Atkins... Schmatkins
Okay... so bread is bad... potatoes are bad... and a diet of nothing but meat is good? Didn't we spend most of the 20th Century unlearning this ancient British Isles diet? I mean, seriously... we've only been surviving on the staples of bread and potatoes... well, let's see... SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME!!!!!
Okay, I can understand how this diet helps you lose weight quickly, but you can do that from consuming nothing but dirt, or water. What really gets me is that once you lose the weight, you have to keep it off by having a regular healthy diet regime... the sort of regime that people who go on fad 'flash diets' tend not to espouse anyways. If you want to lose weight, take your time and change your lifestyle. Eat better, walk more, give up fast food, and stretch a little more often. Better yet, just have a wicked fast metabolism like mine... you can eat whatever you want, and then bitch and rant about fad diets. It's gold! Pure gold!