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Old Thu, May-01-03, 08:45
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Plan: Vegetarian Atkins
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Originally posted by DCMark

I would take exception that this diet teaches one to eat right for long-term living. I am certainly aware of the maintenace program. However, the vast majority of Atkin's dieters end up only doing induction, then returning to their previous eating habits (perhaps slowly). For most of the world, Atkins is a quick fix. THere are exceptions of course, and I hope we are part of them.


That is the problem of the people doing a very limited form of Atkins (as you have pointed out), not a limitation of the eating plan itself. Atkins does teach long term healthy eating habits.
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