In a message dated 11/19/1999 4:09:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< Yesterday, Don met a man who'd lost 100 pounds (!) in TWO months on the
Atkins diet.  The
 guy weighed 400 pounds (now 300 pounds :))  The guy said he'd been seeing a
lot of
 articles saying how dangerous high protein diets were in magazines,
newspapers, all over
 the place!  >>
The Atkins Diet is better characterized as a low-carbohydrate diet. Althou it
is referred to as high protein & or fat, it is not necessarily either.