Atkins Nutrional Method News Archives

If you've been diagnosed with kidney disease, and especially if you are undergoing treatment, you know that it can be a struggle just to get through the day.

For many years, the Department of Agriculture has published a food triangle that recommends carbohydrates as the basis of a healthy diet, even though there is no minimum daily requirement for carbs.

Which diet actually works? Dieters have been ponding this question for decades. I had the pleasure of attending the Cleveland Clinic's 4th Annual Obesity Summit today.

By David Phillips Sep 11, 2009 Maryland-based Medifast is one of the few weight-loss companies reporting year-on-year gains in its financial results in these dour economic times.

The original Atkins diet and most other high-protein diets include large amounts of meat, poultry and fish.

As one of the first low-carb diets on the market, you probably know one people who have attempted to use Dr.

Would I have been spared my weight obsessions if I hadn't grown up in an extended Italian-American family that staged feasts to end all feasts, the sheer abundance of food connoting that massive consumption was possible--and that massive consumption was a joy in and of itself? Would I have been spared if my mother hadn't coaxed me on to Atkins at ...

Proponents of the Atkins low-carbohydrate/high saturated fat diet say that you can have your steak and eat it, too, and still lose weight.

LOS ANGELESa 'Promises of a slim slender figure in just a few weeks, whilst feasting on unlimited portions of red meats, cheeses and other fatty animal foods, is a godsend to most diet obsessed individuals who struggle to beat the bulge whilst keeping their hands off the steak knife.

When I returned from my vacation last week, I turned my TV on to hear the following news: "A low-carbohydrate high-protein diet...may lead to heart problems.