what you say makes sense...

but why is it that a low-fat version of atkins ISN'T better? (according to atkins himself)

because the way i look at it, now fat is just like calories...

instead of burning "calories" our bodies are burning "fat."

the less calories you eat, the more stored calories your body had to burn, in the BOD. so you loose weight, i.e., when you eat only 1000 calories but burn 2000 in a day.

so doesn't it make sense to say if we eat less fat, then our bodies can get to work burning off that stored fat?