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this muscle tissue that actually burns the fat you are so desperately
trying to rid yourself of.
You are restricting entire food groups, foods that you need for a
healthy body. Carbohydrates such as breads, grains, rice, and pasta
actually help to add volume and mass to your colon and aids in
cleaning out the bowels. This is why a diet high in protein, cheese and
eggs can cause constipation and bad breath.
Diets high in proteins have been linked to certain cancers. Nobody
knows for sure what the long term health effects the Atkins diet will
have will have on the body, but time will tell. Don’t sacrifice your
overall health for the purpose of losing weight. There are better ways
of losing weight while keeping your sanity.
In a recent study, over 40% of participants dropped out within their
first year of being on the Atkins program. The reasons were that the
program was too restrictive.
On a more positive note, those who did participate lost an overall
average of 16 pounds during their first six months, however near the
end of the year that amount dropped down to a 10 pound average
weight loss.
The results for nearly half of participants was not permanent because
people don’t like being deprived of the foods they enjoy eating which is
why they cannot sustain long term success on diets such as these.
More often than not the weight will be gained back within a few
months because participants will slip back into old habits and go back
to enjoying the foods they loved prior to starting the diet.
It’s not their fault it’s just the way the body is designed. It was not
designed for elimination of entire food groups or eating too much of
one particular group. As I mentioned before your body is hardwired
for survival and will stop at nothing to preserve you at all costs even if
that includes derailing your current diet.
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