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A Fast Talk on Weight Loss Plans

by James Wright

Many of us want to lose weight but as much as we wanted too, it is hard to find a weight loss plan that will work for us. It is because weight loss industry has been growing so fast that it offers us too many weight loss plans that we may try and possibly get a positive result. But even having all of these weight loss plans, media has been subliminally affecting our lifestyle. Why? Media had been creating a lot of ads about fast foods and when we see that, our body reacts to the subliminal stimulus that would make us decide that we want to eat fast foods. Fast food ads have been in every media while healthy foods are not really that advertised. This is the main reason why most of us are having some issues with health and lifestyle.

Different approaches have been used in weight loss plans. Low fat diet plan will help us lose weight and keep our cholesterol balanced. This is what we all know but now it has been claimed that it's not all true. Fat is also needed in our body because it is a component that gives signal to our body when it is time to stop eating. Imagine this, when fat is totally removed, it will be harder for us to achieve weight loss because there is no signal that will stop us from eating. Cravings are being satiated by fats. This gives the Low fat diet plan a very low success rate. Aside from that, fat is also needed to keep our skin healthy and also helps our digestive system. Absence of fat can cause constipation.

Then the low carbohydrate consumption came. The earliest advocacy on this was promoted in New Revolution diet book by Dr. Atkins to show that there are other weight loss plans aside from low fat diet. Many had claimed that they shed off pounds on this diet. Despite of these claims, this die made a negative impact because many have also claimed that they cannot let go of the carbohydrates. In this diet, the body is going to be subjected to a very low carbohydrate intake for about two weeks. Then carbohydrate intake will be increased to the right level which makes the body keep up its ideal weight. However with the shock of sudden change on carbohydrate intake, most people went back to their regular carbohydrate consumption in just several months.