I just got my bloodwork in the mail yesterday with a note from my doctor saying keep doing what you are doing. I can't wait to tell her I've been eating Atkins for the last 4 months when I go in next week. I've lost weight but I don't know the pounds, I go by size change and I have lost several of those. The reason medical people give for slamming Atkins is the negative effect on blood lipids that eating all that fat is supposed to have. Well you certainly can't say that about my results:

Cholestral was 212 now 164
HDL was 68 now 67
LDL was 109 now 70
Trig was 175 now 135


I do take meds for cholestral but they haven't changed, just my diet. I've been on meds for over 12 years. We won't talk about what they were off meds... except to say there were very very alarming. Maybe I could even get off of them! Now that would be a biggie.