I'm about to start Atkins for the first time and I've a
question about the carbs allowance.  I'm reading the UK
edition of "Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution".

As far as I can see, rule 3 of the "Rules of Induction"
(page 123) is confusing and ambiguous.

On the one hand, the rule says:

   "Eat no more than 20 grams a day of carbohydrate,..."

but it also says:

   "You can eat approximately 250g ... of salad..."

Q1: Well, which is it - 20g or 250g?  (Note, it doesn't
   say "You can *also* eat approximately 250g...of salad").
   The title of the recipe on page 133 suggests that
   the 20g is correct, but the recipe *content* could
   mean that it's both.

If it *is* both, then perhaps the 20g was really meant to
mean "20g of non-salad carbs".  But that can't be right because
it says of that 20g:

   "most of [it] must come in the form of salad greens
    and other vegetables"

That's confusing because "salad" and "other vegetables" are
precisely the terms used to describe the 250g block of veggies.  
So:

Q2: If it is both - i.e. if the 250g of salad (or 170g salad
   plus 80g other) is in addition to the 20g - then how exactly
   is the 20g made up?
   
And:

Q3: What does "most of which" mean - half, 90%, what?

Overall, I'd say this is a pretty bad start for this Atkins bloke.  
I mean, isn't the level of carbs one of the *core* aspects of his
program?  Isn't getting that level sufficiently low a *vital*
component?  Good grief, if he can't get such a crucial part
of his ideas down in clear and simple terms, it doesn't
bode well for his science and logic.

(That said, I'm still gonna try it :-)

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