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The Atkins Diet is a low-carbohydrate diet promoted by Atkins. [16] [17] [18] His success inspired others to generate low-carb diets, and many companies released low-carb diets and low-carb foods. After his death, the popularity of Atkins' diet waned, with other low-carb diets eroding its market share and questions being raised about its safety.
The Atkins diet has been described as a low-carbohydrate, high-fat, high-protein fad diet. [1] It promotes the consumption of meat, cheese, eggs and other high-fat foods such as butter, mayonnaise and sour cream in unlimited amounts whilst bread, cereal, pasta and other carbohydrates are forbidden. [1] [3] Atkins' book New Diet Revolution has ...
But that didn't stop Atkins from making a shit ton of money off the diet with a few best-selling books. His first book, Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution , published in 1972, was one of the best-selling ...
Atkins diet: A low-carbohydrate diet, popularized by nutritionist Robert Atkins in the late-20th and early-21st centuries. [27] Proponents argue that this approach is a more successful way of losing weight than low-calorie diets; [ 28 ] critics argue that a low-carb approach poses increased health risks. [ 29 ]
The concept of "protein-sparing modified fast" (PSMF) was described by George Blackburn in the early 1970s as an intensive weight-loss diet designed to mitigate the harms associated with protein-calorie malnutrition [8] and nitrogen losses induced by either acute illness or hypocaloric diets in patients with obesity, in order to adapt the patient's metabolism sufficiently to use endogenous fat ...
The diet is similar to the Atkins Diet and Stillman diet in calling for a high protein low-carbohydrate diet, but also emphasizes the importance of fruits and vegetables. [2] [3] The diet restricts certain foods but allows an unrestricted amount of animal protein, especially eggs, fish, lean meats and poultry. [2]
The Stillman diet is a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet devised in 1967 by physician Irwin Maxwell Stillman (1896–1975). [1] It focusses mostly on the complete avoidance of both fats and carbohydrates, and requires at least eight glasses of water to be consumed every day.
The ketogenic or "keto" diet involves intake of less than 50 g of carbohydrates daily along with increased fat and protein amounts. [45] One type of ketogenic or low carbohydrate diet is the "Atkins" Diet, which does not restrict protein and fat amounts. [12] Other ketogenic diets restrict the total amount of daily proteins and fats. [12] Plant ...