I see someone else has bought into the sugar companies' campaign to convince people that fat is the culprit. But the Adkins diet is based on the principle of using dense high fat foods to lose weight.
I'm not buying into anything. I've done a Keto diet for the last couple years and frankly after lots of experimentation I'm not a huge believer in the Atkins/Keto diet. The water weight shed in the first 1-2 weeks cutting carbs is what gives folks the encouragement that they're losing "weight" faster. After that, it's the same long slog of weight loss seen in a caloric deficit on any other diet. And depending on how low your carb consumption is, the diet itself can yield low blood sugar, carb cravings and binge eating.
The ONLY time I get overwhelming sugar cravings is when I'm on Keto/Atkins.
That said, I think it's effectiveness for those that are obese is that it forces them out of the binge-crash cycle of sugar consumption that drives folks into weight gain.
In the end, a calorie is a calorie. I've seen people gain tons of body fat consuming too much protein via whey shakes. All I'm saying is that there are over double the calories in a gram of fat than a gram of sugar. Why do you think people around here with the most profound results are chugging heavy cream?
