I started Atkins to lose weight.

You can also lose:
- intestinal gas, bloating & post-meal indigestion
- the quivery desperation to eat from plunging blood sugar levels after carbs
-symptoms of PCOS (poly cystic ovarian syndrome)
-several types of arthritis
-joint pain (from reduced weight & stress, and increased exercise & muscle strength.


Improvement in:
-blood pressure (so much that some people need to have meds reduced.)
-blood sugar stabilization - important for diabetics and pre-diabetics.
-cholesterol levels and ratios - both HDL & LDL & total
-triglyceride levels- a very important marker for heart disease.

And so much more. The surprising thing is how many things in our health will improve without our expecting them. And we get slimmer.