Why the Atkins Diet Should NOT Be Your Summer Diet of Choice

Image source: Germes-Online.com Besides, of course, the fact that carbs are yummy.    According to a 2005 study by Beisswenger, the collagen of patients who were put on the Atkins diet aged faster than the collagen of patients who were not on the diet.  Specifically, it was found that the rate of advanced glycation endproduct (AGE) formation, responsible in part for the hardened aged state of collagen, was actually doubled in patients who were following the Atkins diet from those who were not.  (It was verified the patients in the diet... read more