The 4 Day Diet

The 4 Day Diet is an eating and exercise plan devised by Ian K. Smith, MD, from the TV show “Celebrity Fit Club.” You may be disappointed to find out that The 4 Day Diet isn’t a four-day quick fix, but rather another twist on trying to psych out your metabolism.

The 4 Day Diet: How It Works

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The Eat More, Weigh Less Diet

The Eat More, Weigh Less Diet was first published in 1993. This low-fat, vegetarian diet was created by Dean Ornish, MD, founder and president of the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, Calif. Dr. Ornish, clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, demonstrates research that links lifestyle and dietary changes and the…

Sports Nutrition

Definition

Sports nutrition is a broad interdisciplinary field that involves dietitians, biochemists, exercise physiologists, cell and molecular biologists, and occasionally psychotherapists. It has both a basic science aspect that includes such concerns as understanding the body’s use of nutrients during athletic competition and the need for nutritional supplements among athletes; and an application aspect, which is concerned with the use…

Protein

Protein are compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, which are arranged as strands of amino acid. They play an essential role in the cellular maintenance, growth, and functioning of the human body. Serving as the basic structural molecule of all the tissues in the body, protein makes up nearly 17% of the total body weight. To understand

Protein

Minerals

Definition

Minerals are inorganic elements that originate in the earth and cannot be made in the body. They play important roles in various bodily functions and are necessary to sustain life and maintain optimal health, and thus are essential nutrients. Most of the minerals in the human diet come directly from plants and water, or indirectly from animal foods. However,…

Metabolism

Metabolism refers to the physical and chemical processes that occur inside the cells of the body and that maintain life. Metabolism consists of anabolism (the constructive phase) and catabolism (the destructive phase, in which complex materials are broken down). The transformation of the macronutrients, carbohydrates, fats, and proteins in food to energy, and other physiological processes are parts of…

Inborn Errors of Metabolism

Inborn errors of metabolism are inherited disorders in which the body cannot metabolize the components of food (carbohydrates, proteins, and The Guthrie test, given to newborns, helps doctors diagnose some inborn errors of metabolism before they cause permanent damage. The test requires a small sample of blood, usually taken from the heel.  The Guthrie test, given…

HIV-AIDS

HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) was identified in 1983 by the French scientist Luc Montagier and his staff at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Ever since that discovery, scientists have been searching for ways to treat those infected with HIV, and to produce a vaccine to prevent its spread. While new antiviral treatments have been developed, a vaccine has yet…

How to Increase Your Metabolism

Models struggle with weight gain just as much as anyone else. And, like everyone else, once they hit 30 years old it becomes progressively harder. Studies show that after 30, women lose 1/2 a pound of muscle every year and gain the same amount in fat! If you want to go to castings, you need a way…

Antioxidants

Definition Antioxidants are molecules that prevent oxygen molecules from interacting with other molecules in a process called oxidation. In the body, antioxidants combine with potentially damaging molecules called free radicals to prevent the free radicals from causing damage to cell membranes, DNA, and proteins in the cell. Common antioxidants important to human health are vitamins A, C, E, beta-carotene, and…

3-Day Diet

Definition There are a variety of three-day diets that circulate from person to person and on the Internet. They tend to promise weight loss of 10 lb (4.5 kg) or more in just three days. Origins

The origins of the three-day diet are unclear. Some people believe that they go back to the 1980s when these kinds of diets were faxed from…