The Dukan Diet is the new twist on the Atkins Diet. It's rumored that Dukan is currently the diet choice for the next princess of England, Kate Middleton.
Created by the French nutritionist, Dr. Pierre Dukan, like Dr. Atkins' famous diet, the Dukan Diet is high-protein, low-fat mixed with oat bran and lots and lots of water. Controversially, fruit is verbotten for the first two steps, as is olive oil. However, and this is where the diet shows its French pedigree, wine and dessert are d'accord.
The Booster Shots blog laid out the four steps of the Dukan Diet that must be approached in order.
-- Attack phase: Eat only pure proteins in lean meats, lean cured meats, seafood, eggs, fat-free dairy products.
-- Weight-loss phase: Add vegetables to the protein choices.
-- Stabilization phase: Add fruit, bread, cheese and even pasta.
-- Eat whatever you want, whenever you want. You’ll never be fat again.
The 69-year-old doctor and author claims he was paid an advance of more than $1 million for the North American rights to his book. The author of 19 books that has already sold 3.5 million copies in French and has had his work translated into 14 languages.
And about the comparisons to Dr. Atkins? Dr. Dukan told the New York Times that he has "a lot of respect for Atkins. He was a legend in his time." But nowadays "Atkins is dead."
Ooh la la!
-- Tony Pierce
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