Noun
Atkins diet (plural Atkins diets)
A diet in which a person attempts to lose weight by reducing the intake of carbohydrates, instead obtaining energy from dietary and stored fat.
I tried the Atkins diet in the Seventies when pregnant with my son, as I didn't want to pile on the pounds. Now, so long as I'm healthy, I don't care what my scales say. Britt Ekland
Anyone who's followed the Atkins Diet or an intermittent fasting regime will know that ketosis is a metabolic state in which the human body basically burns fat for energy after a person is depleted of carbohydrates. Source: Internet
Don't mistake the Dukan Diet -- known as the French Atkins diet -- with French cuisine. Source: Internet
The low-carb diet has been advocated by the US doctor Robert Atkins, whose Atkins diet is highly popular and based on a low intake of carbohydrates. Source: Internet
On a related note, I would like to address the highly touted Atkins diet. Source: Internet
Many attribute this rise in popularity at least partially to the various low-carb diet crazes—maybe not so coincidentally, the Atkins diet hit the market the same year as the first rise of pork rind sales. Source: Internet