..and if you want to get a good idea of where some of the misconceptions come from, look through the Newbies Questions area. You'll see an awful lot of people who say they've been "doing the Atkins" and all they've been doing is eating meat and cheese...and often haven't bothered to read the book at all. A lot of these people go on to complain that it's "not working"...

Chicken and the egg, here, but did they learn this from the media, or did some of the "reporters" (and I use the term loosely) meet some of these people? I know I've read quite a few that heard it through the grapevine what Atkins was...

<shakes head> I guess it doesn't matter which came first, as long as there are people who jump into something without caring to find out all the facts...