Atkins and most other experts recommend the elimination of aspartame altogether because it is a pretty controversial substance. There are other sweeteners available that are not so questionable, so why not use them?

If you NEED your Diet DP to make you happy for now...then by all means, have it. Just try to limit it to one a day if you can. When and if the time comes that your weight loss stalls, that's the time to start eliminating things that might be causing problems.

Nuts on induction? Mmmm...No. It's just two weeks. You can do without them for 2 lousy weeks!! Later, when you get into OWL you can have macadamia, walnuts, or pecans....in small portions! That's the problem with nuts... it's way easy to get out of control with them....like popcorn! Eat just a few (1 oz.) and then wait!...your hunger will disappear. Don't keep eating UNTIL the hunger disappears! You'll have 1000 calories of nuts in ya before you know it!