Independent.co.uk: The unpalatable truth about the Atkins diet: it's just fat-headed nonsense, claim scientists
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But Dr Jebb says much of the basis for Atkins is questionable, and could be dangerous. "People lose weight on Atkins because they eat less, in the same way that all other diets work," she said. "This idea that you burn more fat is simply nonsense." She pointed to a study which showed that, after six months, people on the Atkins Diet had lost slightly more weight than those on conventional regimes, but after a year there was no difference because the Atkins followers had regained more
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