Weight Loss Diet Plans: Atkins, Paleo, HCG and Whole Foods

Comparing diet plans like HCG, Paleo, and Atkins can help you find the best extreme weight loss meal plan. Learn the consequences of junk food and how to navigate low-carb cooking with soy flour.

Low-Sodium Marinades for Chicken

When marinating chicken, do away with the salt without sacrificing flavor or juiciness. A variety of herbs, spices and liquids add spice and interest to the same old chicken parts, allowing you to eschew the salt shaker.

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What Foods Can You Eat on the hCG Diet?

Diet fads come and go, but the hCG diet has been around for at least four decades, according to a study of the diet published in the Western Journal of Medicine in 1977.

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Diet Plan for Athletes Trying to Lose Weight

Many athletes wish to lose weight to become faster and get themselves in better shape for the upcoming season. Combining the right foods with the proper amount of training will help you drop excess weight and allow you to become a more effective player.

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What Causes High Protein in Liver?

Your liver is one of the largest organs in your body and primarily is involved in metabolism, digestion, detoxification and elimination of various harmful compounds from your body.

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Calories in Bacardi and Diet Coke

A rum and Coke is a cocktail known by nearly every bartender. The caloric values will be taken from roughly 4.5 oz. of Coca-Cola Diet and 1.5 oz. -- the standard shot size -- of Bacardi Rum. Typically, cocktails are served in a 10 oz. tumbler, two-thirds of which is filled with ice.

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Diet: How to Stop Eating So Much

You’ve tried every imaginable diet to lose weight, but the big problem is that you just can’t stop eating so much. A number of issues may be involved in your habit of overeating, from visual factors to emotional issues to the types of foods you choose or the way you eat your meals.

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How to Eat Chili & Lose Weight

Eating is one of the most important aspects of losing weight. The foods you choose play a key role in how successful your weight-loss efforts are, as well as how quickly you are able lose your desired number of pounds.

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Green Tea Fast Diet

Fasting, practiced in some religions as a means of heightening spirituality, provides an additional physical benefit: weight loss. Some people combine abstinence from food with detoxification plans and green tea consumption for rapid weight loss.

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Ryvita Bikini Diet

The Ryvita Bikini Diet, also known as the Ryvita Bikini Fit Challenge, is a two-week weight loss plan designed by nutritionist Jennie Cockroft for the Ryvita company. The diet includes two daily meals -- breakfast and lunch -- that consist of two Ryvita Crispbread crackers topped with various suggested toppings.

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How Much Should a Fourteen-Year-Old Girl Be Eating?

A 14-year old girl is going through many biological and psychological changes. These changes directly affect what, how much and how often she should eat. Several other aspects also affect her diet, such as socioeconomic status and geographical location.

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Glucerna Shake Vs. Atkins Shake

Whether you are watching your carbohydrate intake to get your blood sugar levels under control and better manage your diabetes, or following a low-carb eating plan to lose weight, there is a large variety of products on the market to help you if you need snack or meal replacement options.

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How Much Weight Can You Lose Per Week on a Low Carb Diet?

Low-carb diets typically produce noticeable weight loss during the first few weeks, in part because limiting food choices generally leads to reduced calorie intake. Several popular diets -- including the Atkins and Zone diets -- are based on low-carbohydrate models.

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Eating Large Meals Before Bed

Nighttime eating can be difficult to avoid, especially if you're feeling stressed. In some cases it can even become a disorder, such as night-eating syndrome, a condition that is particularly prevalent in people who are obese or morbidly obese, according to Family Practice News.

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Healthier Alternatives to Coke

If you're concerned about the possible negative effects of Coke and other sugary, sweetened soft drinks on your waistline and health, there are plenty of healthier alternatives. Sugary soft drinks should be drunk rarely, if at all. A typical can of regular soda has 150 calories and 10 tsp. of sugar.

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Broth Diet

Including broth in your diet may help with weight loss -- especially if you consume it at certain times -- but it isn't a weight-loss miracle food. Broth shouldn't be the only food you eat, but it can be part of a balanced, reduced-calorie diet for weight loss.

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Beginner's Body Sculpting

Body sculpting, also called weight training, resistance training or strength training, is a form of exercise which uses external weight or resistance or your own body weight to stress the muscles. The end result is newly toned or sculpted muscles. Body sculpting can help you get in shape, tone the body and lose weight.

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Can High Protein & Low Carbs Cause Headaches?

In the initial stage of a low-carb diet, it’s common to experience a few unpleasant physical side effects, such as nausea, fatigue and headaches. Don’t rush to abandon your weight-loss plan because of the discomfort; your headaches will probably go away in a few days.

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Lean Cuisine Vs Nutrisystem

Lean Cuisine is a line of low-fat frozen dinners designed for dieters and is available in your local grocer's frozen food section. Nutrisystem is a weight loss program that provides all your meals prepackaged through the mail. These foods are designed by a nutritionist to eliminate the need to plan your diet program.

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The 6 Basic Principles of Diet Planning

Ask most people what the word "diet" means and they describe short-term weight loss goals and countless food restrictions. However, the term "diet" simply refers to what we eat. A good diet promotes positive change and helps you incorporate sensible eating into your daily lifestyle.

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