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The Zone Diet - 1995 New York Times Best Seller
[Health-and-Fitness:Popular-Diets] The Zone came out in 1995 and was a New York Times bestseller. Written by Barry Sears - it is all about eating "in The Zone". There are lots of good principles behind The Zone. Sears notes the following: Eating fat does not make you fat; It is hard to lose weight by restricting calories; Diets based on calorie limits usually fail; Food can be good or bad.

Dr Arthur Agatston's South Beach Diet
[Health-and-Fitness:Popular-Diets] The South Beach diet first came out in 2003 and has sold over 5 million copies since. It was developed by Dr Arthur Agatston - a cardiologist - who was trying to help his heart patients to lose weight. The best thing about The South Beach Diet is that it is anti refined carbohydrates and actively encourages people to cut them out of their diet. The other good news is that it will work - in the short term - but we will see that it is unlikely to work in the long term, as it makes the same mistake as 99% of diets in trying to get people to eat less than they need.

Why the Atkins Diet Works
[Health-and-Fitness:Popular-Diets] The vast majority of diets are trying to get people to eat less (i.e. fewer calories). They are based on the idea that, if you eat less, your body will use up fat reserves in place of the missing energy. If only this were true! The body will first and foremost make you hungry, to try to get you to eat more and close the calorie deficit. This is the main reason that most diets fail - because hunger is up there with war and homelessness in the list of things that are unbearable for humans.

Tackling the Afternoon Slump
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] The afternoon slump is virtually guaranteed to be a reaction to the carbs and/or caffeine (including diet coke!) that you had for lunch. If you had any 'bad' carbs for lunch (confectionery, crisps, white pasta, white bread or any bread with sugar in it) or caffeine - this will stimulate the over production of insulin in the body, which will lower your blood sugar creating the afternoon slump feeling.

Top Tips For Eating Out and Losing Weight
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Eating out and socialising are such important aspects of modern life and having a sense of belonging, that the last thing a diet should do is stop people enjoying a meal with friends. Here are some top tips for how to eat out and still lose weight.