Atkins Diet
1`Health Project ˇV Atkins Diet (Draft #1) The Atkins diet, a new ˇ§revolutionaryˇ¨ diet program with high-protein, high-fat, low-carbohydrate eating has been a bestseller for several years. ... Atkins, the Atkins Diet allows the dieter to eat as much oil, protein and fat as they can but excluding carbohydrates, fruits, and vegetables from the diet. Yes, the Atkins Diet will help you in losing weight in a very short amount of time, but in the long term, it is a diet program that increases many health risks and as with all fad diets, you will soon regain your weight once you start eating normally. ... The Atkins diet is definitely an unhealthy lifestyle choice considering its leading side effects, permanency and health risks. ... Atkins Diet, high-protein diets that require eating little or no vegetable and carbohydrates but unlimited amount of meat and saturated fats is extremely unhealthful and will lead to many side effects. Firstly, long term of high-protein diet is associated with significantly increased risk of colorectal cancer, (one of the most common forms of cancer and is among the leading cause of caner related mortality, www. ... ) In addition, high-protein diets like Atkins Diet are typically low in dietary fiber because it restricts the intake of vegetable and whole grains. ... 8 Another risk Atkins Diet will increase is cardiovascular disease, such as heart problems. ... In conclusion, the Atkins diet is a significant factor for side effects of colorectal cancer, cardiovascular disease, and impaired renal function. ˇ§Is the Atkins Diet a permanent weight loss program? ... To answer this question, a physician from UC Berkeley says, ˇ§If you follow the Atkins diet, you will lose weightˇXbut it could be dangerous beyond a few weeks.