Atkins Diet

Still bucking the medical mainstream, "diet revolution" guru Dr. Robert C. Atkins has an iconoclastic message for a public hungry for nontraditional health care: Get on a good regimen of "vita-nutrients" and, eventually, get off prescription drugs.In his new book, "Dr. Atkins' Vita-Nutrient Solution: Nature's Answer to Drugs" (Simon & Schuster, $24), Atkins says unnecessary medications "pose the greatest health risk of all." High-dose combinations of vitamins, minerals, amino and fatty acids and other nutritional supplements can prevent illness, he says, and often heal disease better than conventional drugs.