The Atkins Diet: What Is It, and How Does it Work?
The Atkins Diet: What Is It, and How Does it Work?
Exploring Dr. Atkins' enduring influence, his low-carb revolution, ketosis, and challenge to dietary norms.
In the dicey realm of 'fad diet' books, few figures have stirred as much debate and curiosity as Dr. Robert Atkins (1930-2003), a man whose name became synonymous with low-carb eating. His eponymous diet, a subject of continual contention, remains a testament to alternative perspectives on nutrition more than 50 years after its inception. This exploration delves into Atkins' incendiary diet approach, uncovering the man behind it and explaining the nuts and bolts of its physiological basis.
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