Nikko Bituin Prof. Zuromski ENC1102‚ Assign. #14 22 Mar. 2012 The Fad To Be Healthy A big part of my early life was filled with sadness. I cannot express fully how some days‚ I had that thought of not continuing life. It is a very sad fact about me and I thought I would never let go of that feeling‚ but that was not the case. At the ripe age of nineteen in 2011‚ I was considered an obese American weighing in at 310 pounds. My blood pressure was high and everything about me was unhealthy. Not just
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Part 1 1. a. Proteins • made of amino acids • main functions - cell synthesis and repair‚ energy as needed • examples - soy‚ beans‚ legumes‚ nuts‚ seeds‚ animal products (milk‚ meats‚ cottage cheese‚ etc.) b. Carbohydrates • made of carbon‚ hydrogen‚ oxygen • main functions - primary energy source‚ fat and protein metabolism‚ energy reserves in stored glycogen‚ blood glucose fuels brain and CNS • examples - starch‚ sugars (breads‚ pasta‚ starchy vegetables‚ fruit sugars‚ simple sugars
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The Atkins Diet V.S The Food Lovers Diet. | Which Is Healthier? | | By: Tiffany Barnes | 12/1/2012 | The growth in the number of obese people in America is alarming. Many of us have had problems controlling our weight and why not with so much temptation around us. The problem everyone should consider when losing weight is not only how can we lose weight but also what is the healthiest
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What is the Atkins diet and what will you have to sacrifice in order to achieve the results you’ve seen other people get? You’re a size twelve‚ but you want to drop down to at least the size six that you were once‚ but you’ll settle for a size eight‚ if you have got to. It doesn’t really matter as long you’re nowhere near your present size twelve! What you’ll have to begin with‚ is a working knowledge of what the Atkins diet is all about and what it might encompass. However‚ before you get bogged
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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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Uncovering the Truth: Fad Diets Uncovering the Truth: Fad Diets Longing for perfection has always been the driving force behind the development of civilization and the inventive spirit of the human being. We want to be perfect in every aspect of our lives: family‚ work‚ wealth‚ appearance and health. Lately society has turned its attention on appearance and health. With shows like Biggest Loser‚ a reality television series that follows overweight people learning to
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endured ridicule since the early 70’s‚ but has finally been approved as an effective diet‚ which is the Atkins Diet‚ by Robert C. Atkins‚ a cardiologist who spoke highly on the dangers of sugar and carbs. Dr. Atkins had been called names by peers and even brought before a senate committee‚ but he refused to go unheard. The Atkins Diet is a high protein diet‚ with a restriction of dietary carbohydrates. The Atkins Diet eliminates fruits‚ cereals‚ breads‚ grains‚ starches‚ baked goods‚ dairy products
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Why you should not go on Fad Diet? SPC1017 Why you should not go on Fad Diet? We all have seen the ads with the long necks‚ slim body super models‚ and have tried our hardest to emulate that ideal image of that person. Many people have tried out those “Fab diet” that they have seen flipping through the magazines at the supermarket. The term "fad diet" refers to a weight loss plan that is popular for a short period of time. This type of diet usually claims one will lose weight by methods
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fix the obesity epidemic is with drugs such as diet pills. The third way offered to fix the obesity epidemic is with surgeries such as liposuction and gastric bypass. The diets plans do not include how to change behavior and therefore one’s lifestyle‚ therefore they fail. In order for an individual to achieve permanent weight loss they must change their frame of mind; these fad diets do not do this. In the book Fat by Robert Pool you hear about diet pills all the time being stated as‚ “Don ’t put
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Fad Diets: Look Before You Leap Food Insight‚ March 1‚ 2000 No‚ says Diane Quagliani‚ RD‚ a spokesperson for The American Dietetic Association. "Fad diets are a short-term‚ quick-fix approach to weight loss that don’t work over the long haul. These diets tend to over-promise results but don’t deliver. Food choices are often monotonous‚ and caloric intake may be very restricted‚ so that once the novelty wears off‚ so does the motivation to continue." Even the
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