I'm sorry ... but I have to voice my opinion on the Atkins Diet I think the subject of this post says it best.
The Atkins Diet is a lucrative scheme targeted at a FAT 4$$ USA. Look at us we are indulgent, uncaring and predominantly uneducated about our health. We are the perfect targets for a fat cash con.
Do people really think that high fat, high protein, low carb, grease dripping hamburger with extra-everything-but-the-bun is good for them? Everywhere I go to lunch has a low-carb wallabahoozit with bacon and extra sauce this society has gone mad.
I know this diet is a trend however, in the short-term this trend may exist, it will set people up for health catastrophe. Read this article, this article and this one, too.
Granted, an appropriate and doctor regulated low-carb diet may help you lose weight AND stay healthy. However, an appropriate and doctor regulated ANY KIND OF diet may help you lose weight AND stay healthy, too. It is a matter of eating smart and exercising not eating low-carb at your office desk.
I will NOT eat low-carb just to lose weight. I refuse. I will however, eat healthy to lose weight AND LIVE A HEALTH LIFE STYLE.
Oh, and where has exercise gone in all of this discussion? We are a bunch of pigs at the trough (McDonalds) who only get off our lazy, SUV-driving, lard asses to drive to the drive up window. I play hockey, I run, I hike, I workout, I fence am I overweight? Yes. Without a doubt. Could I run farther, jump higher, hike longer and out skate you and your Atkins Diet? You're damn right I could.
BAH.