of course you don't, you don't have my expertise or scientific credentials. so how the hell could you come to any reasonable conclusion? your a blind man walking around with a cane. :-(
FPC, you just posted this link to an opinion on Atkins http://www.thedietchannel.com/atkins.htm Did you delete it because it was from 1999? No wonder...
If you want proven diets (at least as much as any diet can be proven), then imho you should consider the Meditteranean or Okinawan diets. These both have excellent cultural track records. Atkins is an easy way to lose weight quickly but it has no long term track record, so it's a definite dice roll...
This inspired me to hunt up a low carb pizza dough recipe, and I found one here. Those who are interested will want to take a look through that site. They have literally thousands of low carb recipes that look pretty decent. Someone from this (the ET) forum emailed me a few good recipes and suggestions too (since I am uncertain to what degree they wish to remain incognito, I won't post who they are). Here are a couple of bread recipes for instance, which I understand are 2g carbs a slice: I know I've been looking for a reason to power up the bread machine.
"(Updated and reviewed June 3, 2002)" to all of you: eating your high protein diet you'll be pissing blood :-/
Hmm...PussyCat....you have a one track mind....and I think the train is derailed. The new Atkins products are really good. The came out with Ice Cream that I picked up at the health food store that is a real treat! I shop in their catalog on line. The I like the low salt cheese crisps, the other ones are WAY too salty for me. I made their diet ice cream mixes. I like the one I make out of the recipe book better. Or the ones that come frozen. There is a line of Belgian Chocolates for low carb diets that is so good....their milk and white chocolate is to die for. Pure De-Lite brand. Do not buy that "Beanit Butter" spend the extra 2 carbos on peanut butter. That stuff is awful. I always had problems with low carbo because I am a chocoholic and now that is no problem. Atkins has this Endulge line. I have tried all the chocolate products and they are very good!