The Eco-Atkins Diet is the popular vegan version of the Atkins diet.
It includes plant foods and ingredients that are high in protein and/or fat, such as gluten, soy, nuts and plant oils.
It tends to contain about 25% of calories from carbs, 30% from protein and 45% of calories from fat.
A recent research study showed that the Eco-Atkins diet resulted in more weight loss and greater improvement in heart disease risk factors than other vegetarian diets.
Bottom Line: The Eco-Atkins diet is a vegan version of the Atkins diet. It is higher in carbs than a typical Atkins diet, but still very low in carbs compared to most vegetarian and vegan diets.
Source: Kris Gunnars