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What frustrates me the most about many of the reports in the media lately is that they refer to the Atkins diet as "one of those fad diets that are so popular these days". Then they go on to give the usual misinformation about how eating steak will give you a heart attack and you won't get enough vitamins and minerals because Atkins won't let you eat vegetables, and blah, blah, blah...

It's as if Dr. Atkins were trying to convert a nation of people that are eating a wide variety of nutritous vegetables and low-fat protien at every meal. In reality the average American eats so much fast food, cookies, ice cream, Fruit Loops & Coca-cola it is no wonder we are the fattest people on earth. But NEVER do the mention the word SUGAR!!!!

They critisize the Akins diet like they want to save us from eternal hell and damnation, but it is perfectly fine to feed your children cake and ice cream with a glass of Hawiian Punch. But don't eat a steak, that will kill you.

The media loves to warn us about how "unproven" or "dangerous" the Atkins diet is but they never mention that the alternative for most Americans is a diet loaded with sugar and empty calories.

Last night on CNN they had report that said 95% of people that lose weight on diets regain that weight with-in a year. They also trivialized Atkins as a fad diet and said to stick with a high-carb, low fat diet. Never did they mention sugar or insulin resistance. By the end of the show I am sure many people were left with the feeling of "What's the point fo dieting, I must be one of the 95% meant to be fat".

I have found what so many other people at this forum have found. since I have gone LC I am in control of my apetite for the first time in my life. I have more energy and I feel much healthier. All these years I have been beating myself up because I couldn't stop eating even though I wasn't hungry. LC has not only made me feel better physically but I also have gained a lot of self-respect.[COLOR=Black]