The Atkins Diet has been ... of the original food plan was restricting carbs, while eating as much protein and fat as you’d like. It was inspired by research found by Dr Alfred W.

Dr Robert Atkins - whose diet is followed by three million Britons - had a serious heart disease and was a clinically obese 18-and-a-half stone when he died, a report revealed yesterday.

Celebrities from Jennifer Aniston to Geri Halliwell swear by it, and more than 10 million copies of the book, Dr Atkins ... to digest the food. In addition, he said, the diet speeds up your ...