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    discuss an article published in Time.com (2007, March) by Lindsey Tanner, explaining a recent research study which found that the Atkins diet beat three other diets for weight loss over a one year period. The actual research study appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on March 21, 2007. Though the findings revealed greater weight loss for the Atkins participants, this paper will discuss the reasons why the study may be flawed, and its results not appropriate for making inferences

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    Comparing Atkins and Weight Watchers Diets Of the many diets on the market today, Atkins and Weight Watchers have a huge following. The followers of these two diets must adopt very different eating plans. You must decide before going on one of these, which advantages are you looking for and which disadvantages can you live with.         The Atkins diet works on the notion that weight gain is caused not by fat intake or food portions, but the way our bodies break down carbohydrates

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    Fad Diets Essay

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    so many diets established to try and reduce these constantly rising rates. A lot of these weight-loss diets that have been established are known as fad diets. A fad diet is a diet that becomes popular quickly, and may die out just as quickly. In the United States, there are some popular and healthy fad diets such as the Atkins diet, the South Beach diet, and Weight Watchers. The Atkins diet is one of the most popular fad diets. Carbohydrates play an important role in the Atkins diet. This diet

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    Lauren Betancourt Professor Stapell/Evolution & Human Health July 7, 2015 Diet Fads Today: Is There Potential for Humans to Actually Stick with the Idea of Ancestral Eating and Re-Adapt to this Lifestyle? ABSTRACT Fad diets are all the craze; originally referred to as “idiosyncratic diets and eating patterns,” they are those popular diets of our culture that promote quick and easy weight loss, especially for those of us that have no time or interest in changing our entire lifestyles and eating habits

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    Operations of the Atkins and South Beach Diets In today’s society, an ongoing trend of diets have played a major impact in the nutritional and dieting markets such as the Atkins and South Beach. Both diets may be considered similar since they were both designed and intended for dieters to produce similar results of dramatic rapid weight loss within stages. Though the end result may be similar, the method of achieving the weight loss differs in many aspects. Both the Atkins and South Beach

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    Comparing Atkins Diet and Weight Watchers Atkins and Weight Watchers are two diets that promise weight loss. The weight will drop off if you follow their eating plan, according to each diet. One is low-carbohydrate; the other is low-calorie. They differ in the foods allowed and ultimately the amount of saturated fats consumed. They each have advantages and disadvantages, of which the dieter has to decide which is best for them. The Atkins diet has

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    Fadkins Case Study

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    The Fadkins Diet is a diet where all you eat is protein and no carbs. There are many different diets, but is this diet in particular good for us? Well in the case study name, “Atkins or “Fadkins” by Karen E. Bledsoe, she writes about Mitchell experience when he was on the Fadkins Diet. Mitchell believes the facts about The Fadkins Diet that other people tell him. Yet, he doesn’t know what could happen to him if he goes on the diet and eat way too much protein instead of eating carbs too. Based on

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    Pros and Cons of the Atkins and South Beach Diets People consider many factors when choosing a diet: what best suites their needs, how it fits with their body type, and what the diet entails, are all aspects taken into account. The Atkins and South Beach diets are plans that take different approaches in style but end up having similar results in the end. Atkins serves to eliminate carbohydrates and focus on more protein-enriched foods; this idea sells because it offers a way

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    and Contrasting the Atkins and South Beach Diets The Atkins and South Beach diets appear to be the same, but they do have their differences. They both suggest that limiting carbohydrates in ones? meals is a successful way to lose weight. Each diet also consists of a series of phases where carb intake can gradually increase. Although these correlations between the two diets make them difficult to be distinguished, they are in fact quite dissimilar. Whereas the Atkins diet allows consumption

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    Celebrities everywhere are cutting out things from their diet that they do not need to in order to lose weight. Thousands of people will also starve themselves because they think that it helps them to lose weight, but it just hurts their body more. The writer exemplifies the problems in today’s pop culture to

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