Atkins diet

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Named after American medical doctor Robert Atkins, its inventor.

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Atkins diet (plural Atkins diets)

  1. A diet in which a person attempts to lose weight by reducing the intake of carbohydrates, instead obtaining energy from dietary and stored fat.

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