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.

Side Effects of the Atkins Diet

Published Jul,18 2017 | By Laura Agadoni

Dr. Robert C. Atkins, a cardiologist, began studying a controlled carbohydrate approach to eating in 1963 after becoming troubled by the increasing obesity problem he noticed in his patients.

The 7-Day Color Diet

Published Jul,18 2017 | By Laura Agadoni

The 7-Day Color Diet is a clever way to get you to eat fruits and vegetables. It uses the principles from the National Cancer Institute’s 2002 “Savor the Spectrum” program, which promotes healthy eating by suggesting that people eat five to nine servings of fruit and vegetables a day.

Laura Agadoni has been writing professionally since 1983. Her feature stories on area businesses, human interest and health and fitness appear in her local newspaper. She has also written and edited for a grassroots outreach effort and has been published in "Clean Eating" magazine and in "Dimensions" magazine, a CUNA Mutual publication. Agadoni has a Bachelor of Arts in communications from California State University-Fullerton.