I have changed my diet so i corresponds with the ideas of Atkins.
I have lost almost 40 lbs in less than 3 months, from 212 lbs to 173. The diet definately works.
The reason why the book is a good investment, is primarily that it is chock full of info. The info is on all levels, from practical advice, to biochemistry.
There have been lots of attacks on the Atkins diet. This summer there has been warnings from different sources about the diet. Every single issue, that i have seen raised, has been dealt with in the book. Often the criticism is based on a mistaken and faulty perception of what the diet is all about.
Recently the Atkins diet was called dangerous and unhealthy and based on pseudoscience. This is utter BS, the claim that it is dangerous and unhealthy was not sufficiently documented, thereby making the claim Pseudoscience itself.
Atkins himself, and people around him, have often claimed that the big corporations like Unilever and Nestle was atacking hiim through all available means. You do not need to be a conspiracy nut to find evidence that that claim is true.
BTW.. i maintain induction right now, and i plan on staying in induction till christmas
