Physician and Cardiologist, Dr.
Robert Coleman Atkins is best known for the Atkins Nutritional Approach,
otherwise known as the Atkins Diet. The
controversial diet involves control of carbohydrate consumption. Ever since the
diet was revealed in 1972, people have been torturing themselves during the induction
phase of the diet. Several violent
interchanges between people can be attributed to what happens on day three of
this phase. People have been struck,
stabbed, punched, kicked and run over for just a piece of biscuit or dinner
roll. However, once past induction the
diet does actually work.
In addition to the Atkins Diet,
Dr. Atkins also invented Pillsbury Crescent Rolls. While in his lab researching how
carbohydrates overproduce insulin and metabolize blood glucose, Dr. Atkins got
hungry. He wanted a nice, buttery, flaky, bread
snack. Since he was researching
carbohydrates, he thought it would be nice if that bread snack were shaped a
little like the letter C. Experimenting
with various recipes he eventually stumbled upon his favorite. He decided to call them crescent rolls since
crescent also begins with the letter C.
While eating the rolls, Atkins completed his nutritional research and in
1972 published his book, Dr. Atkin’s Diet
Revolution.
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