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"Kate Middleton, the future Queen of England is reportedly on a diet to slim down before the royal wedding (editorial side note: Kate, we think you look great as is--please don&amp;#x27;t lose another ounce!), and her weight-loss method is raising some eyebrows ... According to reports, Kate is trying the somewhat controversial &amp;quot;Dukan Diet,&amp;quot; which is wildly popular in France (the American version of the diet book hits bookstores this month). The diet plan is said to be similar to the Atkins diet in its anti-carb, pro-protein approach. The diet in a nutshell? MSNBC sums up the Dukan experience like this: &amp;quot;...Get ready to live on lean meats, no-fat cottage cheese and seafood. Oh, and oat bran. You&amp;amp;#8217;ll be consuming it during all four phases, along with liters and liters of water. Plus, there&amp;#x27;s lots of exercise.&amp;quot; The diet&amp;#x27;s creators say you can lose around seven to 10 pounds in the first five days alone. But France&amp;amp;#8217;s National Agency for Food, Environmental and Work Health Safety call it risky, and the British Dietetic Association called it one of five &amp;quot;worst diets&amp;quot; of the year. The diet isn&amp;#x27;t getting standing ovations from health experts on our side of the Atlantic either, I might add. Have you considered risky diets to lose weight (please say no!)? And have you looked into the Dukan Diet? P.S. They&amp;#x27;re not exactly fancy, but sandwiches are royally good and healthy. Some ideas. And, can blueberries help keep you slim? More Ways to Get Glamour: Visit ShopGlamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Download Glamour Magazine for your iPad! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter! Add us to your iGoogle homepage. Love reading Sarah&amp;#x27;s posts on Vitamin G? Then check out her new novel, The Violets of March (Penguin/Plume), out on April 26! Pre-order your copy at your favorite independent bookstore or here! Photo: Getty"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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