high protien can be hard on your kidneys
high fat not so good for your heart and arteries- if you have had a heart attack , I'd be more careful.
But the numbers from atkins - are % numbers - not fat grams numbers.
Lots of people end up eating less calories on Atkins, so of couse the % numbers look high. That's my theory anyway.
Even in the later stages - Atkins aims for meals of less than 15 grams of charbohydrates. But - 3 half cup servings of vegetables are about 15 grams of carbohydrates. So think about it - a bit more protien /fat ( maybe 6 onces instead of 4) than average plus 1 and 1/2 cups of veggies - you have a large volume o f food on your plate. 1 serving of fruit - 15 grams of carbohydrate. -- so Turkey sausage and fruit cup for breakfast ( this is the later stages)
what you have really given up is bread, or potatoes,or rice.
for me - I learned that I don't need a traditional starch with every meal - and that only haveing half a baked potato at dinner means there is half a baked potato for lunch or breakfast.
I am never giving up potatoes. or fruit. or pasta.
but I eat a lot less of them