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Title: The Effects of the Atkins Diet on Weight Loss.


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The Effects of the Atkins Diet on Weight Loss.
  • By Jason Combs
  • Biology/Pre-Pharmacy, Undergraduate Student
  • Department of Biology
  • Tennessee Technological University

2
Project Summary
  • Health concerns of low carbohydrate, high protein
    diets.
  • Certain fad diets have high intakes of certain
    nutrients which can cause numerous diseases.
  • Cancer
  • Heart disease
  • Diabetes
  • Osteoporosis
  • Kidney Disease

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Project Summary
  • Low Carbohydrate, High Protein Diets
  • High intake of Protein
  • Heart disease
  • Kidney disease
  • Obesity
  • Low intake of Carbohydrates
  • Help prevent high cholesterol and colon cancer
  • Needed to fuel many of the bodys function
  • Major source of energy for the body

4
Project Summary
  • Deals with the effects of a low carbohydrate,
    high protein diet on weight loss
  • According to the Atkins Diet the subjects should
    experience weight loss.

5
Introduction
  • The Atkins diet is by far one of, if not the
    most popular fad diets ever invented. With more
    than six million copies sold, Dr. Atkins' New
    Diet Revolution is still making history with a
    controversial way of dieting (Leonard 2004).

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Introduction
  • The Atkins Diet involves eating foods which are
    high in protein, while limiting foods which are
    high in carbohydrates (Leonard 2004).
  • Overall the low carbohydrate, high protein diet
    is very unhealthy.

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Objective and Hypothesis Statements
  • Objective Statement
  • To determine if the low carbohydrate, high
    protein diet has an influence on weight loss.
  • Hypothesis
  • A high protein, low carbohydrate diet will weight
    loss.
  • Null Hypothesis
  • A high protein, low carbohydrate diet will not
    effect weight loss.

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Methods and Materials
  • Materials
  • 4 test subjects
  • High protein foods
  • Low carbohydrate foods
  • Floor scale
  • Weight loss chart

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Methods and Materials
  • Methods
  • Subjects are separated into 2 pairs.
  • There is 1 control group, consisting of 2
    subjects and 1 experimental group, consisting of
    2 subjects.
  • The subjects weight is taken using the floor
    scale.
  • Each subject will be weighed weekly, on the same
    day.

10
Methods and Materials
  • Methods (cont.)
  • At the end of the experiment each subject will
    have their average weight calculated and the
    total amount of weight lost or gained calculated.

11
Methods and Materials
  • Data Form

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Methods and Materials
  • Data Form

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Conclusions and Summary
  • The results of this experiment were of no
    surprise. The control group gained a minimal
    amount of weight, where as the experimental
    group, which were on the diet, lost weight.
    These findings follow suit with the claims of Dr.
    Atkins.
  •  In conclusion, the research provided information
    about the validity of fad diets. Fad diets are
    an affective way to lose weight. The
    low-carbohydrate, high protein diet did stand up
    to the claims of its supporters.

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