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says that adopting healthy eating habits permanently, rather than impatiently pursuing crash diets in hopes of losing unwanted pounds in a few days through fad quick weight loss plans|Crash weight loss plans and fad diets are an unwise alternative to permanent healthy eating habits, according to the American Heart Association[/spin].
Many of these fad diets, such as the notorious and outright silly Cabbage Soup Diet, will undermine your health, cause physical discomfort (abdominal ping-pong effect of gaining weight soon after losing it. In other words the risks aren’t worth the rewards|What is a fad diet? It’s a well marketed diet with some hair brained scheme to lose weight in an impossible manner, often by eating nothing but one food like a cabbage[/spin].
Quick-weight-loss diets generally put far too much emphasis on one particular food or type of food. They violate the first principle of good nutrition which is to eat a balanced diet They don’t include a variety of foods or good balance, a violation of the first principle of good nutrition, eat a balanced diet that includes a variety of foods. elements a human being needs for good health|Because no one food has all the nutrients needed for good health, these diets can result in a lot of health problems[/spin]. a good example|One such diet is the Cabbage Soup Diet[/spin]. The myth of this diet is that cabbage soup is some sort of weight loss potion. prior to surgery|People supposedly lost 10-17 pounds in only a week, eating primarily cabbage soup[/spin]. a host of important nutrients would far outweigh (pun intended) the benefits of losing the weight|On top of not working to lose weight, this diet lacks essential nutrients and can cause serious health issues[/spin]. for weight loss and good nutrition|Pixies, elves and fairies, or even cabbages, can’t create magical weight loss[/spin]. each of the food groups rather than cutting out everything but a cabbage and water|Moderation and consuming all the major food groups is the best bet[/spin].
These crazy diets also violate a second important principle of good nutrition which is that eating should be enjoyable. every day is enjoyable?[/spin]. bland that it’s almost impossible to stay on them for long periods|It’s impossible to stay on these diets for a long time because they’re so boring[/spin]. Imagine eating cabbage soup, nothing but cabbage soup, for even a few days much less for a whole week. By Wednesday you’d dread meal time, and by Friday you’d never again want to hear about a cabbage much less eat the soup. If you make it to Sunday you might die of a heart attack before you ever again tasted real food in a straight jacket on Sunday[/spin].
ones|Boredom isn’t the only reason fad diets aren’t good ones[/spin]. include exercise, for example, walking 30 minutes most or all days of the week|Most don’t talk about exercise, such as aerobics for 30 minutes a day every day[/spin]. Physical activity helps maintain weight loss, while physical inactivity is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke can lead to heart problems, exercise is a major element of maintaining proper weight[/spin]. When a diet mentions no need for a workout, run the other way.
realistic|Quick weight loss is possible[/spin]. Just don’t fall for tricks or gimmicks that might end up ruining your health.
The first phase of the Atkins diet, Induction, is like the boot camp for the diet. This phase should be followed for a period of two weeks. During this phase carbohydrates are severely limited - only up to 20 grams per day. The goal is to enter a fat burning metabolic phase called ketosis when the body, starved of glucose, will begin converting stored fat into fatty acids needed to power the body. During this phase weight loss can reach as much as 10 pounds per week.
Learning the ideal carbohydrate levels for weight losing and for day to day intake after the weight loss ends are the purposes of the final three phases in the Atkins diet. The diet lost popularity after Dr. Atkins died, but it’s still popular.
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