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The fad of following high protein diets seems to never fade. Not only are the weight loss results temporary, but you put your health at risk by following these plans. They are filled with fat, cholesterol, animal protein, microbes, and environmental chemical contaminants; and deficient in dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals, essential carbohydrates, and other phytonutrients. In the extreme forms (Atkins-type), they cause weight loss by causing you to become sick. The others work by the time-honored "starve-yourself-methods" (Zone-type), or by a combination of the two methods (South Beach Diet). For lifelong weight loss and good health eat like thin people eat (rural Asians, Central Americans, Africans, etc.) – a diet based on starches, vegetables and fruits.
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Do not take this information as personal medical advice. Do not change your diet if you are ill, or medication without the advice of a qualified health care provider (your physician, for example). More detailed information is found in The McDougall Program - 12 Days to Dynamic Health (Plume 1990) in your bookstore.
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