Please note that on the Atkins diet you can eat some of the best foods on earth. See the Acceptable Foods Lists to find out more. Your personal maintenance regimen will be regulated by your carbohydrate threshold, which in turn is a result of your metabolism and your activity level. Younger people and men tend to have higher metabolisms than older people and women. If you have a high carbohydrate threshold and do some kind of physical activity/exercise on a regular basis, you may be able to regularly eat starchy vegetables, beans and other legumes, whole grains and fruit in moderation. On the other hand, if you have a low-carb threshold and are not very active, you may have to limit some of these foods. In either case, your nutrition program will continue to stress whole foods and avoid sugar, white flour, hydrogenated fats and many processed foods.