Dukan diet from France sounds a bit like the Atkins diet

The Dukan diet (think “protein”) is making a splash on this side of the pond after apparently taking France by storm. As Americans are always looking to the French -- though they won’t admit it -- on how to live and look better, let’s take a look.At first glance, the diet seems both familiar and strange. The Dukan diet, as with the more established Atkins diet, emphasizes a high-protein, low-carb approach in the beginning. The former was created by French physician Pierre Dukan; the other by American physician Robert Atkins.The diet includes four steps, or phases, and you are warned not to take them out of order. Here are the Dukan Diet phases in a nutshell:--Attack phase: Eating only pure proteins in lean meats, lean cured meats, seafood, eggs, fat-free dairy products;
--Weight loss phase: Add vegetables to the protein choices;
--Stabilization phase: Add fruit, bread, cheese and even pasta; and
-- Eat whatever you want, whenever you want. You’ll never be fat again.Of course there are books and other materials about this diet to buy. Here's an excerpt