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    eager to start new diets. There are so many diet plans out there, such as; Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Atkins, and South Beach. These are just a few of the major diet plans that are advertised on the television, but there are millions of diet plans and tips on the internet. I am also striving to shed a couple of those unwanted holiday pounds. I am very interested in high protein diets and their efficiency. In this paper I will research the best protein diets, their effectiveness, and most importantly their safety. A high protein diet is a weight loss plan that is strictly focused around more protein and less carbohydrates. There are many different kinds of high protein diets. Atkins and South Beach are the most advertised high protein meal plans. Atkins Diet strictly limits your sugar and carbohydrate consumption and focuses on high proteins and fats (atkins.com). South Beach Diet does not completely eliminate carbohydrates, it focuses the low consumption of carbohydrates, lean proteins, and high fiber intake (southbeachdiet.com). High protein diets can have many effects on your body. Some of the smaller, less life threatening, side effects are…

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    Protein - it's a vital nutrient in our overall health, but can a high protein diet work for weight loss? It seems high protein diets are all the buzz when it comes to not only losing weight but maintaining that weight loss. With the research to back it, it seems that protein foods do a better job of satisfying our hunger than carbohydrates or fats do, so we eat less. When we eat less we take in fewer calories we not only don't gain weight we can lose weight and maintain our weight easier. A…

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    The high protein low carbohydrate diet is based on increasing protein intake in the form of meat and eggs and almost no carbohydrates at all. This is the fastest and most effective method of losing weight. Most diet plans allow unrestricted amounts of protein and forbid rice, pasta, bread potatoes, many vegetables, sugar and and cheese. Reducing carbohydrate intake in large amounts causes the body to be in a metabolic state known as ketosis, where stored fats for fuel are burned. Carbohydrates…

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    indicated more than 5% of body weight loss can reduce the incidence and risk of developing those diseases, so a successful weight loss therapy is required (2). Recent evidence has been shown protein provide more satiating than intake the same amount of carbohydrate and high protein diet is likely to reduce appetite and decrease subsequent energy intake…

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    The beneficial or harmful effect of low-carbohydrate diet has not been clearly demonstrated. A low-carb diet is beneficial for alleviating cardiovascular disease risk factors. Also, the low carbohydrate dieters reported less confusion and responded faster during an attention vigilance task than the reduced calorie dieters. Contrarily, it has been reported that low carbohydrate dieters performed worse on memory related tasks because of reduced dietary carbohydrate. Furthermore, low-carb diet does…

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    Fad diets What does women scare of? Every women in this world, if not everyone then, most women is afraid of one things, it the weigh scale. When walking on the weigh scale, it could change very easily. When you eat, after you eat, when you did not eat, the weight could change. Walking on the street, there are eyes that look at you differently, the eyes that judge you, when you gain so much weight. When that happen people would want to lose weight and the fastest way is to use fad diets, diets…

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    Meat was one of the first main sources of alimentation in antiquity, continued by fruits, and other edible resources that were recollected. Meat is as essential as the veggies for the human body. “Meat is one of the main sources of protein and vitamins, and any healthy and balanced diet, [experts say], must include meat on the menu” (Expobeta.com). Eating vegetables is healthy, but eating meat is also healthy in not an exaggerate way. The meat provides the human organism with all the proteins…

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    Veganism Case Study

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    Veganism is a diet that faces away from animal based products, including meats, eggs and dairy products. This allows for a nutritious meal to be downgraded, due to lacking foods. While veganism is presumed to be healthy, but it lacks vital vitamins, relies heavily on soy products and the effectiveness of the production.Many vitamins are lacked through a vegan diet. Some of these vitamins include B12, proteins, Iron, Zinc and Iodine. In some cases, many new born infants, with a vegan diet…

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    vegetarianism, a person who consumes a plant-based diet, isn’t as rewarding as it seems. Many people have tried to prove that vegetarian diets are far more healthier than omnivore diets, any animal that is a generalist feeder, consuming a wide variety of that that can include both animal and plant matter (Freedman). According to the article“Sorry, Vegetarians. A New Study Says Eating Green Won't Lower Your Risk of Early Death,” by Sharon Kirkey, studies have shown that a vegetarian diet does not…

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    Embarking on Gluten-Free and Paleo diets may appear frightening, but with the right information they can result in healthier lifestyles. While The Gluten-Free Diet focuses on avoiding Gluten, The Paleo Diet focuses on eliminating grains, sugars, legumes, processed sugars, seed/vegetable oils, and dairy (Hendon). The Gluten-Free Diet allows consumption of meat/grains/carbs/fats, simply no gluten. Gluten is a protein that can be found in “wheat, barley, rye and the derivatives of these grains,…

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