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WhatAboutBob:
I did ask a good doctor. He's a board-certified gasterenterologist (and also my brother). He supports the diet completely.
Also, it's not a diet where people "eat bacon and cheese all day and lose weight". It's a way of eating that minimizes carbohydrate intake. Nothing is wrong with grilled chicken, tuna, greens, brown rice and fruit. You just need to limit the brown rice and fruit. Both have lots of carbs, and they're both allowed in moderation once the weight loss is finished or close to being finished.
Atkins requires regular exercise (as well as vitamin supplements for those on the less-than-20-carbs-per day portion of the diet).
There are a good number of people who are being successful on Atkins. It's just "better" news (i.e. more interesting) when there are reports of people living on bacon and cheese.
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