It Had to Happen

A baker who lost nearly half his customers to the low-carb craze has tapped Dan Brown's best-seller for an Atkins alternative called the "Da Vinci Diet" that he hopes will bring people back to bread.

A little-known math theory kneaded with biblical lore from The Da Vinci Code has transformed Stephen Lanzalotta into a dietary sage. His lectures promote a diet he has followed for decades to maintain a muscular 160 pounds into middle age.

Numerology aside, it's a low-fat Mediterranean diet, and very good sense it makes, too.