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.
Constipation is a side effect of lack of fiber in the low carb diet. Whole grains, legumes and fruit are the normal sources of dietary fiber, and they are all restricted on the Atkins diet's initial phases.