[sd-joe]

They found that over six months Atkins slimmers lost almost twice as much weight...

After a year, the gap had closed ..., with the Atkins dieters down to an average weight loss of a stone compared with half a stone for others.

LOL. In other words over six months Atkins dieters lost twice as much weight, while after a year they had lost twice as much weight. This is interpreted as "the gap had closed"

Talk about junk science.

[Trust but Verify]

It is clear from this passage that the Atkins people were regainingweight by the end of one year. That is the flaw that I see in this 'diet'. If you have to stick with it for the rest of your life in order to keep the pounds off, most people just aren't going to do that. The people I know who have done Atkins have lost weight. Substantially and quickly, but then once they start moving away from the diet, they put it all back on again.