Having mentioned the Atkins diet on Saturday, I was watching a BBC documentary on TVB Pearl on Sunday night (“Fit for Life” I think it was called) where an overweight cab driver was trying the very same diet. I assume the reason he was featured was because his wife was a fitness instructor (and, yes, he was shown taking part in one of her classes). I think he lost 8lbs in the first week, though he did admit to missing potatoes.
Then today I found this in today’s Times about new recommendations from Atkins Nutritionals, who are now advocating that only 20 per cent of a dieter’s calories should come from saturated fat. Which seems to take away the main benefit of the diet, namely that you don’t have to worry about what you eat as long as you avoid carbohydrates.
UPDATE: Atkins Nutritionals deny that they gave this advice
Ordinary Gweilo 
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