Telling people you are on the Atkins diet can start a real argument. Usually involving how it will kill me. So I don't tell them anything. I just watch them getting fatter and fatter, being sick, often, and eat what I eat with no apologies. People's conception of the Atkins diet is derived from the media. I got so mad last week when Katie Couric was interviewing Dr. Atkins that I had to turn off the TV. Why did they feel it is necessary to show hugh pans of bacon and grills full of hamburgers/hot dogs over and over while they were talking to him?? Anyone that doesn't understand Atkins think vegetables never cross your lips and that you drink butter to wash down two lbs. of bacon! I also use coconut oil, coconut milk, and eat fresh coconut. THAT reallly gets people crazy!!

GrannieKat