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.

For folks wanting to low carb but not sure where to start, this quick food guide gives you some ideas of what you'd be eating if you decided to "do Atkins."

Yes, it's the Apprentice...But with Celebrities! Man-o-man, I'd love to have been in the room when this idea was pitched! Featuring Tito Ortiz[WTF?], Trace Atkins, Tiffany Fallon, LENNOX LEWIS [WTF?], Steve Baldwin, and more. Guess it won't be too much longer 'til "OWW, My Balls!" airs...

this story is about the obesity epidemic in the united states- and why it could all be started by being brainwashed - by ideas these authors create like Atkins diet etc.-so check it out it is really ground breaking - and interesting- i think the main site is called www.elementsof123.wordpress.com

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is celebrating the much-anticipated completion of the new Bloch Building. This architectural marvel, designed by Steven Holl, is an important part of the Museum overall transformation. Imagine a 67-story office building on its side, and you'll get an idea of how large the expansion of KC's premier art museum will be

Steven Holl’s breathtaking addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, opening on June 9, is his most mature work to date, a perfect synthesis of ideas that he has been refining for more than a decade.