...The Atkins diet In 1972, a physician by the name of Dr. Robert C. Atkins originally created the Atkins diet. The Atkins diet is a low-carbohydrate diet that is proven to help you lose weight quickly. Studies show that this diet can help you drop weight by eating as much protein with one restriction of you avoiding foods that are high in carbs. This diet is also shown to improve several things in your health. Robert wrote a book about the diet in 1972 and it became known as the best-selling book. Ever since 1972 this diet has been popular and many more books have been written about it. The Atkins diet has multiple advantages. Several times it has been proven that weight loss is a great advantage of this diet. When a dieter reduce the amount...
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...The keto diet. What is the keto diet? In simple terms it's when you trick your body into using your own BODYFAT as it's main energy source instead of carbohydrates. The keto diet is very popular method of losing fat quickly and efficiently. The Science Behind It To get your body into a ketogenic state you must eat a high fat diet and low protein with NO carbs or hardly any. The ratio should be around 80% fat and 20% protein. This will the guideline for the first 2 days. Once in a ketogenic state you will have to increase protein intake and lower fat, ratio will be around 65% fat, 30% protein and 5% carbs. Protein is increased to spare muscle tissue. When your body intakes carbohydrates it causes an insulin spike which means the pancreas releases insulin ( helps store glycogen, amino acids and excess calories as fat ) so common sense tells us that if we eliminate carbs then the insulin will not store excess calories as fat. Perfect. Now your body has no carbs as a energy source your body must find a new source. Fat. This works out perfectly if you want to lose body fat. The body...
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...prior assignments. 1) This topic is important to me because throughout my life I have constantly researched different diets, hoping to find one that will help me lose weight and keep it off. With this research I hope to find one that not only help me lose weight, but also begin a new life style. 2) As a result of the on again, off again weight gain I began to see myself as a failure, and also as a fat person who could not keep the weight off. Through this research I am hoping to find not a diet but a life style that is healthily. I hope to be able to recognize a Fad diet as soon as I see one, and be able to educate my friend and family on this matter. Who is your primary audience or reader? Why? Be detailed in your answer about your audience. 1) The targeted audience would be people looking for a quick fix diet, maybe the girl that needs to get into that little black dress this weekend or the boy that will go swimming for the first time with a new girlfriend and wants to look slimmer fast. 2) I believe my secondary audience would be people like myself that just want a diet that works and are looking for new ways to lose weight. Not a quick fix, but a diet that is not very difficult and keeps the weight off. 3) I think the majority of my targeted audience would agree with me, even though the truth hurts. Fad diets are not healthy and are indeed a quick fix. But, people sometimes want to believe otherwise, even though the proof is presented to...
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...Fad Diets versus Healthy Life Style Changes Valerie Heintz Fad Diets versus Healthy Life Style Changes A commitment to a lifestyle change is needed to become healthy. The following essay will help give you a better understanding of why fad diets are not the answer for becoming healthy. Most fad diets and healthy lifestyle changes are both based on reducing the number calories that you take in every day. Unlike healthy lifestyle changes fad diets usually recommend severely reducing the number of calories below the recommend daily amount. According to the Medical New Today website http://www.medicalnewstoday.com, the average adult male should consume approximately 2,500 calories a day to maintain his weight and 2,000 calories for an average adult female. These numbers can change depending on age, gender and the amount of physical activity a person performs daily. In the past I have gone on several fad diets that were asking you to reduce your calorie intake to as low as 600 calories a day, way below the recommended amount. Yes you will reduce your weight quickly, but you will also be losing muscle tone as well and as soon as you increase your calorie intake the weight will come back on. Some fad diets have you eliminate certain foods from your diets. For instance the South Beach diet wants you to eliminate certain fruits like pineapples, watermelon, and raisins because they are higher in sugar. On the Medifast Diet they are asking you to eat 5 of their Medifast products...
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...facilitate the career pathway of potential dietitians. Cooperativeness, consciousness, and persistence are central for RDs to be competent and play their roles effectively (Ball et al. 502-509). Furthermore, registered dietitians have to be open minded because there are always new trends and updated research about nutrition that they must cover to protect their patients from possible fads. Passion, commitment, and positive attitude are the keys to attain the respect of colleagues and patients as well (Successful Dietitian Traits from NEDPG). I believe that a career in Nutrition and Dietetics is suitable for me because it reflects my goals and fits my personality. My main motivation is to raise the awareness of the link between wellness and diet. I would like to help patients who struggle from food related illnesses and show them the way to obtain a healthy lifestyle. The results of my personality test show that I approach life in a structural and organized way. This is beneficial when it comes to nutrition because having a schedule and a specific plan to tackle the tasks and to sort out appointments. The talents test also showed that I have linguistic, mathematical and interpersonal talents. This is very helpful for a dietitian since it allows me to communicate clearly with the patients and to use logic to make decisions and assess them in their journey. The interpersonal talent means that I comprehend my strengths and weaknesses and I have a clear view of my goals. Consequently...
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...The three diets that are suggested by the dietary Guidelines for America are the USDA food Patterns (which is what the MyPlate is based on), the DASH eating plan, and the Mediterranean eating pattern. All these diets consist of a base of fruits and vegetables, and combination of grains, proteins and dairy. The USDA Food Pattern diet consists of an amount of food from each food group based on a calorie amount that follows the MyPlate guidelines and recommendations. The DASH eating plan, emphasis eating food high in potassium, calcium, magnesium, fiber and low in sodium, red meats and sugar. It suggests eating plenty of vegetables, fruits, grains, fist, poultry, nuts, grains, and seeds. This diet was created in mind for the population who has high blood pressure and it is geared towards preventing heart disease and stroke. The last of these three diets is the traditional Mediterranean eating pattern which consists of plant based products. This eating...
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...A healthy and balanced diet plan is essential for building lean mass muscle and burning fat. Infact, healthy diet plan and nutrition is considered to be more than 50% of the essential factors for bodybuilding. Include healthier bodybuilding foods in your diet. The healthier the food, the more nutrients your body gets. Having the right food at the right time and paying attention to your micronutrients and supplements can have a good impact on your results. Following a proper diet plan while going on with your training can have great results. Here is a list of diet tips that can work for you: Monitor the Intake of Calories In your Diet. When you have to gain more muscle s you seriously need to increase your intake of calories. But, do not overdo...
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...Maria Arriola Allegra Hyde English 101 16 November 2014 The American Diet Getting a fat whopper from McDonalds, large fries and a coke is seen as an average meal for Americans. There are many diets out there like the Paleo diet, and the Atkins diet and the standard american diet which all revolve around the consumption of meat, dairy and fats. The very thought of an American eating a vegan plant based diet is seen as extreme and often questioned. Eating no meat, or products derived from animals automatically makes one an extreme animal rights activist that solely lives on salads. Nutrition is often overlooked by doctors but it may be the underlying issue of a spectrum of problems. Thomas Edison once stated “The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but will rather cure and prevent disease with nutrition.” Many do not realize the great importance of nutrition and its correlation to health. What enters the body may greatly affect the overall individual physically and mentally. Americans have become unhealthier by the years due to the vast number of processed products sold in our grocery stores today. Many do not take notice of their daily consumption of food while others obsess over the very thought of their next meal. There is a great epidemic in America where more people die from the effects of overeating rather than starvation. Many resort to drugs, and surgeries as a quick fix in hopes of improving their health which leaves many wallets...
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...The Promise is based on a historical event that underlies the horrific truth of the Armenian genocide. The movie takes place in a small Armenian village where Mikael an apothecary wants to get into medical school. Mikael travels to Constantinople to attend the medical school academy. He meets Emre son of a high level Turkish official and tries to befriend him to escape death and save himself. After Erme tried helping Mikael find his family he got in deep trouble for it and was sent to prove himself a Turkish follower. Mikael tries to escape this mess, but Erme can’t help him no longer. During his travel, he falls in love with a girl that wasn’t Armenian. He had to think about who he loved more. This girl which he was forced to marry or the...
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...Dieting: Effectiveness Of The 3-Hour Diet Against Fasting Emmanuel Frimpong-Williams University of the People Abstract Dieting has become a very important subject primarily due to the fact that people are now aware of the dangers associated with obesity. This has led to many diets being developed. This paper investigates the claims of one of those diets, The 3-Hour Diet. The 3-Hour Diet encourages people to eat breakfast within an hour after waking up and subsequently after every three hours. It is claimed that the diet help people to burn more calories than fasting because the body’s metabolism rate increases with increased intake of food. In this paper, that claim is tested using two groups made up of 50 volunteers each. The...
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...The two diets that I am comparing is the DASH diet and the Mediterranean diet because these two diets are ranked the top 2 “Best Diets overall.” I am interested in the effectiveness of the two diets and how difficult it is to maintain these diets. The DASH diet, which is ranked number one in the categories of Best Diets Overall, Best Diabetes Diets, Best Diets for Healthy Eating, and Best Heart-Healthy Diets, aims to prevent and lower high blood pressure by revolving around a diet consisting of fruits and vegetables and lean meat. To add on, exercising regularly will result in losing weight as well, although it is not required to exercise when following the Dash diet. The Mediterranean Diet, which is ranked number two in Best Diets Overall,...
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...At first i just thought that dieting only meant you lost weight, now i know that isn't completely true. not only would a diet of only Double QTR. Pounders with cheese make you gain weight, but if you're a male, it could potentially determine the lifespan of your future sons, son. As a woman, pregnancy could mean changing your diet completely if you really care about your child and know bout this. And in changing your diet, of course that means something further than just stop smoking or drinking so much. When it comes to genes expressing themselves or showing themselves so much, your diet is one of the key factors. As the paper stated, a males’ efficiency or consistency of your eating habits will actually effect your sons offspring through their lifespan. i don't think you get it. The fact that I eat so often means my sons children will live less. now that I know this, every time I eat ill effectively be killing my grandchildren. So no more fun in food anymore. Also (kind of) related to dietary habits is your consumption of products contained inside of polycarbonate plastic. Just drinking a water bottled with this plastic will have an effect on your children. Through the mice it made the offspring yellow like ones eyes during liver failure. through the mice experiment it was shown the offspring birthed from the mothers that were not fed the BPA in the plastic were brown and healthy. As it turns out, if the mother is fed BPA but still fed methyl rich foods, thus giving the fetus...
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...Fad Diets: Positive or Negative? Keith Daugherty DeVry University Fad Diets: Positive or Negative? Chad, a middle aged man, goes to work every day of the week to provide for his wife and three children. He wants nothing more than to live a full and healthy life and to always be there for his family, just like his father was there for him and his mom, growing up. Chad attended his annual check-up with the family care provider that he has seen for many years. He has always felt fine and thought he was as healthy as can be. While Chad was with his family care provider, he was told that his cholesterol levels were high, that he has high blood pressure, and that he has an increased chance of experiencing a myocardial infarction, also known as a heart attack. His family care provider decided that Chad needed to lose some weight and start eating healthier in order to lower his blood pressure, lower his cholesterol levels, and decrease his chance of suffering a myocardial infarction. Chad agreed to make his doctor’s recommended lifestyle changes because he wanted to be there for his family no matter what the cost. After leaving his family care provider’s office and speaking with this wife about the bad news, he realized that he did not have a plan of action as to how he was going to lose the extra weight that was the source of his health problems. He didn’t know many things about eating healthier or maintaining a healthy lifestyle so he was unsure of where to begin. Later that...
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...people going on the outrageous fad diets and then later hear them complaining about how they gained all the weight back and then some. Then there are those ‘fad diets’ which scare me, as do the dieting pills. I mean they can be helpful for some, but losing weight really quickly cannot be healthy for anyone. I believe that healthy eating and exercising are the best way to stay healthy. There are endless amounts of diets that we may choose from. Some of the most popular diets are the Atkins Diet, Mediterranean, Vegan, Weight Watchers, Raw Food, and the list goes on. The food choices people make isn’t only about filling up, it can also be an expression of who we are, when we are, and sometimes what we value in a sense. The expression, “You are what you eat” now takes on another meaning in this world of carnivores, herbivores, fat free fanatics, raw food, and junk food junkies. In today’s world, we are fascinated with the latest diets celebrities are following and with what other people are eating. Commercial advertisements and reality TV often showcase people with these crazy food cravings and uncontrollable obsessions. It is like our new entertainment. Meanwhile, there’s diet propaganda that encourages young women to ‘starve’ themselves while others promote endless amount of pizza and beer. As a species, the human race is getting fatter. Obesity rates have increased by 214% since between 1950 and 2000. Yet there are daily dieting ads, diet books in every bookstore, dieting tips...
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...5, 4, 3, 2, 1, DEATH HAS OCCURRED SOMEWHERE AROUND THE WORLD because someone decided to risk their life going and doing something when they know about the dangers that could happen along the way or at the specified location. Whether it is because of a dare, a bet, or just because a person thinks they’re stronger than the forces of life and death, someone is dying every 5 minutes, every 30 minutes, every 1 hour because of a bad choice that a person or group of people make(this is probably why the news will live on forever ha-ha, but jokes aside). Because of this brings up the statement of whether people in life-or-death situations should be held accountable for their actions and to this I say yes; people should as opposed to others being on the side of no, people should not be held accountable for their actions in a life-or-death situation. To start off with, to support my claim stating, should people in life-or-death situations be held accountable, there are three main reasons why I think people should be held accountable. The 1st reason is failure to listen to reason which usually causes many problems in the future to occur. In real life, in a movie, or in a story, there is always someone or something that foretells the reader to let them know that danger could be near. A movie or story is never gonna add danger to the plot unless there is something that shows/tells why the danger is there in the first place. A piece of evidence from the story, “ To Build a Fire” is when the...
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