Just more of the same "blah blah blah"" Atkins is a low calorie diet in disguise. Obviously she hasn't looked into it seriously at all, just poo poo'ed it on principle.

Yes she is right on some points. Americans are eating more and excercising less. And portions are much bigger than they used to. I am sure that has had an impact on the obesity epidemic, but she hasn't even touched on the insulin resistance and carb addiction phenomenon. For reading testimonials after testimonials of people who go on a carb binge after just a taste of high carb food, I've become convinced that this is a real condition.

I giver her article a big because obviously she is talking out of her a** and hasn't even bothered to look into lowcarbing seriously.

ps : low fat diets don't work simply because the human body has never been made to endure starvation conditions for long, which is what a "diet" is. It will fight that condition very hard and usually with a great deal of sucess.