Thursday, September, 02, 2010

Does The Atkins Diet Really Work

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Popular Diets Reviewed: The New Atkins Revolution

By Heather Reese Health Expert

Read all of our reviews of popular diets.

 

The Atkins diet has been around since the 1970’s but it was the re-release of the Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution over 10 years ago that generated the low-carb craze that is pervasive in our society today. According to the New Atkins Diet, people are overweight because they eat too many carbohydrate-rich foods. By restricting carbohydrates, the body will burn fat, including fat stores, for energy.

During metabolism, the body burns carbohydrates...

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