The fact that doctors are seeing mixed blood work results from those on the Atkins diet proves what I'm gradually concluding in my own mind: different things work for different people.

It's the same reason that my husband's grandfather ate bacon & eggs and a host of other high fat, high cholesterol foods and lived to be in his 90's but my grandfather died of a heart attack at the age of 45.

Is anyone else confused about what to eat? I've done hours of research and have found testimonies and studies that tell the adverse effects of high protein diets. I've also found the same supporting high protein diets.

I've experimented with my own diet and have found that exercise coupled with a reduced intake of calories from all food groups results in weight loss for me. There is no magic formula. Therer are many ways to lose weight (including starvation), but weight loss is not always a sign that the method is healthy and good.

So who do you believe?