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E-Articles - The Diet Craze
That little bikini in the back of your bottom dresser drawer is calling your name. The sun is shining, the kids are begging for a trip to the beach, but the idea of putting on a bathing suit makes you about as excited as the idea of spending the day scrubbing toilets. You are not alone. In 2003, 65% of U.S. citizens tried some form of weight loss or weight control. But the idea of weight-loss is daunting to anyone, especially with the
According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product
ever-increasing number of weight-loss plans, online diets and magic pills that make the weight vanish while you sleep (wouldn’t that be nice?).
To ease your worries and debunk the mysteries, we have taken a close look at three of the most popular diets out there.
Atkins
* What it is
Known predominantly for its low-carb stance on weight-loss, the Atkins diet has been making noise in the media for d
To ease your worries and debunk the mysteries, we have taken a close look at three of the most popular diets out there.
Atkins
* What it is
Known predominantly for its low-carb stance on weight-loss, the Atkins diet has been making noise in the media for d
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
cades. Dr. Atkins’ theory is that a diet high in carbohydrates does not allow the body to produce high levels of energy. By eliminating these carbohydrates from your diet, your body will instead use fat as fuel, ultimately resulting in weight loss. This “fat burning energy,” as the plan calls it, claims to shed pounds and diminish your appetite. The drastic exclusion of carbs, while adding in healthy doses of saturated fat is the basic
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
formula of the Atkins’ diet supposed magic.
* What you do
The Atkins’ diet is broken up into four phases that guide you through the weight-loss process. You may choose to begin your diet at any phase, but it is recommended that you start at Phase 1 to help your body adjust to the drastic diet change.
- Phase 1: Induction
This is essentially a 14-day boot camp for your body in which you eat leafy greens and non-star
* What you do
The Atkins’ diet is broken up into four phases that guide you through the weight-loss process. You may choose to begin your diet at any phase, but it is recommended that you start at Phase 1 to help your body adjust to the drastic diet change.
- Phase 1: Induction
This is essentially a 14-day boot camp for your body in which you eat leafy greens and non-star
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
hy vegetables as the 20 Net Carbs allowed per day.
- Phase 2: Ongoing Weight Loss (OWL)
During this time, you are given greater freedom in your diet choices and can eat up to 25 Net Carbs per day. This is a slower-paced phase in which the Atkins people promise the pounds will come off gradually.
- Phase 3: Pre-Maintenance
Nearing your target weight, this phase encourages you to “take ownership of your new Atkins healthy eating habi
- Phase 2: Ongoing Weight Loss (OWL)
During this time, you are given greater freedom in your diet choices and can eat up to 25 Net Carbs per day. This is a slower-paced phase in which the Atkins people promise the pounds will come off gradually.
- Phase 3: Pre-Maintenance
Nearing your target weight, this phase encourages you to “take ownership of your new Atkins healthy eating habi
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
s” and plan to maintain them even after reaching your weight goal.
- Phase 4: Lifetime Maintenance
In this final phase, Atkins challenges you to maintain your Atkins Carbohydrate Equilibrium (ACE) and stay within 5 pounds of your final target weight. Using the knowledge and habits learned throughout the diet, you should potentially be able to maintain your weight for the rest of your life.
* What you eat
Your carb
- Phase 4: Lifetime Maintenance
In this final phase, Atkins challenges you to maintain your Atkins Carbohydrate Equilibrium (ACE) and stay within 5 pounds of your final target weight. Using the knowledge and habits learned throughout the diet, you should potentially be able to maintain your weight for the rest of your life.
* What you eat
Your carb
ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
ntake is determined by which phase you are in, so obviously you’ll have more options the longer you stick with the plan. The following are just a few menu options, but click here for more recipes:
Crab and Avocado Salad
Chocolate Pancakes
Pork Chops with Walnuts and Blue Cheese
Shrimp and Feta Stew
Chocolate Cream Frosty
Wild Mushroom and Gruyere Cheese Omelets
Chicken and Cheese Quesadillas
Italian Meatballs with Tomato Sauce
Crab and Avocado Salad
Chocolate Pancakes
Pork Chops with Walnuts and Blue Cheese
Shrimp and Feta Stew
Chocolate Cream Frosty
Wild Mushroom and Gruyere Cheese Omelets
Chicken and Cheese Quesadillas
Italian Meatballs with Tomato Sauce
easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
Mahi-Mahi with Spicy Peanut Sauce
Vanilla Mousse with Rhubarb Sauce
Salmon-Stuffed Zucchini
* What you should know
Like any fad, there are always loyal followers and skeptic criticizers. For the Atkins diet, most criticism from the medical profession focuses around a health concern. Because the diet is so high in saturated fats, you may shed the pounds, but your heart may be suffering as well. It has also been foun
Vanilla Mousse with Rhubarb Sauce
Salmon-Stuffed Zucchini
* What you should know
Like any fad, there are always loyal followers and skeptic criticizers. For the Atkins diet, most criticism from the medical profession focuses around a health concern. Because the diet is so high in saturated fats, you may shed the pounds, but your heart may be suffering as well. It has also been foun
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
to be as effective or less effective than other diets that include carbohydrates in a more balanced diet. However, to date, there have been no long-term studies of people on the Atkins’ diet.
Zone (also see Dr. Sears' website)
* What it is
Unlike the Atkins’ diet, the Zone Diet is less about dieting and more about a lifetime of healthy eating. Founded by Dr. Barry Sears in 1984, he believes that ac
Zone (also see Dr. Sears' website)
* What it is
Unlike the Atkins’ diet, the Zone Diet is less about dieting and more about a lifetime of healthy eating. Founded by Dr. Barry Sears in 1984, he believes that ac
and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
ieving hormonal balance through diet is essential to maintaining a healthy weight. According to Sears, hormone insulin will make you fat and keep you fat, so the goal is to regulate that insulin.
* What you do
The Zone Diet is simpler to explain because its foundation is very basic. There are no steps or phases, just the goal to stay within the Zone.
- 3 meals, 2 snacks
In order to maintain your desired insulin lev
* What you do
The Zone Diet is simpler to explain because its foundation is very basic. There are no steps or phases, just the goal to stay within the Zone.
- 3 meals, 2 snacks
In order to maintain your desired insulin lev
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
l, Sears believes you should eat at specific timed intervals throughout the day, totaling three meals and two snacks. Even if you aren’t hungry, you must eat to stay in the Zone. It is essential to plan your meals like you plan the rest of your day to ensure you eat the proper amount at the right time. This controls how your body uses proteins and carbohydrates consistently throughout the day.
- Exercise
Because staying in the Zone p
- Exercise
Because staying in the Zone p
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
omises an increased level of energy, even people who are not normally active will want to add exercise into their daily routine. Sears encourages this activity, but believes that exercise can only get you so far. He says that it should be an 80/20 rule, with 80% diet and 20% exercise.
* What you eat
The possibilities are endless as to what you can create, as long as you stay within the guidelines. The following are s
* What you eat
The possibilities are endless as to what you can create, as long as you stay within the guidelines. The following are s
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
me Zone snacks to keep you full between meals(click here for full recipes). Also, check out the Zone food and recipe website for more ideas:
Deviled Eggs with Hummus
Waldorf Salad
Chips and Salsa
Mini Pita Pizza
Spinach Salad
Tuna Salad and Cracker
Hot Dog (soy)
Low-Fat Cottage Cheese & Fruit
Crabmeat Salad Sandwiches
Ham and Fruit
* What you should know
Although the Zone diet shows slightly higher success
Deviled Eggs with Hummus
Waldorf Salad
Chips and Salsa
Mini Pita Pizza
Spinach Salad
Tuna Salad and Cracker
Hot Dog (soy)
Low-Fat Cottage Cheese & Fruit
Crabmeat Salad Sandwiches
Ham and Fruit
* What you should know
Although the Zone diet shows slightly higher success
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
ates than the Atkins’ diet, it is smart to be skeptical of any diet that concentrates on one food group drastically more than the others. Consequently, the American Heart Association does not recommend the Zone diet of its excessive emphasis on high-protein, little nutrients and the lack of long-term studies done on the Zone diet.
South Beach Diet
* What it is
The South Beach Diet was originally cr
South Beach Diet
* What it is
The South Beach Diet was originally cr
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
ated by Dr. Arthur Agatston, who is a cardiologist in Miami, Florida. He wanted to find a way for his heart patients to lose weight in a healthy way. Concentrating on good carbs and good fats rather than bad carbs and bad fats, the idea is to get rid of bad fats and carbs that impair insulin’s ability to properly process fats and sugars. Overall, Agatston believes in a healthy balance of food in general, rather than an elimination of c
t?
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
rbohydrates.
* What you do
There are three phases in this diet and, like the Atkins’ diet, with each new phase you have more options of food.
- Phase 1: Start losing weight
During this phase, your three meals per day will include normal-sized helpings and plenty of choices including meat, seafood, vegetables, eggs and nuts. Part of this phase is eliminating hunger cravings and learning which foods will keep you ful
* What you do
There are three phases in this diet and, like the Atkins’ diet, with each new phase you have more options of food.
- Phase 1: Start losing weight
During this phase, your three meals per day will include normal-sized helpings and plenty of choices including meat, seafood, vegetables, eggs and nuts. Part of this phase is eliminating hunger cravings and learning which foods will keep you ful
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
the longest. Like the Zone diet, you should eat two snacks per day as well.
- Phase 2: Reach your goal
The key to this phase is balance. You may start adding foods back into your diet that were not allowed before, but in a balanced relation to the other foods in your diet. Whether it be bread, rice, potatoes or cereal, you will learn how to eat them and make them “smart carbs.”
- Phase 3: A diet for life
After the first two phases
- Phase 2: Reach your goal
The key to this phase is balance. You may start adding foods back into your diet that were not allowed before, but in a balanced relation to the other foods in your diet. Whether it be bread, rice, potatoes or cereal, you will learn how to eat them and make them “smart carbs.”
- Phase 3: A diet for life
After the first two phases
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
you will have learned how to eat and prepare meals that include good carbs and good fat to help you maintain a healthy lifestyle. The South Beach Diet emphasizes the long-term effects of the diet. In fact, they say that, “you’ll notice that this plan feels less like a diet and more like a way of life.”
* What you eat
The South Beach Diet has hundreds of recipes for each phase so you can prepare healthy meals at home
* What you eat
The South Beach Diet has hundreds of recipes for each phase so you can prepare healthy meals at home
.
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
but they also have a retail product lines from Kraft and Santa Fe to make staying on the diet that much easier. Here are a few choices:
Baked Sweet Potato Fries
Roasted Eggplant with Lemon and Olive Oil
Baked Barbecue Chicken
Whole Wheat Penne with Eggplant and Ricotta
Cannellini Bean Salad
Warm Beef Salad
Mango Smoothie
Pear Bran Muffins
* What you should know
While this diet may seem to be the most flexibl
Baked Sweet Potato Fries
Roasted Eggplant with Lemon and Olive Oil
Baked Barbecue Chicken
Whole Wheat Penne with Eggplant and Ricotta
Cannellini Bean Salad
Warm Beef Salad
Mango Smoothie
Pear Bran Muffins
* What you should know
While this diet may seem to be the most flexibl
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
, don’t be fooled by introductory gimmicks. While the South Beach Diet allows you some leeway, be prepared to make some sacrifices to lose the weight.
Please remember, this is just an overview. If you are seriously thinking of trying these diets or any others, do your research. Read the diet books and talk to people who have tried them. The more you know the better chance you have at being successful.
Copyright © 2006 Ampere Media LL
Please remember, this is just an overview. If you are seriously thinking of trying these diets or any others, do your research. Read the diet books and talk to people who have tried them. The more you know the better chance you have at being successful.
Copyright © 2006 Ampere Media LL
tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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