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Since their year-end launch, Sara Lee Delightful's wheat and white varieties have become the top-selling low-carb breads and No. 9 and No. 17 overall...
...pioneering low-carb regimen created by the late Dr. Robert Atkins begins with a two-week induction period that limits dieters to 20 grams of net carbs a day, ideally via two cups of salad and one cup of nonstarchy vegetables. The low-carb intake leads to KETOSIS, in which the body burns fat for energy. Successive phases of the meaty diet gradually add more carbs--nuts, berries and veggies--as weight loss slows...
Because stress hormones play an important role in controlling food cravings, Dr. Diana Schwarzbein emphasizes the need for STRESS MANAGEMENT as well as metabolic healing. As in "Protein Power," her diet plan tailors carb intake to your body type and activity level and also includes options for vegetarians...
Nutritionist Ann Louise Gittleman zeroes in on "FALSE FAT," water retention triggered either by dehydration (ah, the irony) or by common allergies or sensitivities to a trio of sin foods (wheat, dairy and sugar). Her fat-flushing, "liver-loving" low-carb diet calls for drinking eight glasses of cranberry water a day to deter water retention and help clean up cellulite, plus a glass of hot water with fresh lemon juice to aid fat metabolism and stall carbohydrate digestion...
...Audette's CAVEMAN DIET doesn't involve carb or calorie counting or any peculiar formulas but instead urges wannabe Paleolithic dieters to ask one simple question: Could I eat this if I were naked with a sharp stick on the savanna? That guiding principle rules out grains, beans, potatoes, dairy, sugar and virtually all processed foods. --By Julie Rawe