Another drawback to the low-carb diet is its severely limited menu options. "At first, eggs and bacon in butter for breakfast ... less than 1% had followed a diet similar to the Atkins program.

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.

Doctors have blamed the Atkins diet for a worrying increase in the problem of constipation - a key factor in causing bowel cancer. Specialists claim that rising sales of laxatives and other ...

Even the phrase "diet plan" may be too much for the modest Jenkins. "We are not trying to go for the Atkins diet type impact ... The portfolio diet recipe for lower cholesterol focuses on ...

Bubbles, puppets, and funky weddings: all in a day's work for Cam vicar Fiona Crocker. Richard admits that writing his full CV might well take several pages. "In forty years I've done everything ...

The Atkins diet, on the other hand, induces ketosis, but only in phase one and sometimes phase two. As you reintroduce carbs back to your diet, you eventually transition out of ketosis.

Although the concept of beauty is changing and being super skinny is not a longer synonym for the ideal body, fad diets are ...

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