Hence me saying it works for some people . People with specific dietary needs will benefit from it . I didn ' t get on at all with a low carb diet , I felt sluggish and tired and it was really difficult to find meals that worked I hate nuts and can ' t eat much dairy definitely didn ' t help . When we find something that works for us , we can be a little excited and tend to think it ' s something magic . Atkins was hated by doctors , not because it didn ' t work , but because it had people becomming unhealthy . I remember it well , everyone was doing it . For example , bacon often has a lot of sodium in it , which is not a healthy thing . Of course if done properly it will work for some , but it ' s not the magic cure all some people think of it as being .