Diet guru who grew fat on the proceeds of the carbohydrate revolution

William Leith
Saturday April 19, 2003
The Guardian

Robert Atkins, who has died aged 72 after sustaining head injuries in a fall outside his New York clinic, was arguably the most influential diet guru in the world. He sold more than 10m copies of his book Dr Atkins' New Diet Revolution, which might have been read by as many as 30m people. In the last decade, he was cited as one of the 10 most influential people in the world.

Just over a year ago, Atkins suffered a heart attack, but, as he pointed out, this was caused by an infection and had nothing to do with the Atkins diet, which he had followed for 39 years.

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