acctually diets like the atkins that rule out carbs aren't a "fad" diet. we had that diet when we were scavengers and ate only what we killed and could gather from the land and the skeletons of the people from that age were healthier and better then the skepetons from the later years when we started eating grain and sugar. it's acctually very healthy as long as you don't load yourself from fat. it's a lot healthier just eating natural stuff becasue that's what our bodys were made for. of course i'm not on the diet though i know it works because my mom is but i don't go around saying things about it if i don't know anything about it myself...