Chatting at badminton today and mentioned that I had started the Atkin's diet and the immediate reaction of one women was to say "It's dangerous and can cause heart trouble"

At least two other people felt the diet was risky.

I kept the discussion simple and stated that a recent BBC documentary had shown that the diet works and no serious adverse side effects were reported

Thought I needed to check further and finding this thread and post has shown that I have found the "search by posts" option in the advanced search panel!

I can't see why some posters are critical of Dr Porter's message - I reckon it is overall very re-assuring.