American cardiologist. Atkins Diet was developed by reducing one’s carbohydrate intake. The body is an engine; carbs are the gas that makes it go. Low carb –Atkins is a modern and science diet based on energy metabolism. The principle of this mode is to cut the total amount of carbohydrates in the body because carbohydrates

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    Disscussion on research associated with the development of secure and insecure attachments in children THE INTRODUCTION During the past fifty years much research has been carried out on the secure and insecure attachments for children. Many reaserchers have been particularly interested in the relationship between secure and insecure attachments in the child`s development ‚ and what bearings it has on the child`s emotional ‚ social and psychophysical well being ( Erikson‚ 1963; Bowlby

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    thousands of diets today‚ some prove to be more beneficial to others‚ and then there are some diets that stand out because of such a high success rate. Two diets that I believe are extremely beneficial for improving ones health‚ and has been proved successful time and time again are: the DASH diet‚ and the Flexitarian diet. By changing the way you eat‚ both diets have extraordinary benefits for your health‚ and prevent diseases such as cancer‚ heart disease‚ and high cholesterol. The DASH diet is a diet

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