With a combination of success stories and hard facts, this programme explores what makes the controversial Atkins diet so popular and why it has only now become such a huge phenomenon, 30 years after it was first developed.
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The Atkins Diet: Fat or Fiction?
With a combination of success stories and hard facts, this programme explores what makes the controversial Atkins diet…
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