marengo wrote:

It's surreal to me because when I started Atkins three years ago it was
anathema. When someone was on a low-carb diet, it was right up there on the
"top-ten-list-of-things-you-want-to-keep-secret" just ahead of cocaine
addiction, child molestation, wife beating, embezzlement and cross-dressing.

I feel constrained to point out that cross-dressing is nowhere near as
serious and negative as the other things in your list.

But with all the positive publicity in the past few months, Atkins has
seemingly been "outed" and is becoming mainstream.

That's true. Lately more people are open about it. I frequently meet
other happy LCers. Maybe it's just becoming more popular.