Atkins Diet

Pros: Too many to mention - better health, good foods, amazing choices...
Cons: Having to buy new clothes every few months as I shrink -lol:)

I've read so many "Anti-low-carb" reviews here that astonish me. People claiming the read the book, but do things like drink 1/2 a gallon of milk a day, or eat zero carbs, or eat a stick of butter... and it makes me wonder what "book"...

Pros: quick weight loss, easy to follow plan...just eat meat! Stay away from carbs!
Cons: could be bad for your health, sort of boring and easy to go off it, if you are a carb addict.

I want to add a postscript in regards to the comments that have been posted to me. First off, EVERYONE has their OWN OPINION and what may work for ONE person may NOT work for another. This is a highly controversial diet. I've been told its NOT a fad diet...

Pros: Many lose weight on it
Cons: Not for everyone

I tried this diet when it first came out. I was an active mother with little children to take care of, and I definitely needed to lose a few pounds! I followed the plan right down the line. Yes you do get tired of not having the variety of foods you had...

Pros: Temporary weight loss
Cons: The weight comes back, increased risk of serious health problems

This review has been edited in response to comments correcting some factual errors. 8/24

A series of studies over the past 20 years consistently indicates a nationwide trend toward obesity. At the same time, study after study...

Pros: easy to follow; great variety of allowed foods; reduced my cramps!
Cons: cravings first 3 days, easy to make it unhealthy if you misunderstand the directions

The Atkins diet is one that limits your intake of carbohydrates. Many people refer to it as the "bacon" diet, and remember only the fact that you can eat a lot of fat on this diet. In theory, that is correct. You must limit your intake of...

Pros: Very healthy lifestyle. Safe, proven and time tested way to loose weight.
Cons: Difficult to stick to.

I have been on the Atkins diet for about 8 or 9 months. Since being on it, I've lost 50 pounds. My parents and my brother got on the Atkins diet after seeing the amazing results, and they have also lost a lot of weight.

First let me dispell a...

Pros: You can eat all the fat you want!
Cons: Unhealthy, Unsafe, and Unreal

After reading a recent opinion about the miraculous weight loss of the Atkin's diet, I decided to write my own.

Although I have never been on the Atkin's diet, I was preliminarily mystified by it's results. Who would have ever thought that...

Pros: Safe and efficient
Cons: Doesn't recognise benefits of other low carb diets

Why is Dr. Atkins; Book Listed on Quackwatch's quackery list?

First of all, the Quack Watch is Web site devoted to fighting against all and any alternative medicine methods. Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution is among the Quack...

Pros: VERY short term quick weight loss
Cons: unhealthy diet, long term health problems

I would first like to start off by saying that ANY diet that asks you to eat caloricaly dense, high fat, high cholesterol foods as a substitute with good wholesome foods such as vegetables, fruit, and such and such is a VERY sketchy diet. What's worse...

Pros: worked for me
Cons: scary diet

I've spent a good part of my life trying to trim down. A couple of years ago, my brother started the Atkins diet. He wanted to lose quite a bit of weight, and over the years had been basically unsuccessful with various low-fat diets. However, he began to...

Pros: Makes you feel more healthy, energetic, and it works!
Cons: The first 14 days can be challenging for some people

My husband and I decided to try this diet about a year ago, when he wanted to lose 30-50 lbs, and I wanted to lose 10-12 lbs. I was extremely skeptical at first, until he brought home the Atkin's Diet handbook and the carbohydrate counter book. I read...

Pros: lose weight fast (if it's really that important to you)
Cons: very bad for your body

I just want to warn everyone about the negative effects this diet can have on a person's body. I too started this diet because it seemed like a quick easy fix. And it was....for awhile. I wanted to try this diet because I was about to get married. I...

Pros: Watch the weight melt away
Cons: meat meat meat and more meat

I had heard about a lot of people trying the Atkins diet. As a PhD student in Pharmacology (having studied a lot of physiology as well), I was skeptical at first. My husband came home with Dr. Atkins' book and announced that he was going to start the...

Pros: A supposedly lenient, effective diet. Many claim success on it.
Cons: It does require reading the book and sticking to the plan. Many detractors.

Before I start in with this review, I'd like to state exactly what position I'm viewing the diet from. I only just started the Atkin's diet (one day into it) after reading up on what both the defenders and detractors of low-carb living had to say....

Pros: Fast weight loss;will reduce cholesterol
Cons: Hard to stick to the diet; I miss my carbs!

The Atkins diet was probably the first of the popular high-protein, very-low carbohydrate diets. It is also probably the most controversial, since it is seen as radical.

Basically, the way Atkins works is in phases: first, for a 2-week period,...