Fad diets come and go, but The Atkins Diet-- a high-protein, low-carbohydrate weight-loss plan --seems never to go away, no matter how many medical professionals denounce it. "Low-carb diets have ...

Celebrities from Jennifer Aniston to Geri Halliwell swear by it, and more than 10 million copies of the book, Dr Atkins' New Diet Revolution, first published 30 years ago, have been sold worldwide.

We looked into the science… Low-carb diets went mainstream when the Atkins diet burst ... to have a balanced diet. So if you are eating less bread and cereal for example, you may wish to ...

Dr Robert Atkins - whose diet is followed by three million Britons - had a serious heart disease and was a clinically obese 18-and-a-half stone when he died, a report revealed yesterday.

“It is essentially the Atkins diet repackaged and renamed”, says ... fat – leafy greens and berries are often included, for example. You avoid, or at least heavily restrict, wheat and ...