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.

Jump to: The Atkins diet is a weight loss plan developed in the 1960s by an American cardiologist, Dr Robert Atkins. It is a low-carbohydrate eating plan that gained popularity because it allows ...

Celebrities from Jennifer Aniston to Geri Halliwell swear by it, and more than 10 million copies of the book, Dr Atkins' New Diet Revolution, first published 30 years ago, have been sold worldwide.

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Atkins, cardiologist and founder of the Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine in New York City, has advocated his high protein/low carb diet regimen for some 30 years (Dr. Atkins' Diet ...

Atkins’ diet won’t do that. Cancer thrives on sugar and dies without it, according to Dr. Jason Fung and other medical experts. Coca-Cola, doughnuts, Mom’s apple pie are all cancer ingredients.