History Of The Atkins Diet

Dr. Robert Atkins first introduced his diet in 1972. His premise was simple and remains at the heart of his program today. Eating a high-protein, high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet will lead to weight loss. Imagine that, a diet with food you actually enjoy eating while you lose weight! Now you can see why a revolution began.

Many experts at the time scoffed at his plan, some still do. What they could not scoff at, however, was the enormous success, no pun intended, of the people on his diet. As their pounds shed people started to take notice and the revolution took shape.

A bit on the background and history of the Atkins diet. From 1992 through 2002 three books were published and released on the diet plans of Dr. Atkins. Mirroring the history of success of the millions of people who lost weight on the plan, these books sold collectively over 40 million copies.

Atkins' diets have become the single most influential source for dietary change in over a century. For the first time in history people are beginning to look at carbohydrates, fat and protein differently.

The news of the success of Atkins' dieters spread like wildfire and restaurant menus, grocery store shelves and bakeries have never been the same. Even the Food & Drug Administration of the United States began to rethink the food pyramid.

Dr. Atkins' background in food and nutrition coupled with his amazing research helped countless men and women lose weight and keep it off. The history of the Atkins diet is important. His easy to follow dieting ideas that virtually eliminated counting calories and measuring portions finally let people eat as much of they wanted of certain types of foods.

Historians will look back at diet and nutrition centuries from now and see how the Atkins plans changed how we ate carbohydrates, processed sugars, meat and vegetables. The Atkins diet has changed a generation.

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