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The low-carbohydrate, ketosis-producing diet approach to weight reduction is neither a "new revolution" nor a "metabolic advantage". An English Surgeon devised the first noted diet that restricted sweets and starches while allowing meat as desired. William Banting, one of his patients, published a letter about the diet in 1863. Since that time there has been a myriad of similar diets with very common features: 1) low or very low carbohydrate content, 2) no restriction on protein and fat, 3) unrestricted calories. Over the past 40 years these diets have resurfaced with various names and authors. For instance: in 1961, there was "Calories Don't Count" by Teller; in 1964, "The Drinking Man's diet"; in 1967 "The Doctors weight loss plan" by Dr. Stillman, and in 1972 "Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution" by Dr. Robert Atkins. In 1999, Dr Atkins' released his New Diet Revolution and as sequels go this is typically big on hype but little on added substance. |
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