| | | | | Atkins utilized the concepts of the diet plan in his |
| Weight loss diets can be confusing. There are | | | | own personal experience and went on to author a |
| thousands of diets that have been developed and | | | | series of books that popularized the concept of |
| published. Many of them work very well, others | | | | the low carbohydrate diet plan. The process of |
| are hardly worth the effort to read them. Some | | | | weight loss in this diet plan is deliberate switching |
| are even dangerous in the procedures which are | | | | of the body's process to burn stored body fat |
| recommended. However, if you stick with any of | | | | rather than glucose through a process known as |
| the following three diets, you will probably be very | | | | ketosis. Later studies have discounted some of |
| successful at losing weight. The diets have some | | | | the original claims, but the diet remains very |
| major differences, but they have many similarities | | | | popular and continues to be used by many people |
| as well, so sometimes it is just a matter of | | | | as an assist to weight management. |
| picking the one that seems to fit your life style | | | | |
| and personality type the best. | | | | Weight Watchers Diet |
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| South Beach Diet | | | | The Weight Watchers Diet is one of the first |
| | | | | weight loss diets to use good long term eating |
| The South Beach Diet is one of the better known | | | | choices combined with the support of a peer |
| weight loss diets. It was developed by Dr Arthur | | | | group in order to lose weight and to do it safely. |
| Agatston, a south Florida cardiologist. The diet | | | | Good lifelong eating habits are the best way to |
| distinguishes between good and bad | | | | have long term healthy bodies working at the |
| carbohydrates and fats. Good carbohydrates | | | | optimum weight levels. Over the years, this eating |
| are those with a low glycemic index. These | | | | plan has matured and many of the concepts can |
| carbohydrates require a longer time to process, | | | | be found in the freezer section of your local |
| so that there is not the dramatic swings in the | | | | supermarket. |
| insulin producing capacity of the body that is | | | | |
| found as a result of eating foods with a high | | | | Choosing one of the top weight loss diets is a |
| glycemic index. In addition, the doctor | | | | great way to begin your efforts at the |
| emphasizes that the use of bad fats should be | | | | permanent life style choices that will lead to |
| minimized for effective weight loss. The diet | | | | weight control and a healthy body and strong |
| consists of three phases and is meant to be a | | | | mind throughout your lifetime. There are similar |
| lifelong healthy eating plan. | | | | qualities in each of these three that are proven to |
| | | | | be successful, so the matter of which one you |
| Atkins Diet | | | | choose is probably just personal preference. If |
| | | | | you educate yourself prior to beginning any of the |
| The Atkins diet is another of the early weight loss | | | | three and make the choice sensibly, you will be |
| diets which encompassed a radical departure from | | | | successful in taking the weight off and keeping it |
| previous ways of looking at diets. Dr Robert | | | | off. |