When I went in for my yearly physical the doctor I saw told me to go on Atkins. She was on it herself. She said it was safe and would not hurt you. She wanted to follow up all my blood work in three months. Then I went in to see our family doctor and talked with him about it and he agreed that it would be fine to go on Atkins and it was perfectly safe. So I feel very good about it and am having good results.