Ahhh, stealing from the bones. OK, now we are getting somewhere. Thanks! No I will not be going back to the Atkins diet. This was before I became enlightened to deeper health truths. In my spirit I knew it was wrong for me, that is why I quit even though outwardly everything seemed well at the time. But do you have any understanding of why the MS symptoms hit exactly the first week I started the vegetarian diet? Do you think my blood sugar went crazy after a year being sugarfree? I agree the acidifying Atkins diet was the culprit of my health decline. This was 6 years ago and I'm no longer a strict vegetarian, I do eat some lighter meats and I am staying pH balanced but it took a long time to rebuild to be able to stay balanced. Now I know why it took so long. Thanks. 48124