The Atkins Nutritional Approach, popularly known as the Atkins Diet or just Atkins, is the most marketed and well-known low-carbohydrate diet. It was adapted by Dr. Robert Atkins in the 1960s from a diet he read in the Journal of the American Medical Association and utilized to resolve his own overweight condition following medical school and graduate medical training. After successfully treating over ten thousand patients, he popularized the Atkins diet in a series of books, starting with Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution in 1972. In his revised book, Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, Atkins updated some of his ideas, but remained faithful to the original concepts.The Atkins franchise, a business formed to provide products to those individuals on the diet, has been highly successful due to the popularity of the diet, and is considered the iconic and driving entity of the larger "low-carb craze". However, various factors have led to its dwindling success and the company founded by Dr. Atkins in 1989, Atkins Nutritionals of Ronkonkoma, New York, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July of 2005, two years after the death of Dr. Atkins. The company re-emerged in January 2006, and the Atkins logo is still highly visible through licensed-proprietary branding for food products and related merchandise.

Humans consume a distinct diet compared to other apes. We consume much more meat & fat, but we also cook our food. It has been hypothesized that adopting these dietary patterns played a key role during human evolution. The influence of diet on the physiological &genetic differences between humans & other apes has not been widely examined until now.

Here is one simple plan for paying off credit card debt. The article compares paying off credit card debt to going on a diet and advices a debtor to climb back on the wagon even if they backslide. Maybe this story sounds like yours. It sure sounded like mine!

Results of an early study suggest that dairy-free diets and unconventional food preferences could put boys with autism and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at higher than normal risk for thinner, less dense bones when compared to a group of boys the same age who do not have autism.

Mary Stock, a woman who never, ever gave up hope that she would one day never have to diet again, finally achieved it--twenty-five years later. Twice a month, in her Squidoo, she lets us in on her experiences and facts about diets we would want to know before starting one. See her new post for how the Big 4 diets compared and the Atkins diet empire

Look up your favorite soft drink and see how it compares to others. This is not usual data on the back of the label. It's interesting that the diet drinks have some of the highest levels. No wonder my girlfriend loves Diet Coke!!