Atkins Diet

Pros: Lose weight Fast and never hungry!
Cons: tiresome menu

I would reccomend to all who have a hard time losing on other diets or really love their meat, cheese and eggs!
I personally think the diet is quite healthy. It has been known to clear up diabetes and other ailments. Everyone can do it except for...

Pros: perhaps useful for morbidly obese
Cons: numerous health risks

Perhaps the most dangerous, long-lived fad diet ever, Dr. Atkins' program is spreading with undeserved popularity across America. What ever happened to the food guide pyramid, the FDA-supported, long-time model for healthy and balanced eating? Dr....

Pros: Good for meat lovers, don't feel deprived as much as some diets.
Cons: Questionable long term effects, tough to stick to 100%

My wife and I, both told to lose weight by cutting down on fat and eating pasta, fruit, and veggies, continued to fight our weight or gain.

On New Years Day of 2000, we both started the Atkins diet. Over 12 months I lost 38 pounds and my wife...

Pros: You do lose weight
Cons: You lose it in an unhealthy way

I tried this diet for 9 days. Yes, I lost a few pounds, mostly water since I was going to the bathroom constantly. But the results were definitely not worth how I feel now. It started with leg pains so I went to the Everything Atkins web page for help. I...

Pros: Increased Energy, Suppressed Hunger, Improved Self Esteem
Cons: Low Carb Specialty Treats and Foods hurt the pocketbook

I decided to pick up a copy of Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution about 2 years ago and it has changed my life and my body forever. After more than 15 years of yo-yo dieting I had found myself facing type II adult onset diabetes, high cholesterol and a host...

Pros: Good short-term weight loss according to rumor
Cons: Not for dialysis patients or those with kidney problems

The Atkins diet is based on a low-carbohydrate, high-protein model. In other words, you are allowed a great deal of protein and not many carbohydrates on this diet.

The problem is that it is not the healthiest diet, especially if you are in...

Pros: YOU WILL LOSE FAT!
Cons: YOU WILL ALSO LOSE MUSCLE!

The popular low-carb/high-protein diet has been and continues to be popular among many health conscious people. With the many testimonials and studies to support the effectiveness of the Atkins Diet in losing weight one needs to ask him or herself...

Pros: Quick weight loss, when combined with self-control. Safer than some other diets.
Cons: It scares people, it might not be 1 billion percent safe.

I heard a bit about this from an Info-Mercial a while ago, and decided to do a little research into it. On December 20th 2001, I decided to start my diet, weighing in at 289 pounds exactly. I made a few modifications to the Atkins diet, and 2 months...

Pros: More energy, sleep easier, reduced P.M.S. less bloating, greater muscle density, less body fat.
Cons: Difficult if you have absolutely no will power or can not add or subtract.

I started the Atkins diet revolution after my daughter was diagnosed diabetic and learning I was carbohydrate intolerant over ten years ago. It was difficult at first, learning a whole new way to eat and to count carbohydrates. But, being of average ...

Pros: You lose weight if you do it PROPERLY!!!!
Cons: First two weeks are hard. Can be repetitive.

Here's the story - people have heard of "The Atkins Diet". They think it involves cutting out carbohydrates (It doesn't). So - they cut out carbohydrates, and guess what - they feel ill. Then they come on here and say "Don't do this diet - it nearly...

Pros: I had more energy and felt full after eating an atkins diet meal.
Cons: I cant eat the foods I enjoy like pasta,surary foods,and cereal.

I first heard about the atkins diet after reading an article on it in womans world magazine.it featured celebreties like Oprah Winfrey and Rosie Odonald.

After reading about there success in weight loss and visiting the atkins website I...

Pros: You WILL lose weight
Cons: It isn't safe

I will be honest right from the start, I have never been on this diet. I have worked in the nutrition field for 3 years and have watched TONS of people use this diet. Yes, I almost guarantee you will lose weight, but, it isn't the best way to do it....

Pros: Quick Weight Loss
Cons: Lethargy, after diet -quick weight gain

I heard about the atkins diet through friends of mine who always went on this diet a month or two before spring break...A friend of mine was doing the diet and lost 15 pounds in a little over a month...so I thought I would give it a try.. I was thrilled...

Pros: Unlimited eating of certain foods
Cons: Feelings of depravation soon follow

The interesting thing about Atkins is that it does have some good points. We don't really need to fill our bodies full of all those simple carbohydrates. We do however, need more healthy carbohydrates than this diet allows.

I picked this diet...

Pros: steady weight loss, stabilized energy levels, decreased BP and cholesterol
Cons: none

I have had a weight problem for years, and have tried all of the "traditional" diets to include weight watchers, TOPS, etc. Each time it was a struggle to lose the weight and I was depressed, unhappy and HUNGRY. After the birth of my daughter...