[lmm]

> Atkins doesn't say that, at all

The meme version of it does, and their official website gets pretty close - fat is unrestricted, it's fine to eat as much fat as you have an appetite for, it's fine if a large proportion of your calorie intake is saturated fat. I guess "to excess" is subjective, but Atkins certainly says that fat consumption levels that respected medical authorities say are dangerous are fine.

[DrFalkyn]

Atkins theory was if people restricted their carb intake they would naturally eat a lot less calories. Because counting calories is difficult, the easier thing to do was just restrict foods to ones that were low in carbs