[right wing]

"Atkins Diet - another dose of snake oil for the desperate, pushing the only real way for long term weight loss (aerobic and anaerobic exercise) into the backround. Some people are so lazy, if given the choice between eating dog crap and exercise to lose weight, they'd chose the former...

I hate it when folks make these types of remarks. Atkins is not snake oil. It's a very healthy way of eating, one loses weight rapidly and every pea brain knows that exercise is a must.

[Snerfling]

Atkins is not snake oil. It's a very healthy way of eating, one loses weight rapidly and every pea brain knows that exercise is a must.

It's not only A very unhealthy way of eating, it is THE most unhealthy way of eating. Atkins combined the obvious ie don't eat food processed with sugar or dairy/shortening (ie pasta, bread, cake, candy, etc) with the easy: meat.

What's really crazy is that he has cast the world's staples in a negative light: oats, rice, wheat and potatoes. These should be over 50% of most people's daily diets (without butter/sour cream). The rest should be fruits/vegetables.

Most dieticians would probably think meat at 10% is too high; I make a concession and go crazy on week-ends BBQing fish, chicken, steak, pork, etc., but I know not to do this more than 2 times per week.