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Read the book. It will say what I just said. The Atkins diet tells you not to eat (or keep to an absolute minimum) breads, pastas, rice, (most) vegetables and fruits, beer and just about any other food rich in carbohydrates.

The Atkins Diet is a fad diet. All fad diets will cause people to lose weight and those people will then swear by it even if the long-term effects of that diet are unhealthy.

I read the book. And what you just posted is not the same thing as what you last posted. You talked about fish, vegetables, oils and garlic in addition to pasta beer and wine. I stated that other than the pasta, beer and wine, the other foolds are allowed. Your original statement was misleading and wrong and you can't change that fact by altering it in your second reply. Go back and read your own statements before telling me to read Atkin's book.

The Atkins Diet is a fad diet

Sheesh, in defending yourself on being called out on your first totally incorrect and misleading statement, you issue another one. See what I mean in my other reply about folks who don't agree with this diet finding a need to convince others it is wrong, even if it means making crap up?

Fad: A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze.

Sorry, but this doesn't apply to the Atkins diet. It's been around a little too long to be considered a fad diet. I vehemently disagree with Dr. Ornish, but I wouldn't suggest his followers are on a fad diet. Why? Because I am a little more intellectually honest.

The Atkins diet tells you not to eat (or keep to an absolute minimum) breads, pastas, rice, (most) vegetables and fruits, beer and just about any other food rich in carbohydrates.

Atkins has you limit these items initially, then increase your consumption of them over a period of time until you stop losing weight. Then you back down just 5 grams of carbs from that level for Ongoing Weight Loss until you are near your desired weight. Then you add those 5 or more carbs back in until you are at a Maintenance Weight.

Approximate Critical Carbohydrate Level for Maintenance Range

High Metabolic Resistance
25 to 40 grams of carbs per day

Average
40 to 60 grams of carbs per day

Low
60 to 90 grams of carbs per day

Regular exerciser*
90 or more grams of carbs per day

*In this context, a regular exerciser is someone who does vigorous exercise five days a week for at least 45 minutes.

Sample Menu for Lifetime Maintenance on Atkins

Breakfast:
Two slices cranberry-orange loaf
Ricotta-cheese omelet

Lunch:
Vegetable soup
Crab salad over mixed greens

Dinner:
Herb Roasted Chicken with Lemon
Wild rice with mushrooms
Bibb lettuce and watercress salad with French dressing
Molten chocolate cakes

Snack: Cantaloupe with lime juice

I dunno about you, but I don't see no cheeseburger and bacon drenched in butter on THAT menu. Nor do I see NO bread, NO grain, NO fruit, and NO fun.

Damn, now I'm hungry...better go eat my tuna and spring greens...I'm already down two more pounds for the week, and it ain't over until Sunday!