atkins diet

Atkins diet was invented by Dr. Robert Coleman Atkins, a cardiologist in New York who graduated from the University of Michigan and Cornell University Medical College. His interest in diet was partly the result of his own obesity problem. He believes that the metabolic disorders such as cardiovascular diseases and renal diseases in the present days are elicited by high fructose corn syrup, sugar and flour intake (Cassell and Gleaves 2006). Therefore, Dr. Atkins recommended a diet comprising of high protein food (30% of total energy), high fat food (60% of total energy), and low carbohydrate food (10% of total energy). Besides that, he also encourages intake of substantial amount of vitamins and minerals supplements. These recommendations are exactly the opposite of what medical and nutrition authorities have been urging for decades.