Do what I do...don't tell the doctor you're 'doing' Atkins. Just tell him you're monitoring the diet very closely and are considering doing 'tight control'. You may want to consider finding an Indian doctor, they tend to be more open-minded. Preferably an older one who was trained first in India. Indian medicine tends to treat the whole body, not just the symptoms (like North American medicine) and one trained in that methodology first are usually pretty easy to get along with. Plus we can all help you with any questions since we've all 'been there, done that'. I recommend Dr.Bernstein's book and Dr. Atkins' 2002 printing of 'Diet Revolution'. Both are excellent and make good companions.