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Dr. Miriam Nelson of Tufts weighs in (doh!) on Atkins. I tend to believe her.
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Me too.
Excess protein is converted into enzymes which tend to destroy nutrient stores in the body and do other undesireable things.
Also, on the subject of high-fructose corn syrup ("HFCS"), there is are two interesting studies about it. One traces the first instance of the spike in the percentage of obese Americans to 1971 - the first year HFCS was introduced into the food supply.
Secondly HFCS seems to have the ability to bypass (or suppress) that part of the brain that signals "I'm full." Basically, the study showed that one could eat a hell of a lot more food when also consuming a coke sweetened with HFCS than one can eat with a coke sweetened with sugar.
And I'll be damned if I understand how a diet that throws the warnings about saturated fat out the window makes any sense. How is having bacon grease globules slogging through one's arteries supposed to be not unhealthy?
To me, a healthy diet is complex carbs (the more complex the better), low-fat protien (fish (I eat a ton of canned tuna and salmon), chicken (skinless but not boneless), beans & rice, etc.) veggies and fruit. Basically, avoid simple carbs (turns to sugar immediately), avoid sat fat and avoid HFCS (switch to Gatorade or water and consider green tea over coffee+cream- tea has caffeine too - esp green.).