Atkins diet

English

Alternative forms

• Atkins Diet

Etymology

Named after American medical doctor Robert Atkins, its inventor.

Noun

Atkins diet (plural Atkins diets)

1. A diet in which a person attempts to lose weight by reducing the intake of carbohydrates, instead obtaining energy from dietary and stored fat.

Synonyms

• Atkins
• Doctor Atkins
• Dr. Atkins
• Dr Atkins
• the Atkins Nutritional Approach

Hypernyms

• diet
• fad diet
• high-fat diet
• hypoglycemic diet
• low-carb diet, low-carbohydrate diet
• low-glycemic diet
• weight-loss diet

Coordinate terms

• carb flu
• ketoacidosis
• keto flu
• ketogenic diet, keto diet, ketodiet, keto
• ketosis
• low-caloric diet
• low-calorie diet
• low-sugar diet
• modified low-carbohydrate diet, modified low-carb diet
• Paeleo diet, paeleo diet, paeleodiet
• Paleo diet, paleo diet, paleodiet
• Paleo, paleo, Paeleo, paeleo
• South Beach, South Beach Diet, South Beach diet

Translations

diet

• Finnish: Atkinsin dieetti
• Spanish: régimen de Atkins m, dieta de Atkins f

See also

• low-fat diet