Fantastic Atkins article!

[Rhonda]

Maybe this has already been posted - but this is a recent article from CBS News about the Atkins diet:
Was Atkins Right After All?

 

[nativetxn]

Thanks Rhonda, that was really interesting. Especially this part:

They do so without seeming to drive up their risk of heart disease. Rather than going kaflooey, their cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure and ominous bloodstream inflammation generally improve, perhaps even more than on the standard diet.

and this:

The American Medical Association set that tone a year after the book, "Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution," came out in 1972. Its sarcastically worded critique dismissed the diet as "potentially dangerous." It called its scientific underpinning "naive" and "biochemically incorrect." And it scolded book publishers for promoting "bizarre concepts of nutrition and dieting."

It amazes me that there are still dietitians, nutritionists, physicians and nurses who believe that too. I know I let that prejudice stop me from trying Atkins for a long time, unfortunately