Sat, Oct-05-02, 10:39
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Plan: Atkins & Schwarzbein
Stats: 234/157/90
BF:56.4%/38.8%/23.9%
Progress: 53%
Location: Orpington, UK
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John Yudkin the inspiration behind Atkins
Hi Lucy
I have not seen the book in question, but what I do remember that Atkins attributes his initial interest in looking at the low carb way of life to work by Yudkin and the reference given in his book is Yudkin, J and Carey, M "The treatment of obesity by the 'high-fat' diet. The inevitability of calories" published 1960 in the Lancet 2, pages 939 -941. You may get this at a really good reference library.
Although, now deceased, my uncle knew him through his work at Rank, Hovis, Mcdougalls foods and he said that when he came and had dinner he always used to take the breading off the chicken kiev or whatever. So shows he lived that sort of life himself.
Good luck with the hunt for his book, I expect you will have a long haul around second hand bookshops.
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