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Published online 29 June 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040628-11
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Fertility fears hit Atkins diet
Protein-gorged mice prove more likely to miscarry.
Would-be mothers who follow the Atkins diet may be reducing their chances of having a baby, warn researchers.
Female mice fed a high-protein diet before conception are less likely to produce live offspring, scientists told the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology meeting in Berlin this week.
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