[zx2dragon]

From the Atkins site:
Eat no more than 20 grams a day of carbohydrate, most of which must come in the form of salad greens and other vegetables. You can eat approximately three loosely packed cups of salad, or two cups of salad plus one cup of other vegetables (see Acceptable Foods).

I personally take it fruits (apples, oranges, pears) and high starch veggies like Green Peas, Edamame, corn and potatoes. I also love bread products, but only white bread, cannot stomach others such as rye or wheat.

[California74]

and just a reminder - eating no more than 20 grams a day of carbohydrate and the salad greens only is for the first 2 weeks INDUCTION only! Atkins says you can stay on it awhile longer, but never advocates staying on it forever.

After induction, you start the OWL (Ongoing weight loss) phase, where you add carbs- based on your metabolic resistance, which you figure out by how much you lost in the 1st 2 weeks. For example, if you are a woman and have over 50 lbs to lose, and you lost 8 lbs in the first 14 days of induction, you have average metabolic resistance (page 158 of paperback Atkins book), your critical carbohydrate level for losing would be 15-40 carbs a day. (page 173 of paperback Atkins book).

In OWL, you can eat foods like cottage cheese, nuts and seeds, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, cantaloupe - in addition to the induction foods.

I'd urge anyone who hasn't read it, to buy or borrow the Atkins book and read what the diet's all about before going on it or criticizing it.

[Grit]

From the website:

Eat no more than 20 grams a day of carbohydrate[zero is acceptable = salad optional],

most of which must come in the form of salad greens and other vegetables. [such as green beans, spinach, brocolli, cauliflower, celery, eggplant, zuchinni,etc (you've got to be able to stomach one of those :)]

You can[not must] eat approximately three loosely packed cups of salad, or two cups of salad plus one cup of other vegetables.

Everyone likes brocolli, right?