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.

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.

The topic of whether it is safe to be on Atkins during pregnancy or not has raised numerous debates with both pros and cons to sustain or break the cause. Well, we are to analyze more, the question lies deeper, on whether it is ok to be on Atkins in the first place.

Many things have been said about the damaging effects of Atkins diet and other low-carbohydrate diets. One of the most rarely debated issues as an unwanted side effect is the excess of water.