[utahagen]

You’re right. I think Atkins (high-fat or low-fat) as a jump start for a few weeks, then transitioning to the Zone are the ways to go for most fat people. (I just don’t believe a few weeks on a high-fat diet every, say, six months is going to be dangerous to most people.)

[Uri’el-2012]

You’re right. I think Atkins (high-fat or low-fat) as a jump start for a few weeks, then transitioning to the Zone are the ways to go for most fat people

The Atkins diet consists of four phases:

induction,
ongoing weight loss,
pre-maintenance and
lifetime maintenance

See here