tilised as a Medical tool in the early Nineteen-hundreds to help sufferers of Epilepsy. Of course, as new and improved drugs were discovered it was basically buried in the sand until the final quarter of this past century, in which time it has resurfaced, and returned to become one of the most controversial and popular fad diets ever. The reason that it has taken the world by storm in recent years though, is that now, with an obesity epidemic luring just around the corner, we humans are on a mission to lose weight by any means necessary. Dieting is probably the least physically demanding way to do this, so it's not surprising that many choose this as their primary method of weight loss. However, until recently there was a strong belief that in order to effectively lose weight through dieting, we had to sacrifice a lot of the foods that we'd previously loved to eat. That was until Doctor Atkins came along.
             The Ketogenic Diet that most of us probably know best is the Atkins Diet, made famous (or infamous) by its founder and lifelong follower Doctor Robert C. Atkins. According to Doctor Atkins, the Low-Carb diet works because it targets our stored body fat for energy; fat that's not there just to make us overweight but is our body's back up system for fuel to generate energy. If we take out of the back up supply, we can convert our body using stored adipose (excess body-fat) as a primary fuel source, the result being an extremely efficient weight loss and weight maintenance system.
             The Atkins Diet is unique in that it goes against all conventional wisdom by allowing you to eat all the fatty foods you ever dreamed of, yet still lose or maintain your current weight. The thought of being able to eat golden-battered fish, juicy steaks, fried chicken, even cheese burgers on a regular basis, and still be able to lose weight seems almost a dream, yet many Atkins followers claim this dream to be a reality. Even some stud...