BJ in Texas wrote:

> Charlene Charette wrote:
> ||| The first issue of "Dr Atkins' Diet Revolution" appeared in
> ||| 1972--a
> ||| third of a century before 2004. That's a long time for a fad
> ||| to reach
> ||| its peak. Not counting occasional (and sometimes sustained)
> ||| off-the-wagon-fallings, I've been on Atkins since the 1976.
> ||| When I go
> ||| off it, my weight goes up and my cholesterol goes through
> ||| the roof. When I go back on, both go down. So long as I
> ||| remain on it, both remain stable.
> |||
> ||
> || And it wasn't a new idea then. Quickie search I did a while
> || back turned up low-carb diets for diabetics in the 1920's.
> ||
> || --Charlene
> ||
>
> How about 1869... :-) BJ
> http://www.lowcarb.ca/corpulence/index.html
>
>

Cool! Thanks,
--Charlene

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