The basic principle of the Atkins diet is your state of ketosis will help you burn your fat stores as calories. Many people, even those who are on low carbohydrate diets, don't quite understand ketosis and why it works.

There is a type of misconception that…

Good news comes from a very small study done at Johns Hopkins University. This small study showed that the much less restrictive, widely accepted and well known, Atkins diet can be extremely effective in cutting and controlling intractable seizures in little ones. This is marvelous new. The study had 6 participants. Three were children, one was an 18 year old, and were middle aged adults. They were placed on the Atkins diet and studied for a period of six to 20 months.…