Obese and overweight persons are at risk of many conditions that do threaten human lives. For instance, blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar depend solely on weight. This implies that people with overweight have higher odds of high blood pressure, elevated blood sugars, and high cholesterol in the blood. This paper, as such, critically evaluates Dukan, Atkins, and Cambridge’s fat loss diet programs, points out how they stack against each other, and the programs could help in future training.
Dukan is one of the diets that are in practice today that help people lose weight for life benefits. The Dukan diet is a high-protein and low-carb diet involving strenuous physical activity within one week. This fat loss program is appropriate for short-term weight loss rather than long-term pursuits. Atkins is another eating program that has been proven to burn out fat in the human body (Sondhi et al., 2020). Atkins is a high-protein, low-carb weight loss program that can make one lose about 15 pounds of fat in two weeks (Sondhi et al., 2020). Finally, Cambridge’s eating program entails a variety of meals with different constituents. This program aims to substitute products to allow gradual weight loss (Hjorth et al., 2017). Cambridge’s eating program involves consuming low calories and extensive exercising to aid weight loss. Dukan and Atkins’s programs do not support intense training programs because they involve eating low carbs food but enhance fat loss within a short period. The Cambridge program enables intense training since it involves eating food with energy but low calories. Therefore, Cambridge’s eating style has the potential to provide lasting results.
Even though the eating programs discussed differ nutritionally, each aims at initiating weight loss in obese and overweight persons; Dukan and Cambridge programs, the weight loss is experienced within a short period. On the other hand, weight loss in the Atkins program is gradual but steady. All programs provide the ultimate good results, which is weight loss. Evaluation of these eating programs lets people know what to expect during training and the expected results of practicing these programs. From the evaluation of the feeding programs, Dukan and Atkins involve consuming high protein and low carbs food. Science teaches that protein is the bodybuilding unit, and thus, I would change how much protein I consume (Mitchell et al., 2018). Taking low-protein foods would help limit weight gain when under these diet programs.
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