This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A study comparing three popular diets -- the low-carbohydrate Atkins ...

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The Atkins Diet is a well-known low-carb dietary regimen that originated in the 1970s. By cutting carbs and increasing protein and fat, it trains your body to use fat for fuel rather than glucose, a ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. If those low-carb diets are too meat-reliant -- or if you’re worried ...

Dr. Robert Atkins was a cardiologist who determined that low-fat foods with high carbohydrates led to obesity. By experimenting on himself and his patients, he found they could lose weight by cutting ...

A surplus of diet food for the overweight has been a boon for the hungry in Appalachia. Once hot and trendy, low-carb Atkins diet foods that never got sold are being shipped to food banks. Since ...

A UK hospital has banned the popular Atkins diet from its menu because of fears about the diet’s health effects. The Norfolk and Norwich Hospital has said it will not cater specifically for the ...

The Atkins diet, once a phenomenon, is facing a backlash, and now the weight-loss plan is in the crosshairs of aggrieved patients and a pro-vegetarian group raising questions about its safety — and ...

Dr. Robert Atkins, the famous diet guru who amassed a fortune promoting the evils of carbohydrate calories and the benefits of high protein and fat intake, slipped on a patch of ice on April 8, 2003.