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Show ARTS ENTERTAINMENT Expel excess baggage with healthy dieting WFDNESDAY, BY & SEPTEMBER 14,2005 THE VOICE OF DIXIE STATE COLLEGE OF UTAH DIXIE SUN CASIE MCNAUGHTON Sun Opinion Editor Dixie Many students are looking for the right diet to fight the dreaded Freshman 15 However, finding the right diet may be difficult. A wide variety of diet trends have started, and new tips and guidelines appear every week Five popular diets include the Atkins Diet, the Slim Fast Plan, the South Beach Diet, the Mediterranean Diet and Weight Watchers. The Atkins Diet allows people to eat meat, cheese, egg, and fats without having ' to count the calories, according to www com. However, its dieters are allotted a maximum for carbohydrates each day for the first two weeks. The website a weekly five-gracontinued, thedi-etchann- incremental gain is the dieter establishes their critical carbohydrate level for 3 processed carbohydrates, which people would find in along with lemon juice. Dairy products are used sparingly. The Mediterranean Diet is considered low fat, and a high energy diet, according to www tliedielchanneLcom Then there is Weight Watchers Weight Watchers gives each type of food designated points Dieters are allowed a daily point target, which is determined by their weight. They must keep track of how many points they consume eacli day They also attend weekly support meetings for encouragement with other Weight Watchers Each of these diets, witlj the exception of the South Beach Diet, emphasizes the point of exercising regularly, which means two to three mintimes a week for utes Other tips include not crash dieting, moaning losing weight rapidly The weight a dieter is losing is generally water Also try avoiding sodas This may save an average of 360 calories per day Dieters should not avoid foods they love, just eat them in moderation if they are fatty In the end, dieters should exercise and be in the diet for the long run. It will take time lo lose the weight, so the diet will last a while For more information on these diets, visit www 30-6- 0 followed until maintenance. The Slim Fast Plan gives dieters a choice of various foods Slim Fast produces, which are rich in vitamins and fiber. The goal is to stay away from foods that are high in fat and calories. The South Beach Diet boasts the loss of pounds m two weeks. The goal is to avoid highly - 13 Solutions to a healthier lifestyle can be made by simple adjustments to what students buy at the grocery store. baked goods, breads and sodas. However, exercise is not emphasized with the South Beach Diet, unlike the other four diets mentioned. A newer diet is the Mediterranean Diet, which emphasizes vegetables, beans, rice are used in eating fruits, whole grains, and seeds. Oils most meals, thedi-etchann- com. New album preaches with danceable melodies BY SHAWN ISHIHARA Dixie Sun Photographer CD Review Kanye Wests sophomore disc, "Late Registration, is full of clever samples high-pitche- d and rich bass hard-hittin- lines that are synonymous with The sophomore disc follows up his Grammy-winnin"College Dropout from 2004, which includes the hits All Falls Down and Jesus Walks. I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to hear its first hit, g "Diamonds From Sierra Leone, a.k.a. Diamonds, which samples the original James Bond theme. On the CD is the remix with Jay-Z- , which is hot! Jigga Man, the retired king of hip hop, comes in at the end to answer the question so many ask: Whats up with you and J man? Are yall OK man? Yep! Ill take it from her ya damn. I have to say this album is spbt asunder. The first half is very danceable. With Touch the Sky and its samples, its an anthem. West knows how to get us to bob our heads and implants his tunes into our mmds. West sampled Ray Charles I Got a Woman and got Jamie Foxx, who played Charles, to feature on Gold Digger. West delivers with his witty vocals on this album as well: She was supposed to buy your shorty Tyco with your money. She went to the doctor and got lipo with your money. She walkin around lookin like Mike-with your money. Should have got that insured horn-blowin- g Gyco for your money, money. Nice. Then the record changes direction. Its as if the acclaimed yet controversial song Jesus Walks from his first album (the video got pulled from MTV) gave West license to get a little preachy on this album. Crack Music and My Way Home are both great songs hit hard with injustice imagery and politics. Common, who is featured on My Way Home, tells of: Hypes fighting for hits to heighten they hell. Don't he know he only get as high as he fell. Show money becomes bail. Relationships become jail. Children are unheld." West does what most artists do in the middle of their second CD: he preaches a little and then digs deep inside to find out a little more concerning his spirit. The tracks become much slower, more introspective and heavier I have to give him credit for never losmg his style with these less energetic, more emotional statements. West has the much desired proclivity that makes a great MC, which is the ability to tell stories. Hip hop is the art of story telling (thank you, Slick Rick). For instance, the Diamonds" remix has a story to tell, a message that is more than a hit song. The Diamonds, the chains, the bracelets, the charms is. I thought my Jesus piece was so harmless, til I saw a picture of a shorty that was armless. If you bob your head to this track already, sit down and listen to what he is saying. Much like in Jesus Walks," West is telling the pop music commune something... not just to dance, but to listen as well. So that we are not all sermonized out, K flips it back with We Major, Hey Mama and so on. A humorous insight I observed is the song with Jay-is right before the song with Nas on the track list. In fact, they lead into each other. Youll get the significance of that if youre into hip hop. If youre not, Late Registration is still a disc worth checking out. Hip hoppers and beat fiends, its a physical buy. Music lovers: its an iTunes buy. Hit hunters listen for the singles. I give Wests Late Registration a four out of five because its a good dynamic die-har- d record, while still not falling too far into the second CD abyss. It has loads of guests and 20 (plus a hidden) tracks make for an excellent addition to any music collection. |