It's a stupid diet, don't do it. Cutting carbs out of your diet will cause you to lose weight quickly, yes, but it's not a permanent solution.
I did the South Beach diet, which is very similar to atkins, and I had nightmares, mood swings, I was constantly weak and tired, and used to fight with my boyfriend all the time. It wasn't fun, and it makes it impossible to work out because you burn whatever you do it way too fast to do any good.
Carbs are to your body what gasoline is to cars: fuel. Cars don't drive without any gas (including hybrids), and humans can't function right without carbs. It's okay to do if you want to look skinner for, like, a day, but you can't keep it up.
There really aren't any pros to this diet. It's unhealthy and doesn't work on a long term basis.
If you want to lose weight, cut down on junk food, eat small meals every three hours to retrain and speed up your metabolism, and start an exercise regimen. If you want further help doing any of that stuff, please contact me via my column, my site, my email, or my screen name.
-Siren =)

Thank you so much. I didn't know anything about the diet, and I wanted to check before I try something like that.
Now I know :)

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