Low-carbohydrate diets or low-carb diets are dietary programs that restrict carbohydrate consumption primarily for weight control. Foods high in digestible carbohydrates are limited or replaced with foods containing a higher percentage of proteins and fats.

The Atkins diet started a revolution in the way that people looked at carbohydrates and the way that they went on diets. There are many diets in the world that advocate having a slim body but very few people have been able to achieve the weight that they wanted.

Everybody has heard about Dr. Robert C. Atkins and his famous dietary plan that was originally developed in 1972 and described in his groundbreaking book “Dr. Atkins’ Diet Revolution”. Since then, and despite the fact that the orthodox medicine has treated Dr. Atkins’ dietary approach extremely negatively, over 10 million

A modified version of the ‘Atkins" diet, with high-protein and low-carbohydrate, can effectively diminish epileptic seizures in adults, when drugs and other treatments fail, says a new study.

The high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet has already been shown to be valuable in controlling seizures in children, and now results from a small study suggest that the diet also works for adults.

A modified version of a popular high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet can significantly cut the number of seizures in adults with epilepsy, a study led by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests. The Atkins-like diet, which has shown promise for seizure control in children, may offer a new lifeline for patients when drugs and other treatments fail...