Low_Carb_Phenomenom

Low Carb Phenomenom America’s Low-Carb Diet Craze First Draft A cardiologist wrote a book that started a revolution that changed the way Americans think about food. Dr. Robert C. Atkins has taught everyone that carbohydrates are the enemy. Throughout the past decade many low-carb diets have become popular, an estimated 26 million people have tried it, and marketers have been quick of capitalize on the trend. Every time you go to the grocery store or turn on the TV you can find new products that have little to no carbohydrates. Diets are a huge consumption phenomenon in the United States. Everyone, male and female, want to lose weight to and have bodies like the pop stars. There have been many fad diets like the cabbage soup diet, the grapefruit diet, the Popsicle diet, the blood-type diet and the Hollywood weekend diet. There are also many different brands of diet pills that claim to increase your metabolism and reduce your appetite such a Dexatrim and Xenadrine. Dieting itself isn’t new, but limiting carbohydrates is. The Wheat Foods Council commissioned a Gallup poll in 1999. The telephone survey “Setting the record straight: What American’s Think about Fad Diets, Nutrition Advice and Food” polled 1000 consumers. diet, low, carb, new, carbohydrates, low-carb, atkins, carbs, been, weight, people, grams, fat, beer, food, protein, products, milk, diets, body, pounds, lose, light, foods, dr, book, insulin, increase, found, first, eating, because, years, year, sugar, state