Atkins diet

Obesity related illnesses are currently responsible for 300,000 deaths per year in the United States. If we continue to adhere to these nutritional practices that are partly responsible for our overweight society, obesity will surpass tobacco as the number 1 cause of preventable diseases in the country. Because sedentary lifestyles, lack of exercise, and stress also contribute to this problem, people want a quick fix to weight loss. So they naturally turn to fad diets or pills, instead of a lifestyle change, which means behavior modification. Many people feel they do not have the time and the energy to spend on changing dietary pattern; therefore the Atkins Diet is very attracting. Food is limited and everything is spelled out in a brief book. Quantity of food is not an issue; one just eats until they get full. Eating the same foods in unlimited quantities day after day is not normal. The human body needs essential vitamins and minerals, from all different kinds of foods in ord...