Change Is GoodIn its almost forty-year evolution, the Atkins Diet has seen a number of modifications reflecting emerging nutritional science. This book reflects the latest thinking on the diet and nutrition and introduces several significant changes, including:• A daily requirement of a substantial amount of high-fiber “foundation vegetables.”• An easy way to reduce or eliminate symptoms that sometimes accompany the initial conversion to a low-carb approach.• Ways to smooth the transition from one phase to the next, ensuring the gradual and natural adoption of healthy, permanent eating habits.• Detailed advice on how to maintain weight loss, including a choice of two paths in Phase 4, Lifetime Maintenance.• The ability to customize the program to individual needs, including variations for vegetarians and vegans.• An understanding that we eat many of our meals outside the home with detailed suggestions on how to strategize and what to eat on the road, in fast-food places, or in different kinds of restaurants.The book is full of other small but significant updates, again based on recent research. For example, we now know that consuming caffeine in moderation actually modestly assists fat burning. So your eight daily cups of fluid can include some coffee and other beverages in addition to water.Simplicity, versatility, and sustainability are essential for any dietary program to succeed—long term. Atkins meets all three challenges.