Nutrition and Weight Loss

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In our life, nutrition plays a very important roll and people need to be more educated about it. Obesity is a significant problem in our society; more than one-third of the adults in America are obese. The majority of people who try to lose weight do not know how to deal with it and therefor they end up whit different results coursing severe injuries to themselves. There are so many different types of diet programs advertised in the media and it is can be very confusing to know which one you can trust to be effective, which one actually works for you. To determine whether a diet works or not for you, it is necessary to know your own metabolism and how it works. Today, many people do not properly control what they consuming on daily basis and are not aware on how to properly balance their diet because they are not educated in how to count the amount of nutrients intake per day. For instant, everyone should be conscious on what is nutrition, the properties of minerals, nutrients and vitamins, what are their values and the effects of each element in various nutrients. However, there is a special system to loose weight, for some people it might or might not work satisfactorily. Lets see what are the characteristics of a sound diet by Robert C. Atkins, MD, who is the founder and medical chairman of The Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine, in New York City. A 1951 graduate of the University of Michigan, in which involve the right in adequacy, balance, calories, moderation and variety.
The characteristics of a sound diet should be accomplished by five most important categories. adequacy, balance, calorie, moderation and variety. First adequacy, meaning that, it is always necessary to have the right amount or just su...

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... body is build to take just a settle amount of nutrients, not too much or not too little just the right amount of calories for the brain to fulfill its functions. Each individual need to eat in moderation and avoid the bad choices in nutrients, other wise it will result in health problems, not now but in the future. It is important and is recommended to have a wide variety of nutrients in foods where individuals will be able to have a choice. The Atkins diet, do not work for every one. In addition there are a lot of contraditions on the topic of Atkins diet, some people likes it and feel happy about it and others complain. I addition it is recommended to who ever I going to organize a diet plan, to do a genetic test before. That way, will know which diet will work better for their metabolism. Make sure to read the labels when grocery chopping.

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