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Atkins diet
At·kins di·et [ átkənz d ət ]


noun 
Definition:
 
weight-loss diet: a weight-loss program that advocates a high-protein, high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet
[After Robert C. Atkins (1930-2003), U.S. physician]
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