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Atkins Diet 101 |
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Who does not desire to have a fit and shaped up body? Perhaps we
all do. Overweight is the biggest enemy of our health. But
factors such as sedentary work, lack of time to exercise and the
availability of delectable fast food have made it extremely
difficult to have stabilized weight.
It is not only a person's appearance that is badly affected by
being overweight but also his fitness. Usually obese people keep
on confronting one or the other health problem. There are times
when excess of weight becomes a mental torture and leads to
depression.
It is quite an easy task to gain weight but immensely difficult
to reduce it. Though there are various remedies prescribed to
shed weight, all can't to followed or trusted. One old and quite
effective way to become light is the use of Atkin's Diet.
Dr. Robert Atkins (1930-2003) was the father of Atkin's Diet. In
1972 he popularized the diet in his famous series of books. In
practical application also the diet turned out to be quiet
successful. Thus it became more and more popular with time.
Dr. Atkin believed that |
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carbohydrate is the primary reason
behind gaining weight. This is because carbohydrates are
composed of energy providing items such as sugar, starch,
cellulose and gums. So if a person reduces the intake of
carbohydrates (carbs) he or she can greatly get rid of many
pounds. Thus people should avoid potatoes and other starchy
vegetables along with sugar, grains, pastas and fruits for these
are the major sources of carbs. In the opinion of Dr. Atkins
doing this will translate a carbohydrate-burning metabolism to a
fat burning one. Atkin's diet is critical of carbs related but
not of fatty and protein rich stuff. In fact it recommends its
users to eat food that provides them fats and proteins. In the
case of proteins it particularly emphasizes the consumption of
animal protein.
Though atkin's diet has done wonders in many cases, it has many
shortcomings. If this diet is quite popular with one set of
people, some others are enormously critical of it. this is
because of several reasons. Firstly Atkins meals are not only
low in carbs but contain negligible amount of essential
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Title: Get Your Diet Back on Track After Thanksgiving Category: Health News Created: 12/1/2008 Last Editorial Review: 12/1/2008
'Eat, Shrink & Be Merry" - it's the title of a fun cookbook by two sisters, Janet and Greta Podleski that I found on the 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Web site (3fatchicks.com).
This week, December 1 marks World AIDS Day. And oh yes I know the Obama-mania continues with palpable frenzy, and why should the world not celebrate! These are the signs of the times indeed folks, but hey politics is not my area of expertise, so I shall stick to nutrition, diet and health. But the excitement is so visible, transcends borders and the seven seas, therefore no one can ignore it. ...
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