Fad diets come and go, but The Atkins Diet-- a high-protein, low-carbohydrate weight-loss plan --seems never to go away, no matter how many medical professionals denounce it. "Low-carb diets have ...

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.

Its simple principles and flexibility make it ... at No. 9 for weight loss, and the Atkins diet, another low-carb option, at No. 10. Compared to weight loss diets that rank higher on the U.S ...

Doctors have blamed the Atkins diet for a worrying increase in the problem of constipation - a key factor in causing bowel cancer. Specialists claim that rising sales of laxatives and other ...