Atkins diet may get a friendlier avatar
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A new study has revealed that a low-glycemic-index (low-GI) diet, in which carbohydrates are low in sugar or release sugar slowly, can lead to weight loss, reduced body fat, and reduction in risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
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Coating fats with dietary fiber may prevent their digestion.
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Danish researchers have claimed that the Atkins diet works because it is very boring and the dullness of the diet is a likely explanation for why it helps people lose weight.
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Evidence in support of low-glycemic diets has lent new validity to age-old wisdom: a healthy diet includes vegetables, fruits, legumes, whole grains and nuts.
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Popular diets such as Atkins and South Beach recommend eating few or no carbohydrates to lose weight. But not all carbs are created equal, and now evidence suggests that using the &quot;glycemic index&quot; may be the way to shed pounds and boost health.
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The controversial Atkins diet, credited by a host of celebrities for helping them acquire a svelte figure, has a new figurehead -- a portly British cat which has shed half its body weight under the regime.
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With low carb diets like Atkins being all the rage across the world, a new study has now indicated that pregnant women can also adhere to the diets as it might have a positive influence on the offspring.
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More than 45 million copies of the books have been sold and everyone seems to be on it, but researchers say that Atkins and other low-carbohydrate diets do not help people stay slim.
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Based on the success some people are experiencing with low-carb diets for weight loss, at least in the short-term, many have come to assume that foods low in carbohydrates are also low in calories.
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The low-carb, high-fat Atkins diet gets high marks in one of the biggest, longest head-to-head studies of popular weight-loss plans, beating the Zone, the Ornish diet and even U.S. guidelines. Even so, critics say the results show how hard it is to lose weight and keep it off.
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LONDON -- Dieters on the popular high-fat, low-carb Atkins approach lose as much body fat as those on low-fat diets, but the annoying low-carb side effects could mean problems down the road, according to a scientist who reviewed five dozen diet studies.
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NEW ORLEANS -- Tired of riding the all-meat, no-carb, pineapple-only, strictly-soy, green-fluids-on-Tuesdays bandwagons that promise weight loss -- but which either cramp your lifestyle or don&#39;t quite measure up?
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By E.J. Mundell, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- The new federal dietary formula may offer sweet rewards for following its guidelines, an idea that's not settling well with nutritionists...
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LONDON - Dieters on the popular high-fat, low-carb Atkins approach lose just as much body fat as those on low-fat diets, but the annoying low-carb side effects could mean problems down the road, according to a scientist who reviewed five dozen diet studies
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IT is the so-called &quot;wonder diet&quot; which has seen millions of people shed weight while eating fatty foods. But experts today claimed that the fashionable Atkins diet probably only works because it is so boring.
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U.S. dieters will soon be able to count their carbs on mobile phones, the company behind the Atkins Diet said on Thursday.
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A U.S. panel of nutrition experts on Friday proposed new federal dietary guidelines that acknowledged a link between soft drinks and weight gain, but stopped short of recommending that overweight Americans eat less sugar.