My mom and I have been trying to get my father to eat better (he is borderline or maybe is obese atm) but he refuses to give up his morning pastrys. My mom is on Atkins and having great success. She feeds him an atkins friendly dinner (basically a piece of meat, serving a lc veggies and a salad) I know in his book that he says high fat/high carbs causes obesity. I would hate for my father to gain more and risk more health problems. My question is do you think it would be better to stick with more traditional low fat dinner or would he still benefit from one lc meal a day?