Society is in constant evaluation of themselves with the way they look, size of clothes they wear, and overall appearance. The "style" today is to be thin, with a firm stomach and tight skin. However, more and more people are becoming over-weight and even obese these days. People have been experimenting with many different kinds of diets to achieve this look for a long time. One of these diets is the Atkins diet, which is by far the most popular way of dieting now. This diet is not recommended and has major side effects which are worse than being over-weight.
             Low carbohydrate (carb) dieting was first invented in the 1800's, with people eating large amounts of protein to loose weight. Throughout many years the diet faded out with people trying new ways to loose weight. In the 1970 's, a man named Dr. Robert C. Atkins published a book on low carb diets, called Dr. Atkins diet Revolution. His diet promised "not only will you lose weight - and not be hungry - with a low carbohydrate diet, but you will be on your way to better heart health and memory function, that has helped millions lose weight and keep it off.." (Grayson) However, it seems many different diets "promise" the same things, loosing weight, getting healthy and feeling better. So what makes this diet so special, that it has become the most popular of diets? Immediate results, because on this diet, the body looses the most weight within the first
             two weeks. Based on the theory that overweight people eat to many carbohydrates, by
             drastically reducing these carbs and eating more protein and fat, causes the body to lose fluids and burn stored body fat. Thus making a significant drop in weight, over a short period of time.
             Another reason many like this diet best, is because it allows them to eat foods that many other dieters have only dreamed about. The only restriction is the kind of food allowed. Essentially th...