Of the ‘fad’ diets of the world, one of the most maligned and misunderstood, the Atkins diet has run the gamut from derision to front-page coverage with health experts finally agreeing. So why has Atkins gone from fad to fact? Initially, when Robert Atkins proposed his revolutionary diet plan, the world was all about low fat or fat free. The idea of ignoring the fat content and eliminating carbohydrates flew in the face of everything dieters of the time understood. Physicians resisted the Atkins Diet because they were concerned about how nutritionally unsound it is to eliminate one third of … Continue reading →