In the Dukan Diet, followers in its first phase eat only low-fat protein and virtually no carbohydrates. In addition, over 40 million copies of books on the Atkins Diet have been published worldwide, including the recent The New Atkins for a New You, which has been on The New York Times bestseller list for 26 weeks. Dukan is in the old paradigm of ‘dietary fats must always be unhealthy,’ whereas the Atkins Lifestyle was developed from a clinical practice that treated obesity, diabetes and other metabolic problems for over 30 years and then repeatedly tested in clinical trials with excellent results.” Eric Westman, coauthor of The New Atkins for a New You. “As a scientist who keeps up with the literature, I am not aware of any studies that have been published about the Dukan Diet,” said Dr. Contrast this to the over 60 peer-reviewed scientific studies supporting the Atkins low-carb eating approach. In fact, the British Dietetic Association branded the Dukan Diet one of the five worst diets of 2011. Absolutely no research has been done on the diet to substantiate its claims. Atkins Nutritionals is aware of no science nor clinical research that supports the claims made for the Dukan Diet.
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