Article: ATKINS DIET CONTINUES TO FEED CONTROVERSY.(Living)

Byline: Ridgely Ochs Newsday

You know a weight-loss diet is pervasive when the wife of a French chef is on it. Maria Reuge, co-owner of the haute restaurant Mirabelle in St. James, N.Y., started the Atkins Diet, a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet first touted in the 1970s, before Thanksgiving.

She had lost about 10 pounds a few days before Christmas -- but the weight is "not peeling away." She admits she misses fruits and vegetables-- strictly limited, especially in the diet's early weeks. And she worries about eating too much red meat -- which the diet in no way limits.

Nevertheless, she said she's sticking to it, finding it convenient just ...

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