I found myself the other day thinking "I'm sure Dr. Atkins didn't want people on his plan to be feeling hungry and desprived." Then I thought...eek, only one step to "What would Dr. Atkins do?" The word cult popped into my mind! I think that's a risk, especially when you have a single leader associated with a movement. And once he's dead, he can pass into myth....

I'm not literally calling Atkins a cult, nor implying that it is a religion--just noticing things that can happen when people bond around a powerful leader who offers to change their lives for the better.