A recent study published last week has proved that vegetarian Ornish Diet Plan tops for reducing the risk for heart disease. Surprisingly, some of the most popular diets like Weight Watchers, New Glucose Revolution, South Beach, Zone, The Atkins and the government's Food Pyramid did not score as well as the Ornish diet did.

You may have heard of the Atkins diet, a high-protein diet that started a trend and threw nutritionists and the media into something of a protein obsession. Is protein really that important? And what about vegetarians? If you're not eating meat, are you missing something important in your diet?

You may have heard of the Atkins diet, a high-protein diet that started a trend and threw nutritionists and the media into something of a protein obsession. Is protein really that important? And what about vegetarians? If you're not eating meat, are you missing something important in your diet?

In what is surely going to be the next new fad diet, vegetarian diets have been shown to lead to constant weight loss, with or without exercise. So long Atkins, hello Boca Burgers.

Robert Coleman Atkins, MD (October 17, 1930 – April 17, 2003) was an American physician and cardiologist, best known for the Atkins Nutritional Approach (or "Atkins Diet"), a popular but controversial way of dieting that entails eating low-carbohydrate and high-protein foods, in addition to leaf vegetables and dietary supplements.Atkins graduated from the University of Michigan in 1951 and received a medical degree from Cornell Medical College in 1955, after which he specialized in cardiology and complementary medicine. BooksAtkins, Robert C. The Essential Atkins for Life Kit: The Next Level Pan Macmillan, 2003. ISBN 0-330-43250-8Atkins, Robert C. Dr. Atkins' Diet Planner M. Evans and Company, 2003 | Vermilion, 2003. ISBN 0-09-189877-3Atkins, Robert C. Atkins for Life: The Next Level New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003. ISBN 1-4050-2110-1Atkins, Robert C. Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution New York: Avon Books, 2002. ISBN 0-06-001203-X. | Vermilion, 2003. ISBN 0-09-188948-0Atkins, Robert C. Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution M. Evans and Company, 2002.Atkins, Robert C. Dr. Atkins' Age-Defying Diet St. Martin's Press, 2001, 2002Atkins, Robert C. Dr. Atkins' Vita-Nutrient Solution: Nature's Answers to Drugs Simon and Schuster, 1997Atkins, Robert C. Dr. Atkins' Quick & Easy New Diet Cookbook Simon and Schuster, 1997Atkins, Robert C. Dr. Atkins' New Carbohydrate Gram Counter. New York: M. Evans and Company, 1996. ISBN 0-87131-815-6Atkins, Robert C, Gare, Fran Dr. Atkins' New Diet Cookbook M. Evans and Company, 1994 | Vermilion, 2003. ISBN 0-09-188946-4Atkins, Robert C. Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution M. Evans and Company, 1992Atkins, Robert C. Dr. Atkins' Health Revolution Houghton Mifflin, 1988Atkins, Robert C. Dr. Atkins' Nutrition Breakthrough Bantam, 1981Atkins, Robert C. Dr. Atkins' SuperEnergy Diet Cookbook Signet, 1978Atkins, Robert C. Dr. Atkins' SuperEnergy Diet Bantam, 1978Atkins, Robert C. Dr. Atkins' Diet Cookbook Bantam, 1974Atkins, Robert C. Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution Bantam, 1972 References