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What Is It?

The Atkins diet is essentially a low carbohydrate, high protein diet. The premise being that the cause of being overweight and obesity is the indulgence of too many carbs. Therefore, the solution to weight loss is to reduce the amount of carbs you eat, thereby causing your body to burn stored body fat for energy rather than carbohydrates.

How Does It Work?

As you reduce the carbohydrates in your diet (to no more than 40g/day for most), your body reverts to burning its own fat stores for energy. This is known as Ketosis. It is reported that during ketosis, you tend to feel less hungry, therefore less likely to overeat. Some side effects of ketosis include constipation and unusual breath odor. Cholesterol may also spike due to the high fat in this diet, however, it is usually only short lived and drops back to

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We all know that obesity is epidemic in North America, with the United States leading the way. The USA is the country with the most overweight people, and obese people on the planet. Almost 65% of the entire population are considered overweight and large portion are considered obese.

There are many factors that contribute to a person’s weight, the tools made important elements for weight maintenance and weight control is diet and exercise. Because we consume more calories than we need, our bodies will store the excess as fat. Over time our bodies will start to store more and more that which will then lead to overweight and obesity. Added to this problem is the fact that we do not get enough exercise, so we are consuming more calories than we’re burning up, and we’re sitting in front of the TV or the computer all