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Old April 7th, 2004, 09:37 PM
Doug Freyburger
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cc0104007 wrote:

It seems that other diets are implementing the low carb life also yet many
critisize dr atkins. Do others notice this?


Notice carefully the change of topic in the middle:

"It seems that other diets are implementing the low carb life style also"

Right. Because it works for a *lot* of people. Not everyone, nothing
works for everyone. But a large percentage of the population.

"yet many critisize dr atkins"

Right. Notice that your statement isn't other plans criticizing Dr A,
it's random people doing that. Folks who've actually read the book and
know the contents have troubles finding stuff to complain about. Not
much to fault about being pressured to eat lots of veggies and finding
exactly what works for your own body after all. Are there other low
carb plans that criticize Atkins? I've only skimmed SBD so far so I
could easily have missed it, but I didn't notice any mention at all.
PP is careful to ignore Atkins. CAD has a brief mention that Dr Rachel
Heller failed to follow the directions when she tried Atkins but that's
hardly a complaint about Atkins itself.

But folks on the street who haven't even read the book, they love to
rag on Atkins. Such is life. Actually reading those nasty book things
is just so much hard work for some people. Think of it as a way to
filter on some combination of intelligence and motivation levels.