Just spent the afternoon sprawled out on my sofa watching Horizon have an examination of the Atkins Diet. Nothing is completely certain from it, but the overall results seem to indicate that the make up of the diet act as an appetite suppressor. In particular, protein may be what does the trick.
Eat more protein? Well maybe, but there are other side effects, and not a great deal of these have been properly examined if the Horizon evidence is anything to go by. Interesting research nonetheless.
I don’t see myself cutting out carbohydrates completely from my diet anytime soon. If my ancestors survived off a carbohydrate full diet years ago, yet didn’t have the weight problems that our generation has, then I’m inclined to believe that there are other factors at work.