[Stallone]

Cult-like following is reserved for emotional idiots.

This empirical scientist seeks facts and the truth - and Atkins describes and predicts our inherent biology more than any other nutritional program.

No cult. It works.

[XBob]

136 - "This empirical scientist seeks facts and the truth - and Atkins describes and predicts our inherent biology more than any other nutritional program."

It certainly does, as evidenced by hundreds and hundreds of personal testimonies here on FR.

As a diabetic, I need to watch my weight, and carb intake. And every time I follow either the Federal - Sell Wheat - 'Food Pyramid' diet, or the diabetes doctor's diabetic diet, my weight goes up and I feel like I am starving, all the time.