Quote Originally Posted by boostNslide
word nuts, I feel you.

vincent, an unbalanced diet is bad, period. It doesnt take a rocket scientist to come to this conclusion. The pounds wont stay off once you stop doing the atkins diet. There are short term gains, thats it.
Cliff notes at bottom

Actually I think what one of the most recent studies stated was that Atkins was easier to follow and thus sustainability was more possible than compared to other diets (2nd hand info from nutrition prof). Also the intake of protein supresses appetite which lowered caloric intake overall and its possible that this lowering of caloric intake will progress even AFTER you decide to go off the atkins diet, which is a positive. This is one of the reasons why its considered a better diet.
Also by controlling the TYPE of protein you intake and taking 100g/day carbs you can counteract the common negatives attributed to atkins.

Cliff notes: Atkins isnt entirely bullshit, and it doesnt need to be "short term".