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Carbohydrate is the bad guy. You have to see that.

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Robert Atkins
Age: 72 †
Born: 1930
Born: October 17
Died: 2003
Died: April 17
Cardiologist
Celebrity
Nutritionist
Physician
Writer
Columbus
Ohio
Robert Coleman Atkins
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Carbohydrate
Carbohydrates

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