What Is The Nature Of The Dukan Diet?

Introduction The word “diet” is a misnomer. The majority of the time when the word “diet” is spoken, the first impression is about food restriction for weight loss rather than lifestyle changes (Diet, 2016). Diet plans come and go; from the early 19th Century through to today's diets including Dr. Atkins, Ephedra, Weight Watchers, and so forth. (Sutton, 2015). This essay will describe a diet plan, together with the nature and science behind it. Moreover, included in this discussion, is an experiment designed to study the value and usefulness of said diet, in a regulated environment.

The Nature of the Dukan Diet Several years ago, the news gave us the rumoured diet plan of Katherine Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge as The Dukan Diet. Dr. Pierre Dukan, a French medical doctor developed a “healthy” low carbohydrate, low fat, high protein diet for weight loss and stabilization. Additionally, Dr. Dukan states that exercise is very important, taken every day, throughout the

Dr. Dukan's website assures us that medical analysis has validated the efficacy and safety of his diet (2013). The following two studies discuss increased protein with regards to weight loss. The first study, listed on Dr. Dukan's website, shows that increased portions of protein affect the body's satiety level, curbing the need to eat even after each meal is finished, thus promoting weight loss (Duraffourd et al., 2012). Likewise, protein appears to decrease the hunger hormone, ghrelin. The higher the level of ghrelin in your body, the more ravenous you become (Mawer, 2016). How is protein effective? A study out of the Netherlands explains that increased protein decreases the ghrelin level in the body, therefore, decreasing the need to overeat (Blom et al., 2006). Furthermore, evidence exists that high levels of protein, with low saturated fat, along with a low carbohydrate diet may be beneficial; nonetheless, further studies are warranted (Halton & Hu,