9 Quotes & Sayings By Robert Atkins

Robert Atkins is a bestselling author of more than twenty-five books on health, diet, and weight loss. His weight-loss method, Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution, has been a worldwide bestseller since its initial publication in 1972. A certified surgeon with a lifelong passion for health and fitness, Dr Read more

Atkins has been featured on numerous television shows and has been called "the most famous doctor in the world."

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Nobody had ever told me junk food was bad for me. Four years of medical school, and four years of internship and residency, and I never thought anything was wrong with eating sweet rolls and doughnuts, and potatoes, and bread, and sweets. Robert Atkins
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Everyone would be healthier if they didn't eat junk food. Robert Atkins
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How much obesity has to be created in a single decade for people to realize that diet has to be responsible for it? Robert Atkins
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You take the healthiest diet in the world, if you gave those people vitamins, they would be twice as healthy. So vitamins are valuable. Robert Atkins
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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. Robert Atkins
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A diet should be named after what you do eat, not what you don't eat. Robert Atkins
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I have had cardiomyopathy, which is a non-coronary condition and is in no way related to diet. Robert Atkins
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Fruit is definitely on the maintenance diet. It's on the lifestyle diet. Robert Atkins