There's an article in 'Closer' magazine this week: 'Does the Atkins diet really work'? It has a few case histories - some positive and some negative. It does have some misinformation [it says that you can't have alcohol or fruit and 'you're not allowed carbs for the first 14 days']. Their nutritionist says that you can only lose 4lb of fat on Atkins and anything over 4lb is all water, which I find hard to believe!