When I was on Atkins I lost 60 lbs started putting on muscle mass and looked 10 yrs younger! Atkins is so misunderstood and so easily made fun of by people without a clue! The inital starting phase is the only time you eat just meat aftr a while you concentrate on fresh raw vegeatables and fruit if your hypoglycemia has cleared up! My big mistake was taking the first phase to far and losing to much wieght to fast ! People are warned against doing this put if, like me, you are so thrilled with the results you go over board! I have been through the Atkins with great results but job place toxins, Im a plumber and electrition so I have been in a sense sniffing glue for thirty years and as good as the Atkins diet was by my abusing it and losing to much wieght in conjuction with the daily dose of toxins I developed gallstone and a heavily congested liver which caused a metabolic imbalance o resistence and losing the ability to digest food properly ! Thinking at first that it was the diet that was making sick I went back to a more regular diet which showed no improvement ! I try going raw which was a big disaster and I would almost pass out from lack of digestable nuutrients ! I am now back closer to an atkins diet and taking pancreatic enzymes and lookin into probiotics and the neurishing tradition type diet that excells in probiotic foods and enzyme ! But I think if not for my over zealouness and the job site toxins Atkins was great it cured my hypoglycemia almost over night and Depression and anxiety as well! But once again I always stress, do what is good for you study all the avenues and dont just take one persons word on anything because they only know what works for them!Chaz!

I know several people who tried Atkins in there own feeble way, but none of them read the book! Some of them gave up sugared products for aspertame and considered that Atkins! None of them understood the Science behind ketosis or understood what an orthomolecular physician is! Everyone has a version of Atkins and an opinion but most know absolutely nothing about it!