Three popular diets, the Atkins, South Beach and Ornish, may help you take off weight, but only one puts you at higher risk of heart disease, according to researchers from the University of Maryland Medical Center.

If you?re looking to lose some quick pounds before that holiday reunion, local doctors say keep your carbs and dump Atkins instead.

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