I've had the usual Atkin's-ignorant comments, and only once have I been totally stumped. A great friend of mine is taking a nutrition class, and we were discussing Atkin's. She was asking me all sorts of questions, and I explained to her that I was eating whole foods and no longer eating boxed and processed foods. I told her it was very similar to when she and I were roommates and we ate all whole, organic foods. And she agreed that white flour and sugar were bad, as were processed foods. And then she said, "But I learned in my nutrition class that we need whole grains." And I said, "Uhhhh...well, now that I'm in maintenace I am eating whole grains in my low-carb bread and tortillas, but otherwise, I don't really think I need them."

Do I need them? What gives? lol. She just kind of threw me for a loop. I mean, I don't feel as though I would become deficient if I cut out my low-carb bread...

Any thoughts or suggestions on this one?

~Kelly Deneen