
For years the medical profession had poured scorn on Dr Robert
Atkins and his low-carb
diet, while many of the corporate giants of America's food-processing and beer industries could only watch their profits plummet as millions of Americans followed his advice to swap flour-, starch- and sugar-based products for high-
fat and protein-rich food. But, try as the critics might, the Atkins
Diet phenomenon grew and grew, becoming the most extraordinarily popular food fad in post-war US history.
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