Robert C. Atkins M.D. - Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution: Revised and Improved

Pros: nothing
Cons: everything

Just because Atkins is a doctor does not mean he is right about everything, especially when diet and health are concerned. Yes, the Atkins plan helps people lose weight, but it achieves this in a dangerous, potentially lethal, unhealthy manner: the...

Pros: Easy to follow diet plan
Cons: He can be confusing sometimes

My husband will be doing this diet again in February. Once upon a time we tried this diet after I had my daughter. We couldn't stick on it long because we got tired of eggs, chicken, and cheese. However, the diet DOES work! And I have new information...

Pros: Easy to follow, makes you feel wonderful
Cons: Too many people frown at this plan(gets an undeserved bad rap)

The Atkin's Diet has been a lifesaver for me. I started this plan a year and a half ago, and now am on maintenance. My stats? I lost 84 lbs and went from a size 18 to a 4/6.

So many so called professional nutritionists out there will try...

Pros: Loose weight easy, can eat the foods you love.
Cons: Long term affects.

The "Revolutionary" Atkins diet is among the "New get thin quick while eating your favorites diets. The basis of the diet relies on eliminates all carbohydrates for your diet. Carbohydrates are the bodies main source of energy. The diet...

Pros: You will never go hungry.
Cons: You can quickly gain the weight back if your don't stick with the program.

I consider Dr. Atkin's Diet to be the best diet out in the market. His book is extraordinary. Dr. Atkin's book is very thorough. He explains how to be successful with this diet by helping you understand how carbohydrates work in your body. I read...

Pros: You'll probably lose weight
Cons: You may lose your health

In high school from '69-72, I was very serious about sports and trained with the U.S. Olympic team for white-water kayaking. I also competed all over the Western U.S. in bicycling. Our coaches had us on very strict diets that prohibited what they...

Pros: The whole idea of this sounded too good to be true.
Cons: Too much beef!

Atkins Diet

The concept of this diet is that by nearly eliminating all carbohydrates, you will lose weight. The first thing your body burns is carbs, so in the absence of those carbs, your body will burn stored fat. The more processed a food...

Pros: Meat, Chicken, Fish, Eggs, Cheese...
Cons: no tortilla chips, french-fries, Reese's peanut butter cups....

This book is an instruction manual to care for your body. I started reading and using this book because I wanted to loose weight but I have gotten so much more out of it than just the benefit of weight-loss.

The information given on eating...

Pros: you can lose weight rapidly on atkins diet
Cons: you will have some side effects from the diet especially at first, headache, constipation and for some, a thinning of the scalp hair, which also only lasts a short time

Several years ago I bought Dr Atkins book, I glanced at it...said no way..and threw the book away. Two years ago I got on the scales and realized I needed to do something, drastic. I went out and bought Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution, and it changed my...

Pros: Healthy eating, weight lose....
Cons: like any other diet....sticking to it......!

I just received Dr.Atkins diet book the other day and started reading it right away. So far I like what I've read. I'm a type2 Diabetic and was looking for a diet plan that I can follow, and still be able to stay within the guide lines that my doctor had...

Pros: Quick weight loss, lowered my cholesterol, foods taste wonderful again
Cons: I miss breads and pasta

The last week of March I began the Dr. Atkins diet. I had read the book and felt that it was very logical and well thought out. It really spoke to me. After six weeks I went to my doctor for my 6 month blood test and admitted going on the diet without...

Pros: Wow, you can eat lots of fat
Cons: Can be dangerous

I have read many of the epinions on Dr. Atkin's Diet Revolution. I feel compelled to explain why I can't rate them and I hope that you all understand. They are all well written and the enthusiasm is obvious.

I have always been health...

Pros: It really works, give it a try
Cons: Must adapt to your taste and life style

I have been on a simplified Dr. Atkins diet for 8 months. I found this was the only diet I did not get hungry and lost weight fast. I have dropped two sizes, that has been the result of sticking to this diet. You will have to make adjustments to your...

Pros: Well, you'll probably lose weight on this diet
Cons: You won't be healthier on this diet unless you're morbidly obese at the start

I'll be brief. But first of all, you're probably wondering who the heck I am and why I think I know so much. Let me just say I was a bicycle road racer for a lot of years, averaged 200 miles a week for much of that time, and that endurance exercise...

Pros: Very interesting and informative.
Cons: None that I found.

I was the typical skeptic. I had been on every kind of diet program ever shown to me and none of them worked. My husband asked me to read this book and decide if we should give it a try. Well I read the book in one day. It was truly inspiring and...