Perhaps no other diet is as controversial as the Atkins Diet. For years, doctors had been advising a high-carbohydrate/low-fat diet as the only way to lose weight. Along comes Dr. Atkins, claiming the complete opposite–low carbohydrate is the way to go. Atkins is not the only doctor with this idea but it seems that he was the first to bring it to such a wide audience. (more…)
