without consuming carbs drives the body into a metabolic state known as ketosis‚ where the primary energy source is fat. A diet that induces a permanent state of ketosis is known as a ketogenic diet. This dietary regimen is currently gaining popularity‚ largely as a result of the publicity created by American physician Dr. Atkins for his Atkins diet. But while a ketogenic diet is commonly employed to successfully treat some ailments--notably epilepsy in children--its safety over the long-term has
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The Controversial Atkins Diet The Atkins diet is a controversial topic to discuss. Now‚ having deeply researched the Atkins diet‚ I have learned there is a lot that is positive about Atkins’ approach. Still‚ I’m convinced there are better ways to get the benefits of Atkins without its downsides. By eating healthily and exercising‚ a person can reap the same benefits. As you’re undoubtedly aware‚ Dr. Atkins’ basic premise is that we’ve all been eating too many carbohydrates‚ especially refined
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How to Maintain a Healthy Diet Megan Mitchell COM 115 How to Maintain a Healthy Diet General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To the audience how to maintain a healthy diet. Central Idea: At the end of my speech the audience will be able to identify the steps it takes to maintain a healthy diet. Introduction (Transition: So I bet you’re wondering to yourself‚ if I were to begin a healthy diet plan‚ where would I even start. Well I’ve got just the answers for you!) Body I believe that
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potassium and dehydration. The doctor would want to ask if this patient has __________.been taking diuretics How does a food pyramid help individuals eat a healthy diet? A food pyramid makes suggestions on what food groups should be included in a healthy diet and what percentage of the diet each group should make up. When comparing convenience diet food to organic foods‚ we can conclude __________. that convenience food has more additives In order to lose 12 pounds‚ your friend wants to fast for a week
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Being: What is the optional diet? How has medical education influence certain behavioral characterize relationship to diet? Dr. Weil is trying to bring awareness to diet exterminable and how this camp is damaging and causes negative behavioral. It’s interesting how these camps believe that everything is “evil” and China study is based on plant base diet and what that means. There many different ideas about diet and this organization are much at conflict with each other. Dr. Weil is trying to illustrate
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High-fat Diet Contributes to Aggressive Behavior Hypothesis: High-fat diet contributes to aggressive behavior. Introduction: Aggression is a behavior that is destructive‚ hostile or violent and is intended cause harm‚ injury or damaged to the target person or object. Aggression and violence are the major problems in our society and one of the main contributions of this behavior is socioeconomic status (SES). According to the American Psychological association (APA)‚ socioeconomic status is
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The ketogenic diet (often called keto diet ) dates back to the 1920s and was created by endocrinologist Dr. Henry Geyelin to treating epilepsy. In 1921 Geyelin found that kind of food which he recommended has a positive effect on how the body processes nutrients‚ leading to fewer attacks in patients. It is very similar to the Atkins diet. Actually phase induction with the Atkins diet is ketogenic diet. Basic principle behind ketogenic diet is to reduce the carbohydrates intake and replace them
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to patients who are newly diagnosed‚ whereas CBD is usually only sought after when patients are treatment resistant. Both treatments have rare and non-life threatening adverse effects and minor side effects. Diet therapy vs. CBD Diet therapies like the ketogenic diet is non-invasive. The diet therapy has limited effectiveness and minor side effects (Neal 2008 and Porta 2009) . When compared to CBD‚ the usage of CBD is much more
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Cultural Diversity-African American Diet In the present time the African American culture changed quite a bit in being removed from where they as a people originated or should I say their homeland from whence they came. African American people are a people who are influenced tremendously from their fore fathers and mothers who lived in the southern part of the United States. The nomenclature for this group is to include African American‚ Black Americans or people of color. I prefer to use African
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Evolution of ω-6: ω-3 Ratio Human beings evolved consuming a Paleolithic diet which contained small or approximately equal amounts of ω-6 to ω-3 PUFAs (the ratio is close to1). However‚ the current Western diet is very high in ω-6 FAs (the ratio is more than 15) This increase is because of many reasons; 1) The unselective recommendation to substitute ω-6 FAs for saturated fats to lower serum cholesterol concentrations. 2) Intake of ω-3 FAs is much lower today because of the decrease
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