A good question makes you think. Do diets that cause you to lose weight actually make you healthier? Many leading dieticians are saying no. In fact, most leading dieticians would promote a balanced diet that is plentiful in fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy products and lean meat over the diets such as Atkins which promote the benefit of weight loss.

Dr. Thomas H. Lee, Editor in Chief of the Harvard Heart Letter and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School recently said, “Weight isn’t the only thing that determines whether you get heart disease.“

Here are some dietary guidelines from the American Heart Association.

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