I know that it's not in support of Atkins, but I've just spotted this letter in today's edition of the Independent, and it did make me laugh - so I thought I'd share it here

That is a very funny letter.
To lose a stone, though, with 'only' cutting out in between meal snacks. WOW. I guess you can eat a LOT of stuff in between meals and probably it is mainly sweet starchy stuff, like biscuits and bread.

Interesting that she said 'forget atkins..' rather than 'forget weight watchers' or 'forget calories..' We ARE taking over the world.

There are so many diets out there some good some bad some fads and some are a healthy way of life!! Atkins being the latter, Nobody will ever agree on the same thing whats works for one may not work for another, but I am sure that one day soon all the people who have said Atkins is not healthy and is only a fad will be eating a big slice of Humble Pie!!(how many carbs would be in that?)

I believe that there is no such thing as bad publicity.
How did you hear about Atkins?? I know that before i started this diet and joined this forum i had never heard a good thing said about Atkins.
But the more Atkins was mentioned the more i was interested in finding out about it, and after reading the book not only was i prepared to 'put my life at risk' as the ill informed say, but the WOL made total sense and i have faith in everything that was written.

Obviously i am not the only person who has done this, and the more they put down Atkins just means more people will be curious to find out for themselves.

With all the bad press lately have you noticed how many new LC we have in the forum?

ebbie,i used to think that atkins was a health risk.my friend and her hubby started it and i told them they would die of a heart attack! talk about eating humble pie a few weeks later when i started doing it.so i,m also of the opinion that theres no such thing as bad publicity.
after my friends stopped doing atkins i borrowed their book and started the very next day!