Severing the Iranian populace's intertubes would seem to controvert a US intent to destabilize their government and allow dissent to foment, so to posit that the US would benefit from such action makes no sense.
If you follow the diet, not just parts of the diet, it will work for you. Of course if you have any health conditions, you should consult you doc first, but otherwise as long as you get your fiber, vitamins and plenty of water you will not suffer ill effects like the doomsayers above. I lost 30 pounds this summer, and I am starting to eat more carbs now (within reason) and have not gained the weight back. I feel much better, I don't have spike-and-crash metabolism due to excess sugar and starch intake, and to boot I feel more self confident because I'm not a fatass anymore. My girlfriend did the diet with me and she lost 25 pounds- and she looks great. Another friend, who was the embodiment of the morbidly obese hacker, has now lost over 80 pounds since February, and was pretty much the living proof needed to shut me up with my nay-saying and get me on board.
Before your knee jerks to put Atkins down, do some research. If you can't bring yourself to do that, perhaps the reason is that you yourself are looking for excuses to not change your habits and stop being such a fatass.
If a diet works for you, awesome- stick with it. If it doesn't, move on, but don't put it down when so many others are realizing its benefits.
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Severing the Iranian populace's intertubes would seem to controvert a US intent to destabilize their government and allow dissent to foment, so to posit that the US would benefit from such action makes no sense.
If you follow the diet, not just parts of the diet, it will work for you. Of course if you have any health conditions, you should consult you doc first, but otherwise as long as you get your fiber, vitamins and plenty of water you will not suffer ill effects like the doomsayers above. I lost 30 pounds this summer, and I am starting to eat more carbs now (within reason) and have not gained the weight back. I feel much better, I don't have spike-and-crash metabolism due to excess sugar and starch intake, and to boot I feel more self confident because I'm not a fatass anymore. My girlfriend did the diet with me and she lost 25 pounds- and she looks great. Another friend, who was the embodiment of the morbidly obese hacker, has now lost over 80 pounds since February, and was pretty much the living proof needed to shut me up with my nay-saying and get me on board.
Before your knee jerks to put Atkins down, do some research. If you can't bring yourself to do that, perhaps the reason is that you yourself are looking for excuses to not change your habits and stop being such a fatass.
If a diet works for you, awesome- stick with it. If it doesn't, move on, but don't put it down when so many others are realizing its benefits.