Yes, Tina,

From what I understand, sodas without aspartame are okay. Look for the world Splenda as the sweetener.

I'm not sure what edition you have of DANDR, but my edition, copyright 1999, shows charts of what to eat starting on page 96. Go back to your book and look up "Induction". There must be guidelines and lists of food available for you to eat.

You can have certain veggies and certain types of cheese. I have not checked out the link that alto sent you, but no doubt, it is a helpful one.

I encourage you to hang around these message forums and I can guarantee, you will learn everything you ever wanted to know about low carbing - and probably a whole lot more!

I look forward to reading about your successes!