why do we imediately dissmiss this article. i have read many articles that blast the atkins diet, and this is no conspiracy. i'm not saying that their opinions are absolute or that there is one method only to loose wieght, but seriously, let's look at this logically. i've been looking at people's stats and have noticed a common thread- rapid wieght loss followed by a long plateu. can anyone say crash diet? to karen, no where in that article does it say to eat a lot of sugar or supersize fries. it's not one extreme or the other.