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Mom's a doc...she's been doing Atkin's for a while for two years. Loves it, recommends it to all her overweight patients, particularly the diabetics. It's great for them, because, obviously, carbs cause a spike in blood sugar which is bad.
Two weeks is NOT a good trial period for the diet. You need to go at least three months. And you need to READ the book. There's a lot you can miss by just skimming it. Those first two weeks are the worst, because you really drop carbs. It's super boring, but if you can get past that, you can start adding a little bit of carbs to your diet.
And if you don't cook, you might not want to try it. From what I've seen, it's pretty work intensive.
It's not just meat, there are a lot of veggies you can eat, salads with bleu cheese dressing and such.
There's no studies that suggest it's bad for you. My mom looks regularly, and has a nutritionist that comes in weekly that also keeps track of any research on Atkin's. Between the two of them, I'm sure any relevant articles would have been found.
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