For years the most popular diet slogan was cut the fat. Then it was cut the carbs. Now the latest mantra is: Beef up your lean protein.

“I think it is possible to end the diabetes epidemic,” says Veronica Atkins. She is not kidding.

Boots Group Plc reported a 9.6% slump in profits for the last six months, citing weak consumer spending and restructuring costs as the reasons.

Every time you turn around a new diet pops up that promises to take excess pounds off and keep them off. In this Consumer Watch Report, we check out popular diets to see which ones work best. Here are the findings on South Beach, Atkins, Slim-Fast and more.

America's dining table looks a bit different than a year ago, a new food survey shows.

Mice with the mouse model of Alzheimer's disease show improvements in their condition when treated with a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet. A report published today in the peer-reviewed, open access journal Nutrition and Metabolism, showed that a brain protein, amyloid-beta, which is an indicator of Alzheimer's disease, is reduced in mice on the so-called ketogenic diet.

Life for Jimmy Moore's changed alot, going from 410 pounds down to 226 pounds. Jimmy says he's struggled with his weight all of his life, trying every diet you can imagine. However on New Year's 2004, he decided to give the Atkins diet a try and to his surprise it actually worked. Jimmy's managed to drop a 184 pounds in one year. He says the way to do it is to watch what you eat and to exercise regularly.

A respected Australian science institute is to publish a book in the UK which it believes could top the bestseller lists and lend scientific credibility to the business of losing weight.