Archive for the 'Common Diets' Category

Grapefruit Diet in Twelve-Days?

How great would it be to shed a bunch of unwanted weight in less than two weeks?  Of course, that sounds like a dream-come-true, right? Well, the twelve-day grapefruit diet claims to do just that. I am wary of any diet that insists you eat only one certain food, or one food most of the [...]

The Atkins Diet: Common Disagreements And Bad Effects

There are many dissensions and claimed risky effects of the Atkins diet that have been suggested and concentrated on since its original introduction to the world. Many feel the Atkins diet does not adequately provide the nutrients needed for what the body needs on a daily basis. Others feel that it is out-and-out destructive to [...]

The Atkins Diet

Over the past few decades, the Atkins diet has really hit the diet world with full force. This health phenomenon is based on The Atkins Diet, a book by Dr. Robert C. Atkins. His concept for weight loss is that we need to be concerned with the carbohydrates we eat, not the fat. Many people [...]