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"Still, the number of overweight people studied this way is small, and the research does not examine possible long-term ills or advantages, including how long people keep the pounds off."

I'm especially interested to see how this affects cancer. I would also like to know what happens once people get off the Atkin's diet and ate normally again. I would also like to know how it affects endurance. Will marathoners now switch to atkin's before their run instead of pasta?
I continue to maintain that you can eat anything you want-prime rib AND potatoes and still lose a safe 1-2 pounds a week. Just don't eat so much

I would also like to know how it affects endurance.

I'm a die-hard Atkins fan who lost 70 lbs in eight months on it. Before I started it I tried exercising to lose weight, swimming. I swam five times a week at lunch hour instead of lunch. Before Atkins, and after three months of the swimming regimen, I gained a half a pound, and had gone from struggling to swim 200 yards, to struggling to swim 300 yards. Once I seriously started Atkins, I went from struggling to swim 300 yards to struggling to swim 2,000 yards (that's more than a mile) in six weeks.

Cholesterol cratered, BP cratered, waistline cratered - my doctor thought his office scale was broken at first. Fantastic results!

To the poster that said "moderation is the key" - Wrong! No moderation for carbs, "cutting down" doesn't cut it, at least for me. Carbs required eradication before the benefits kicked in.

I'm especially interested to see how this affects cancer. I would also like to know what happens once people get off the Atkin's diet and ate normally again. I would also like to know how it affects endurance. Will marathoners now switch to atkin's before their run instead of pasta?

you will gain weight back after going off any diet if you return to a junk food diet, full of starches and sugars.

Might surprise you but, I worked with body builders that used the Atkins diet, the only time they ate pasta/starch was JUST before a contest. To puff up the muscles. Afterwards, they went right back to the Atkins diet.