Weight Loss Diet

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Methods of Conventional Weight Loss.

The US Surgeon General and the Dietary Guidelines For Americans, as issued by the US Department of Agriculture, both emphasise the need for calorie control as well as an increase in physical exercise, to reduce this overweight epidemic, but the evidence suggests that most conventional weight loss methods do not provide any significant weight reduction, mainly due to the person using the particular method not sticking to it.

Food Composition Of Diets.

Fashion dictates what sells, and weight loss products and services are no exception to this fact.

First, we saw the rise of low-fat diets, which were all promoted as heart friendly ways of reducing your weight.

Unfortunately, the message was taken by most consumers that "all fats are bad for you, and all carbs are good for you", which led to an unhealthy overconsumption of refined carbohydrates.

With the re-launch of the famous "Dr Atkins" and his "New Diet Revolution", the fashion once again turned full circle, and made carbohydrates the new enemy, and not fat.

After "Dr Atkins" came the South Beach Diet, which offered a moderate lo-carbohydrate.

Next it was the turn of the GI diets. Based on food with a lower glycemic response, that are defined as being scientifically more beneficial, and which are likely to remain so for quite some time.

While the food composition of the new diets change with the latest fashions, the basic laws of weight loss remain unchanged, and that which is clearly defined: calories consumed must be less that calories used.

So, as long as a diet uses calorie control, also includes items from all food groups, then the exact make up of the foods that you consume in your diet remain no more than a matter of your own personal taste.

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Weight Loss Diet

Part 2 of a 3 part article - Part 3 is here - Weight Loss Dieting