Atkins died in 2003, and three other doctors have taken up his cause with an updated Atkins diet book, published last March. More than 300,000 copies of their book, ...

It’s a low-carb diet that’s been around since cardiologist Dr. Robert Atkins, created it in the 1960s and popularized it in his 1972 book, “Dr. Atkins’ Diet Revolution.” The diet has ...

The book, developed by Atkins Nutritionals, Inc., recycles some of the advice in what has become a diet industry first kicked off by 1972's "Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution" by Dr. Robert Atkins, who ...

The Basics: Atkins is by far the most popular of all the low-carbohydrate diets. Created by cardiologist Dr. Robert Atkins in the 1960s, the diet replies heavily on high-protein, high-fat foods ...

The Atkins diet was originally promoted by Dr. Robert C. Atkins, who wrote a best-selling book about it in 1972. Since then, people worldwide have used the Atkins diet, and many other books have ...

The diet has a following in the United Kingdom, including some cardiovascular surgeons, TV journalists, chefs and celebrities. But the book is generating a bit of controversy on this side of the pond.

Dr. Atkins’ name became synonymous with dieting in 1972, when he published Dr. Atkins’ Diet Revolution. About 10 million copies of the book were sold worldwide.

In 1997, Atkins and his wife, Veronica, published “Dr. Atkins’ Quick & Easy New Diet Revolution Cookbook,” and that same year, Complementary Formulations launched a line of low-carbohydrate ...

Atkins for Life Low-Carb Cookbook Veronica Atkins, Author, Robert C. Atkins, Author, Atkins Nutrionals Inc, Author St. Martin's Press $25.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-312-33125-2 ...

That led him to The Zone, the most popular diet book of the late 1990s, and from there to other best-selling weight-loss books of the '90s, some still famous (like Dr. Atkins’ New Diet ...

In response to my criticism last week of the Dr. Atkins diet books, a reader has a rebuttal worth passing on:“In three months, I lost 35 pounds and 8 inches around the waist. How did I do this?