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Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution, first published in 1972 [1]. The Atkins diet is a low-carbohydrate fad diet devised by Robert Atkins in the 1970s, marketed with claims that carbohydrate restriction is crucial to weight loss and that the diet offered "a high calorie way to stay thin forever".
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Robert Coleman Atkins (October 17, 1930 – April 17, 2003) was an American physician and cardiologist, best known for the Atkins Diet, which requires close control of carbohydrate consumption and emphasizes protein and fat as the primary sources of dietary calories in addition to a controlled number of carbohydrates from vegetables.
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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 ]
In a 2011 episode, he said human chorionic gonadotropin, a hormone produced during pregnancy, could result in weight loss when combined with a diet restricted to 500 calories a day.
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A fad diet is a diet that is popular, generally only for a short time, similar to fads in fashion, without being a standard scientific dietary recommendation, and often making unreasonable claims for fast weight loss or health improvements; as such it is often considered a type of pseudoscientific diet.