We are a country of the carb-crazed. Robert Atkins, the protein prophet who started this trend, may be gone, but his low-carb diet plan lives on in an ever-expanding industry of imitators, spinoffs and products. Not only have major fast-food chains joined the bun-less, bread-less trend
For a full overview and the article from the Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52177-2004Jan27.html