Jump to: The Atkins diet is a weight loss plan developed in the 1960s by an American cardiologist, Dr Robert Atkins. It is a low-carbohydrate eating plan that gained popularity because it allows ...

The Atkins diet can be an effective weight-loss strategy, but it’s not for everyone. It requires careful planning and may be ...

The diet is one that divides the country - a high-protein, high-fat, low-carbohydrate regime that seems to make excess weight melt away. Celebrities from Jennifer Aniston to Geri Halliwell swear ...

But low-carb diets can also be disadvantageous by being "hard to sustain and may unnecessarily restrict nutrient-dense foods ...

The amount of carbs you eat on a low-carb plan depends on the diet you follow – for example, the ketogenic diet suggests people eat just 20-50g carbs a day. “Officially for research purposes ...

Researchers have shown how a low carbohydrate diet can worsen the DNA-damaging effects of some gut microbes to cause colorectal cancer. The study compared the effects of three different diets in ...

The Atkins diet is a low-carbohydrate fad diet which is claimed to help weight loss - but this has been heavily disputed due to a total lack of strong evidence. The diet allows for unlimited ...