A profile of Dr. Robert Atkins, the diet doctor diet whose theories on nutrition have changed the way Americans think about eating. Atkins’s low-carb approach and 4-step program have become an obsession for many people at a time when two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. But the Atkins diet has its detractors, some of whom say that its emphasis on high-cholesterol foods can make it dangerous.
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Tags: Atkins, carb, cooking, Diet, Health, low, lowcarb, vegan, vegetarian
June 29th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Dr. Atkins did NOT …
Dr. Atkins did NOT advocate cutting out all vegetables, or even eating no carbs. That’s a total misconception. Please do your research before posting silly lies about Dr. Atkins.
June 29th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Amen to Dr. Campbell
Amen to Dr. Campbell
June 29th, 2009 at 11:49 am
This man saved many …
This man saved many lives..mine included. I miss him.
June 29th, 2009 at 11:49 am
A true American …
A true American hero.
Cavemen lived mostly on protein.
Tigers are beautiful, and all they eat is meat.
Low carb diets have been around for hundreds of years.
Read ” Good Calorie Bad Calorie “
June 29th, 2009 at 11:49 am
so it’s pretty good …
so it’s pretty good when working out for fat loss?
June 29th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Studies have shown, …
Studies have shown, that on a low carb high fat high protein diet, the muscle mass pretty much stays intact.
June 29th, 2009 at 11:49 am
to those of you …
to those of you losing so much weight, I just wanted to ask if you lose a lot of muscle on the atkins diet? I work out a lot and want to lose fat but not my muscle mass
June 29th, 2009 at 11:49 am
It’s not enough to …
It’s not enough to shed the pounds. You have to become healthy. Does your diet, whatever it is, make you thinner and more healthy? Then keep doing it.
June 29th, 2009 at 11:49 am
why Dr.Campell …
why Dr.Campell spending his life long studies in efforts to save the nation from many dieseas by health nutritions whereas Dr, Akins sumed up his ideas to teach peple to comsume super fat , no carb, no vege to screw us over
June 29th, 2009 at 11:49 am
What is bad about …
What is bad about meat, poultry, fish, seafood, green leafy vegetables, nuts and berries…yeah, dangerous.
June 29th, 2009 at 11:49 am
hope aktins get the …
hope aktins get the respect he deserves, down 45 pounds and going, to those who get the pounds back: this is a nutritional aproach, not a diet, you have to live by it.
June 29th, 2009 at 11:49 am
God bless Dr. …
God bless Dr. Atkins. I lost 65 lbs. on Atkins before stalling out and switching diets. But I still keep my protein high and watch my carbs.