The following list includes tips on treatment: 1  Rest. Sleep helps your body fight infection. 2  Drink plenty of fluids. They help prevent dehydration. 3  If you have a sore throat, gargle with salt water or suck on throat lozenges, hard candy or flavored frozen desserts (such as Popsicles).
The Atkins diet is only one low-carbohydrate diet. There are many others. If you are going to merge this article into its logical parent article, you would have to do the same with the tens of thousands of other WP articles that similarly have a logical parent.
How the Atkins Diet Works. The Atkins diet works by shifting your metabolism from carb burning to fat burning. During Atkins diet week 1, called induction, you reduce carbs drastically and focus on high protein foods. The carbs you do eat come from leafy green vegetables and other vegetables that are low in starch.