Everything is relative. There is a difference between a low carb diet and a
high carb diet.  A very low carb does not work for me.  Compared to the
average American I am on a low carb diet. However, I eat more carbs than the
atkins recommends.
I guess it goes back to everyone needs to find what works for them.

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> >I am an exception to the Atkins diet story.
> >I did lose weight, and was happy about that, but I developed health
> problems.
> >Sore and bleeding gums. Extreme fatigue. Depression (that got so bad I had
> to resort to treatment).
> >My back hurt alot, joints hurt and I could not ever sleep the night
> through.
> >I stayed on the diet for over a year thinking this stuff would clear up as
> the books all say. I got worse so I decided no more low carb for me. I am
> feeling much better now.
> >I am not saying that low carb is a bad thing for alot of people. It seems
> to work for many...just not a good thing for me.
> >Anyone have any idea why it would affect me this way. By the way, I was
> eating plenty of meat and fish and supplementing with essential fatty
> acids, lots of low carb veg. Only non-paleo thing I ate was a tablespoon of
> cream in some coffee every morning. I don't think that was making me sick.
> Never has. I even gave that up for a while to see if it was the
> culprit...but it wasn't.
> >
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