I just recieved the August issue of Good Housekeeping in the mail. I was interested when I saw an article about 'good fats' in their magazine, and was hoping maybe they had some new ideas of things I could eat on Atkins.

it turns out that they did not really have any positive comments to make about Atkins and the Atkins part of the article goes as follows:

"People who follow this diet (Atkins) can eat virtually unlimited amounts of red meat, butter, bacon, eggs, and other fatty animal foods. But they must strictly limit such carbohydrates as bread, pasta, potatoes, sweets, most fruits, and many vegetables. And they do drop pounds. "The diet radically restricts the range of foods you can eat, so you naturally end up eating fewer calories," says Paula A. Quatromoni, R.D., an assistant professor of nutrition at Boston University. Many people also lower their cholesterol when they start out on the Atkins diet. But the Fleming Heart and Health Institute, in Omaha, Nebraska, has found that cholesterol levels start to creep up after people have been on the diet for about three months. Finally, the diet is low in fruits and vegetables - important sources of cancer-preventing antioxidants and fiber - which also concerns experts."

Well I must say that I agree with them 100%. I eat so few vegetables and fruits, especially being a VEGETARIAN!!! And the reason that I am eating fewer calories is really because my diet is SO restricted. Between the almond cake with lemon curd icing for breakfast and green bean, blue cheese and pecan salad for lunch I am just DYING of bordom here.