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Article: Low-Carbohydrate Diets and Weight Loss.
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- Alternative Medicine Alert
- Article date:
- December 1, 2004
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Low-Carbohydrate Diets and Weight Loss
Part I of a series on diet and weight loss
By Donal P. OMathuna
The incidence of obesity continues to rise in the United States and most of the developing world. Effective strategies for long-term weight reduction elude most, yet less than a quarter of those trying to lose weight adhere to the two well-established requirements: reduce caloric intake and increase exercise. Instead, Americans spend about $33 billion each year on weight-loss products and services..sup.1 The Atkins diet is one of the most popular current approaches, with an estimated 20 million people worldwide embracing this low-carbohydrate ...