Yes, Atkins puts a lot of emphasis on meat and proteins and red meat is fine, which is against most of what doctors say these days. My husband explained it to me once because I just couldn't comprehend why it would work...Carbs are the first thing that your body works off, then the protein stuff. If you eliminate the carbs from your diet then whenever you exercise or you do anything to burn off the food you've eaten it's going to start burning off those proteins first if you've skipped the carbs. Both Atkins and South Beach are about eliminating the carbs so that your body will burn off the other foods first. And carbs are what make you hungry, too.
You do have to wonder about Atkins, though. He said that all that red meat was fine for you and all the dairy products, all the high fatty foods were great...but the man died from a heart attack??