There is a healthier way to go about tackling obesity. In this hard news story the author presents the reader with a more natural alternative to weight loss. A benefit of a low-carb diet is its considerable effect on lowering blood pressure. The key standpoint the author is presenting is to use diet instead of medication. In using diet the individual will experience fewer costs and negative side effects. This proposal is supported by reliable scientific sources including the Archives of Internal Medicine, the Veterans Affairs Medical Centre and Duke University Medical Centre and the British Heart Foundation.
The author leads the reader into the article by using a statement confirmed by US doctors. On a low-carb diet twice as many people have lower blood pressure than people using orlistat (diet drugs). The author tries not to be biased in confirming that both approaches to dieting have achieved equal weight loss. Overweight people are often advised to loose weight to lower their blood pressure this gives the reader an underlying direction towards using a low-carb diet.
The article uses common terms that are easy to understand and a number of sub-headings are used to guide the reader. Each of the two sections ‘medication’ and ‘counselling’ are both supported by research statistics. The author enhanced this with quotes by reputable sources.
It is most important for the author to make it very clear that this diet can be a more effective and well-rounded alternative to weight loss. A further aspect influencing the weight loss is counselling. Only minimal information is provided on the effects counselling the rest of the paragraph is dedicated to describing diet drugs. This may suggest that the author is trying to balance out the argument, giving the reader further information.
In conclusion a general health statement is made by the well-recognised source the British Health Foundation. The author gives the reader the choice suggesting that they themselves need to find something to suite their own needs.
This is avery interesting concept. As we have been inundated with media tarnishing the Atkins name. However, there is a huge difference between no carb and low carb, and it almost seems logical that anyone that looses weight will have low blood pressure.
ReplyDeleteTrue people now more than ever are very aware of all the kinds of diets out there especially the Atkins one. A minimal amount of carbs are always needed in your body so it would be unhealthy to cut them out all together.
ReplyDeleteNow concerning blood pressure weight loss does not automatically mean lower blood pressure. In most obese cases maybe yes, but genetics do also come into play.
Great analysis of the article Polly!
ReplyDeleteGood blog Polly! =)
ReplyDeleteI believe we should eat everything in moderation. If people cut down carbs but only to replace it with fat, cholesterol and sugar, it'll be even worse.
And how much carbs you need really depends on how much exercise you do too, right?
Just hope people eat sensibly instead of relying on unsustainable diet.