The Atkins Diet has been around for a long time now. The Protein Power Plan is the one DH and I are doing; it is a modified version of Atkins. We can have up to 10 carbs a meal along with our minimum protein requirements which you figure from a equation chart the book has. We stay away from flour (white especially), potatoes (I bake potatoes, take out the pulp except for about 1/4 along the sides, butter and call them potato skins. Use butter and some non transfat margarines. We eat green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini as our other vegetables along with lots of salads which I love. I love cheesecake so make these using several varietions I have picked up on the LowCarb Friends site. I use Splenda, 1/3 less fat cream cheese, sour cream and for cream I use Hood's Carb Countdown milk which is really rich tasting. I love the Chocolate flavor. DH has cereal most mornings using Special K low carb variety with the Hood's milk. Atkins has a cereal I like Morning Start Crunchy Almond Crisp. I buy the Special K at Wal-Mart but most of the Atkin's stuff I can find at Big Lot's, etc for lot's less money!! Found a Total Protein Low Carb cereal when I was at Big Lot's Tuesday along with Atkins corn muffin mix which I will need as it is getting cooler weather and soup time. I am waiting for someone to come along with a good low carb cracker!!! We eat pork cutlets, talapia fish, tuna, salmon or beef and chicken in some form most midday and evening meals along with a vegetable and salad. No bread except for some low carb I keep for french toast, regular toast and a sandwich now and then. If we can't have the real thing we can do with out bread easily. I have done Weight Watcher's, TOPS, Protein Power Plan in the past and the programs are as good as the person using them. If you stick with the guidelines they are all going to work. Doing PP/low carb is sure easier now that it was 5 years ago when we were on it due to all the low carb options now when you go to the grocery store-- but not all of the low carb options are that great-- taste wise. We are better off sticking to the basics but if you can't have the "real deal" the low carb items out there help. I switched from WW to PP because DH is diabetic and wanted to try to get his blood levels back in line--it really helped when we were on it 5 years ago but we slowly drifted off and his sugar levels drifted back up along with both of our cholesterol and trigliceride levels. He is on Lipitor which I sure hope he can get off of--don't like the side effects of most meds. Exercise, Water and Portion Control are stressed on PP as well as most other programs I have been on and is a real Key to success! Susy/Missouri

That's sad. I didn't know about him and his research, but I'll look into it. Dr. Atkins died of a head injury, too. His work attracted a lot of controversy, but I think he made an important contribution. A start, at least. He was my physician in NYC.

Sorry, I just buy the no sugar brands on the market. They are fair.

HH, I'm confused. I thought maybe I'd responded to something you said earlier in the thread, but I see not. I didn't watch the video. I'm not agreeing with the dr.'s programs, just generally agreeing with the thought of low carbs. As I posted before, I do eat whole grains. I don't (or try not to!!! It's hard!) eat alot of the "white" stuff. White bread, white potatoes, white flour, sugar, etc. I am not a big meat eater myself but I do eat chicken (breasts), some cuts of pork, and lean beef. Beef only occasionally though. They are not the main focus of my diet. I eat ALOT of veggies and maybe more fruit than a true low-carb diet - but I never said I eat low-carb, just cut out the bad carbs (again - try as I am a sweet lover!!!). I don't severely limit fruits and veggies. I get fiber from grains, fruits and veggies. I also eat nuts, although not daily, popcorn, sometimes flaxseed added to dishes, etc. I think I'm getting enough fiber. What I probably should cut down on a bit is dairy, cheese specifically. We did that a while back as my hubby's cholesterol was creeping up. We cut back, his numbers fell. We've probably gotten a little lax on that. Ha - I see I had a typo in my response earlier. REVERSING diabetes as someone mentioned above is what I meant. I cannot say what works for everyone, nor am I trying to, just what makes me feel better. I wish I was a bit more strict!