How to Make It. 1  Pour boiling water over tea bags, sugar, and lemon zest in a large bowl. Stir until sugar is dissolved; cover and steep 5 minutes. 2  Pour mixture through a fine wire-mesh strainer into a large pitcher, discarding tea bags and zest. Stir in 4 cups cold water and next 2 ingredients.
Counting Carbs in Alcohol. The problem with drinking alcohol on the Atkins diet is that alcohol contains around 7 calories per gram, compared to 4 calories per gram in good carbohydrates. The calories in alcohol nearly rival the calories found in fat, which contains about 9 calories per gram.
Atkins recommends that you not drink diet soda during Induction, but if you must, use only the ones that are sweetened with sucralose (Splenda), such as Diet Rite. Diet Coke is sweetened with aspartame, which is pretty bad stuff, it messes with your metabolism and can stall some people.