40 Quotes by Robert Atkins

I want the public to know the truth, not every condition affecting the heart comes from a blockage.

There are many, many people who have lost 100 pounds and kept it off.

Well, I would never do a study because I'm a practicing physician. I mean, all I do is treat people.

I was gaining weight very rapidly and read about the idea of restricting carbohydrates as an alternative to going hungry. I had a big appetite, so that was the only thing I would even consider.

When I meet vegetarians who might have diabetes, pre-diabetes or massive obesity, I tell them they would be better off if they gave up their Vegetarianism.

I weighed 193 pounds and had three chins. I couldn't get up before 9 a.m. and never saw patients before 10. I decided to go on a diet.

Most fats are healthy, but those called trans-fats, such as margarine, fall into that category.

Essiac is a therapeutic tea that all cancer patients can benefit from.

What is the explanation for the blind eye that has been turned on the flood of medical reports on the causative role of carbohydrates in overweight, ever since the publication in 1864 of William Banting's famous "Letter on Corpulence"? Could it be related, in part, to the vast financial endowments poured into the various departments of nutritional education by the manufacturers of our refined carbohydrate foodstuff?