How Safe Is the Atkins Diet?

Written by Michael Lewis


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Low Carb Diet Can Produce Significant Weight Loss

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The Duke study shows part of whyrepparttar diet is so popular, it can produce significant weight loss. It also produces it without a lot of annoying calorie counting andrepparttar 139183 irritability associated with diets.

Known for Easy Weight Loss

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"You're not as hungry as with other diets, and that is a really good thing," says Jenny Anderson, an Internet consultant from Mamaroneck, N.Y., who is onrepparttar 139184 diet. "That makes it easier to stay on it. So does seeing results fairly quickly. One bad thing is that it forbids caffeine, and I had a lot of bad headaches from coffee withdrawal."

Another drawback torepparttar 139185 low-carb diet is its severely limited menu options.

"At first, eggs and bacon in butter for breakfast every day is fun, but day after day of only meat and fat at every meal can get tiresome," says Anderson.

So therein liesrepparttar 139186 controversy. On one hand you have lots of stories of significant weight loss on a relatively user-friendly diet. Onrepparttar 139187 other, you have dietitians and nutritionists who maintain thatrepparttar 139188 weight loss produced is short-term and can threaten a person's overall health, despiterepparttar 139189 fact thatrepparttar 139190 weight loss itself may haverepparttar 139191 beneficial effect of lowering cholesterol.

Who is right? Maybe both sides. It provides weight loss at a very high cost to overall health, or at least that has been repparttar 139192 prevailing medical opinion.

Low Carbohydrate Diet May Not Be As Bad As We Thought

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"There have been reports inrepparttar 139193 medical literature that say that this low-carb diet may not be as bad as we thought," says Susan Barr, registered dietitian in New York City. "That makes people interested again in this diet, but until there is more research on what stressesrepparttar 139194 diet places on repparttar 139195 body, there is no way to know what it might be doing besides providing short-term weight loss.

Michael Lewis has been collecting articles and information on Weight Loss and HGH (Human Growth Hormone and related health benefits. He has created and edits numerous web sites about this subject. Michael is a staff writer for AgeForce.com.


How To Locate An Alcohol Rehabilitation Center In California

Written by Paul Johnson


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The Camp Recovery Center

The Camp Recovery Center is located inrepparttar majestic redwood forests of Northern California. The Camp's program offers complete service from detoxification to residential (in- patient) and outpatient substance abuse treatment as well as continuing care and online rehabilitation services.

The Camp adopts a treatment approach called 12-step involvement. The 12-step philosophy includes disease concept, group therapy, art and recreation, education, individual treatment planning and relapse prevention.

Oasis Treatment Center

The Oasis Treatment Center offer treatment of alcoholism through a therapeutic setting that helps you to build a solid foundation for recovery and unity with in society. This centre offers 30, 60, 90-day treatment programs in three structured phases.

Azure Acres

Azure Acres specializes in providing adult chemical dependency treatment services. This center provides facilities such as partial hospitalization/Day treatment, Non-hospital residential (24 hour) as a part of alcohol rehabilitation program.

Besides there are many more centers offering alcohol rehab services in California. You can selectrepparttar 139182 one depending on their treatment approach, accessibility, friendliness of staff andrepparttar 139183 cost for alcohol rehab programs. =========================================================== Discover valuable advice and information about alcohol rehab - its effectiveness, and where to get treatment Website contains valuable articles and information aboutrepparttar 139184 widespread alcohol addiction problem. Click ==> http://www.alcohol-rehab-success.com/alcohol-rehab-california.html

Paul Johnson works as a software developer, often working long hours under great stress. A few years ago he realized alcohol was becoming a problem. He researched and personally experienced the issues involved in alcohol rehab. Now he's written a series of useful articles on alcohol rehabilitation.


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