Atkins diet
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The Atkins diet is a low-carbohydrate fad diet devised by Robert Atkins in the 1970s, marketed with claims that carbohydrate restriction is crucial to weight loss and that the diet offered "a high calorie way to stay thin forever".
Bacon and eggs, foods consumed on the Atkins diet
Low-carbohydrate diet
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Low-carbohydrate diets restrict carbohydrate consumption relative to the average diet. Foods high in carbohydrates are limited, and replaced with foods containing a higher percentage of fat and protein, as well as low carbohydrate foods.
An example of a low-carbohydrate dish, cooked kale and poached eggs
Like other leafy vegetables, curly kale is a food that is low in carbohydrates.
A low-carbohydrate diet restricts the amount of carbohydrate-rich foods – such as bread – in the diet.