Atkins Diet ?

[Bucko]

I ascribe to the seafood diet and the light eater diet. You see food? Eat it! The minute it gets light, start eating! [img]http://wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]

Getting serious, Atkin's diet does work. I've had several patients lose 70, 80, even 90 pounds in a year. I monitored their cholesterol and most patients actually decreased their cholesterol. Why? Not a friggin' clue. It doesn't make sense with the training that I received, but lab data doesn't lie. I did have two patients have their cholesterol go up, so I had them modify the fats and they came right back down.

If I had the answer to a successful diet, I'd give Bill Gates a run for his money. The trouble is, we just don't know that much and it varies dramatically from person to person. Sensible eating, decreasing caloric intake and exercise still makes the most sense to me personally.