3 HARD HITTING DIETS AT A GLANCE

Weight Watchers Basics:

Weight Watcher's members are given a weekly points allotment which depends on their current weight and their desired weight. The Weight Watcher's members are allowed to eat anything they like up to this points allotment.

The benefit of the points allocation system is that a points score is given to any food imaginable and there's no restrict on the types of food that you are allowed but only on the amount which you can eat depending on that food's points score. This is a big difference to many other diets that ban some foods completely or require that special foods are included in your diet.

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South Beach Diet Intro:

The South Beach Diet is developed by the famous cardiologist, Dr. Arthur Agatston. He formulated the South Beach Diet for his heart disease patients after a lot of diet search. Maybe one of the greatest benefits with the South Beach Diet is that you can have 3 meals with a normal size everyday as well as enjoy snacks and deserts. In a matter of short time you will see unbelievable results. Enjoy your favorite foods while have no fear of getting fat.

Dr. Agatston found out that when you eat bad carbohydrates, particularly those found in foods with a high Glycemic index, they produce an insulin resistance syndrome which is an deterioration of the hormone insulin's power to properly work on fat or sugar and not only this, bad carbohydrates also gain the chances of developing cardiovascular disease. Due to this the South Beach Diet includes the intake of good fats and good carbohydrates.

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Atkins Diet in a nutshell:

The Atkins Diets main plan fundamentally aims for you to bring down your intake of carbohydrates. What this means is your consumption is essentially protein. The idea is that your body burns carbohydrates first, when there is no more carbohydrates to find it will burn fat using the body's depot of fat to provide the protein energy.

What happens is that when you remove carbohydrates in your system your body starts to use protein to burn to provide energy. And in the process it use a lot of fat. This will cause you to shed weight and shed it fast.

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