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Atkins Diet: Dr Atkins
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Katherine Tallmadge, a registered dietitian in Washington, D.C., and a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, says she has seen many Atkins dropouts. "I can't imagine eating cheese without bread, crackers or fruit. What fun is it eating hunks of cheese or meat day in and day out?"
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Robert C. Atkins, a cardiologist and internist, developed the diet in the early 1970s. It first came to public attention in 1972 with the publication of Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution. It quickly became a bestseller but unlike most other fad diets, has remained popular. At last count, it had sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. Since then, Atkins authored a number of other books on his diet theme before his accidental death in 2003.
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Despite this, Atkins’ books sold 15 million copies and his diet attracted millions of followers. His philosophy enjoyed a revival in the 1990s with Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution, which spent five years on The New York Times bestseller list. His most recent book, Atkins for Life... made the N.Y. Times’ bestseller list. Other Atkins books push his total sales to more than 21 million books.
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A nutrient analysis is presented below for the sample menus for the three stages of the Atkins diet as described in Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution (M. Evans & Co., 1999), pp. 257-259, using Nutritionist V., Version 2.0, for Windows 98 (First DataBank, Inc., Hearst Corporation, San Bruno, CA). The menus analyzed were as follows:
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Dr THEODORE VANITALLIE: The problem with the Atkins diet is that it doesn't grow out of scientific research. Atkins was out of his speciality, he's a, he was a cardiologist and not an expert in nutrition.
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