[ottersnot]

Check out the Schwarzbein diet, it's a little more
reasonable and just as effective, if not more so,
than atkins. No I didn't make it up.
My wife is using it.

[WVNan]

Interesting that this thread pops up on the day I bring my husband home from the hospital after he had a heart attack. I asked the heart doctor at Ohio State Univ. Hosp. about the Atkins diet. She looked at me and said, "Dr. Atkins died from a massive heart attack." She said the diet is a killer. I don't doubt the word of those who say they have lost weight using it. My son and his wife have been using it and they have lost some weight. But I guess I had better stick with the moderation in everything for my hubby. I'm going to cut my carbs because I eat too many of them. I will also be exercising twice a week with my hubby as he does his heart rehab work.