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 ...

The phenomenal success of the Dr Atkins diet has been confirmed with news that books written by the late doctor are outselling everything but Harry Potter by three to one. The diet, which preaches ...

Read more: When You Only Eat Chicken, This Is What Happens To Your Body When asked about the effect of the Atkins diet on dieters' cholesterol levels, Dr. Jonathan Clinthorne, Senior Good's senior ...

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 ...