Low-carb Diets: Fad, Fallacy, or Fact?

(Submited by: Jon Davis )

The most common and popular diet fad over the past two years has undoubtedly been the low-carb diet. It has many followers, both in the U.K. and the U.S.A., and its various celebrity endorsements, particularly of the most renowned version, The ... Read article

The Diet Dilemma. Why Diets Dont Work

(Submited by: Norbert Haag )

Lets face when it comes to overweight and obesity there are 2 basic facts we have to take into account.First, dieting is a huge industry.Second, Industries live by getting and keeping customers and not by loosing them.Sounds ... Read article

Food Intolerance and Low Carb Diets

(Submited by: Benji Paras )

Food intolerance is a pharmacological reaction to the consumption of certain foods. In many cases, food intolerance may appear to be the side-effect of pharmacological drugs, but in fact, it is generally caused by the consumption of natural foods ... Read article

Not all Fats are Bad

(Submited by: Dianne Ronnow )

Fats have been unfairly lumped together as being all bad for too long. Fat doesnt necessarily cause disease, and can actually cause a role in its prevention. The truth is that some fats are very bad for us and some fats are actually very good ... Read article

Are Low Carb Diets Good for Everyone?

(Submited by: Kathryn Martyn, M.NLP )

What's a Low Carb Diet Really Mean?When I hear low carb to me it means, "low sugar," or "less processed foods." If we'd all make an effort to avoid chips, cookies, cakes, high corn syrup drinks, and candy, then we'd be reducing our overall ... Read article

How to Design the Perfect Diet

(Submited by: Kathryn Martyn, M.NLP )

All Diets Are Based on the Same Premise: Eat Less Calories and You'll Lose WeightDiets come in all sizes and flavors and all tend to rely on the formula of less calories, despite their claims to the contrary. The Peanut butter ... Read article

Low Carb Diet Secrets Revealed!

(Submited by: Jeff Smith )

You may be considering a low carb diet program, but wonder if they really work, and if so, how well?Let's take the mystery out of low carb diets by giving you the 3 most important elements to their success.First, you need to bring ... Read article

Fiber in a Nutshell?

(Submited by: Constance Weygandt )

There are numerous diets out there that guarantee that they are the ones that will work. We all know who and what they are. There is the no carb, low carb, carb and low fat, grapefruit, and soup diets, to name a few. While I believe that each of ... Read article

How Safe Is the Atkins Diet?

(Submited by: Michael Lewis )

The Atkins Diet Seems To Never Go AwayFad diets come and go, but The Atkins Diet, a high-protein, low-carbohydrate weight-loss plan, seems never to go away, no matter how many medical professionals denounce it."Low-carb diets have ... Read article

The Non-Diet Diet

(Submited by: Deborah Martin )

Diets don't work. If they did the U.S. of A. would be the thinnest, trimmest nation in the world, with over 40 million Americans spending billions each year on weight loss products. In fact, the opposite is true. The Center for Disease Control ... Read article

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