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| March 05, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2005 United Press International. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: JULIA WATSON

WASHINGTON, March 5 (UPI) -- A friend getting ready for beach season has just gone back onto the Atkins Diet. How so last century. Hasn't she heard of the Zone? The GI diet? A mutual acquaintance swears by the Ornish regime.

Haven't we been there, done Atkins? And wasn't it unhealthy for us, anyway?

If we think along either of these lines, we shouldn't. A new Stanford University study finds the Atkins diet is most effective for reducing weight in women.

Study leader Christopher Gardner, a professor of medicine at Stanford University's Disease Prevention Research Center in California, told Britain's Sunday Times, "So many people have been asking questions about diets for years. We think…

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