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"This makes me laugh," says Robyn Flipse, a registered dietitian from Ocean, N.J. "People are deluding themselves into thinking this is weight-loss food. It is a very high-calorie and high-fat item without all the other pieces of the Atkins diet in place."

Aha! The first chink in the armor. A tacet admission that maybe there's something to this low-carb stuff if you actually follow ALL the tenets.

She actually does have an inadvertent point. I've seen a number of people attempt a low-carb diet, get upset when it doesn't work - and when you quiz them, you often discover one of the following horrifying misconceptions:

1)"But it said low-fat on the label - why CAN'T I eat it?" (I am NOT making this up...)

2) "I thought I could alternate low-fat in the morning, and low-carb at night."

3) "Sugar is a carbohydrate?" (I am NOT making this up...)

4) "I added these Atkins bars to my diet, and I didn't lose ANY weight." Did you change anything else about your diet? "No! Why should I?"

And there's plenty more where these came from....

[bobsatwork]

...horrifying misconceptions Your points are SO valid. I had a co-worked who swore she followed Atkins to a "T", but kept gaining weight. When I asked for details of her actual diet, it turned out she started every day with a bowl of cereal with milk and fruit. Talk about Kiss of Death on Atkins. (BTW, I have been doing Atkins since August - just passed 20pounds fat loss)