Article: Fad diets: what works? Is that weight-loss book a good program or just another gimmick? Jim Karas reveals the facts--and fiction--behind the most popular diet plans.(Diet)

Article: The Chet Atkins Diet
Minnesota Monthly;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......THAT MANY AMERICANS are more familiar with the Atkins diet than the Chet Atkins diet, which entails listening to one of Chet's finger-pick...fall away. What then is the mainline Robert Atkins diet, and can I, as a physician, recommend it? The...

Article: SHOULD YOU; As the Atkins Diet comes under fire from scientists again, we invite one fan and one critic to join the debate . . .
The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......HOPE THE low-carbohydrate, high-protein Atkins Diet may be proven to take off the pounds...say experts. British doctors say the Atkins Diet - followed by celebrities such as Catherine...form kidney stones, I'd put them on the Atkins Diet.' More than 30 years of research shows...

Article: Atkins Diet May Reduce Seizures in Children with Epilepsy.
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  December 9, 2003 ;     677 words ......the popular low-carbohydrate, high-fat Atkins diet may also have a role in preventing seizures...look at the relationship between the Atkins diet and seizure control should not lead...epilepsy, nor at this point should the Atkins diet be used to replace the ketogenic diet...

Article: Experts warn celebs' favourite Atkins Diet is DANGEROUS.(News)
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  August 13, 2003 ;     489 words ...Byline: Sian Harris THE ATKINS Diet millions have turned to in an attempt...crash dieting. She classed the Atkins diet as the least health of the trendy...in them, and in particular the Atkins Diet.' Adverse effects of the diet could...

Article: Study finds Atkins diet may have surprising benefit on cholesterol
AP Worldstream;  November 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ......more research is necessary before the Atkins diet can be given an across-the-board endorsement...At least three formal studies of the Atkins diet have been presented at medical conferences...volunteers, who were randomly assigned to the Atkins diet or the heart association's Step 1 ...

Article: Atkins diet craze slims down Unilever's profits.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 30, 2003 ;     303 words ...Byline: BRIAN O'CONNOR THE Atkins diet is slimming Unilever's bottom line. Sales of its Slim-Fast food range slumped 30pc, or [pounds sterling]50m, in the quarter to September, hard hit by rivals such...

Article: Revealed: how the Atkins diet really works; NEW FINDINGS SHOW THAT HIGH PROTEIN INTAKE CURBS YOUR APPETITE.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  January 22, 2004 ;     611 words ......PRIGG THE MAN behind the controversial Atkins diet may not have known the true secrets...BBC is to reveal the truth behind the Atkins diet in tonight's Horizon programme, and...arguments which have surrounded the Atkins diet, she warned: We simply don't have any...

Article: STUDY FINDS ATKINS DIET HAS SURPRISING EFFECTS.(News)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  November 19, 2002 ;     268 words ......dismissing the high-fat, low-carbohydrate Atkins diet, the medical establishment is at last...of overweight people studied on the Atkins diet is small, and the research does not...At least three formal studies of the Atkins diet have been presented at medical conferences...

Article: Atkins diet beneficial for epilepsy.(Literature Review & Commentary)(Brief article)
Townsend Letter;  December 1, 2008 ;     219 words ......anticonvulsant drugs were advised to follow the Atkins diet for six months, restricting carbohydrate...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Comment: The Atkins diet is a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet...patients with intractable epilepsy, the Atkins diet can induce a state of ketosis, but has...

Article: Research supports Atkins diet theory
University Wire;  September 11, 2002 ;     553 words ......keep the weight away, according to the Atkins diet theory. Adored by celebrities, attempted...Medical Center, the low-carbohydrate Atkins diet is growing -- albeit controversially...moderation. Although a 1980s study of the Atkins diet reported an increase in the dieters...

Article: CHIPS ARE DOWN AS ATKINS DIET CHANGES OUR EATING HABITS; Fryers take fright from the food fad sweeping Britain.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 30, 2003 ;     597 words ...Byline: BEEZY MARSH THE Atkins Diet is being blamed for a slump in...it off the menu because of the Atkins Diet. 'We are urging the British public...Nutritionist Fiona Hunter said the Atkins Diet was giving chips a bad name...

Article: Hospital bans Atkins diet amid fears of 'damage' to patients.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  August 20, 2003 ;     403 words ......give patients meals that follow the Atkins diet because of fears it could damage their...ask for the fashionable fat-burning Atkins diet, hoping to lose weight during their...There is no evidence to suggest the Atkins diet has any medical benefits. 'Losing weight...

Article: ATKINS DIET 'DANGEROUS'; Government adviser warns slimmers of health timebomb.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  August 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Byline: JENNY HOPE THE hugely-popular Atkins Diet is medically unsound and a major health...the nation's health. Dr Jebb said the Atkins Diet was the least healthy of a number of...at all in them, and in particular the Atkins Diet. 'It is nutritionally incomplete. It...

Article: "NEW" RESEARCH ON ATKINS DIET IGNORES SOME OLD DANGERS.(COMMENTARY)(Letter to the Editor)
The Virginian Pilot;  February 23, 2003 ;     463 words ......eagerly read last Sunday's article on the Atkins diet to see what new research is available...before. One error was the claim that the Atkins diet reduces cholesterol better than high-carbohydra...refers to a study that compared the Atkins diet to the ``step one'' diet that was ...