Low carb diets came to the public's attention in the early 1970s when cardiologist Dr Richard Atkins' Diet Revolution: The High Calorie Way to Stay Thin Forever was published. The book went on to ...

The diet, formally known as the Atkins Nutritional Approach, sparked the low-carb trend that ran throughout the nineties, noughties and beyon ...

The Atkins Diet book has sold 1.1million copies here since it was published in 1999. The updated paperback version, released in January, is selling 120,000 a month. The runaway success of the ...

Evans and Company $21.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-87131-755-1 In 1972, Atkins became a household name with his bestselling book, The Diet Revolution . In it, he claimed that to induce rapid weight loss one ...

This documentary explores all sides of the popular 'miracle' diet - from the people who are following it, to the science both for and against it. What makes this diet so popular 30 years on?

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 ...