Net Carbs: Okay, left something out about net carbs. Apparently, the Atkins diet also allows you to subtract one gram of carbs for every gram of fiber. Hence the term "net carbs." It's like a math equation.

And that makes a little bit of sense to me. There isn't an actual 1 to 1 ratio between fiber and carb consumption like that, but it will mean that people eat more fiber, and that the actual number of carbs being eaten is larger than reported, and therefore closer to being healthy.