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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 ]
A dietitian shares four sample meal plans for a low-carb diet: 30% carbohydrate, intermittent fasting, restaurant picks and a 7-day meal plan.
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 ...
In a study that recorded 461 interactions with doctors, only 13 percent of patients got any specific plan for diet or exercise and only 5 percent got help arranging a follow-up visit. “It can be stressful when [patients] start asking a lot of specific questions” about diet and weight loss, one doctor told researchers in 2012.
About 14–15% Americans declare having used a fad diet for short-term weight loss. [1] Fad diet is a part of the diet industry with no specific estimation available, with the biggest part being "diet foods" such as light soda, for a total diet industry worth $35 billion/year in the USA. [6] [77]