I couldn't agree with you more. I learned about the "white posion" almost twenty years ago and lost weight and gained health. But like most I was influenced by life around me and started eating the refined foods and reached an all time high of 235 and developed diabetes to boot.

The most important thing I got from Atkins is healthy, responsible eating that includes a change in life style and eating habits. REplacing one bad habit with another isn't the way to go.

Most days I have been able to make it with out looking for a subsitute. Today was the hardest due to boredom.

Watched a very interesting show about low carb life style on the Food network tonight, and everyone they talked to talked about a change in life style not just food choices.