Richard Geller wrote: >>Atkins is a very diuretic diet. When I started Atkins I, like many others, had symptoms of electrolyte deficiency (weakness, tiredness, lack of feeling in the lower extremities in some cases), and I increased my intake of electrolytes and was fine. But after a while I didn't need to worry about it and stopped taking any extra electrolytes.<< I'm curious about this, because I'm trying to follow a diet which is both Atkins-consistent and paleo i.e. low carb but excluding the junky and salty low-carb foods and dairy which Atkins allows. So what is it specifically about Atkins that makes it diuretic? Is it ketosis, in which case wouldn't a low-carb paleo diet produce the same effect? Jo