The low-carb lifestyle - with its emphasis on eating meat and dairy products - has removed the stigma of dieting, reports Judith Woods. That’s welcome news for the quarter of men estimated to be obese.

When Digby Jones, director-general of the CBI, makes an announcement, people usually sit up and take notice. But his recent throwaway line that he was following a low-carb diet has had a lot more impact among the menfolk I know than
any number of weighty trade growth predictions.

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