The History of Health-focused Dieting: In the last half century gone by, medical and technological advances have superceded those of any other fifty year period in history. If I was able to go back these Fifty-years, and take with me a laptop computer of the latest technology, claiming it as an in...

Atkins Diet Society is in constant evaluation of themselves with the way they look, size of clothes they wear, and overall appearance. The "style" today is to be thin, with a firm stomach and tight skin. However, more and more people are becoming over-weight and even obese these days. ...

Fad Diets: Are They a Safe Method of Losing Weight Fad diets are not a safe way to efficiently loss weight. Obesity is something that has plagued the American culture for centuries. Unlike many continents, we have an over abundance of food, and food that isn't healthy for that matter. We ha...

Since the early 1900's, Americans have been obsessed with dieting. Everyone is always looking for the fast, easy way to get the job done; this leads to many fad diets. The latest craze in the fad diet world is the low-carb diet. Among these diets, the two that are the most recognized are the...