Jump to: The Atkins diet is a weight loss plan developed in the 1960s by an American ... adding 10 grams of carbs to your diet each week. You stay in this phase until you reach your goal weight.

Fad diets come and go, but The Atkins Diet-- a high-protein, low-carbohydrate weight-loss plan --seems never to go away, no matter how many medical professionals denounce it. "Low-carb diets have ...