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04-18-2003, 09:39 AM
I think this was the one Webfater and some others were on... Diet didn't kill him though, was a combination of gravity and ice...
From MSNBC http://www.msnbc.com/news/901572.asp?0cv=HA01
Diet doctor Robert Atkins dies
April 17 — Dr. Robert C. Atkins, whose best-selling low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet was dismissed as nutritional folly for years but was recently validated in some research, died Thursday, his spokesman said. He was 72.
Atkins died at New York Weill-Cornell Medical Center and was surrounded by his wife and close friends, said Richard Rothstein, his spokesman.
Atkins had suffered a severe head injury April 8 after falling on an icy sidewalk while walking to work. He underwent surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain, Rothstein said.
PROMOTED HIGH-PROTEIN DIET
Atkins promoted a low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet. Nutritionists had rejected it for years, but it was recently validated in some research.
Atkins first advocated his unorthodox weight-loss plan - which emphasizes meat, eggs and cheese and discourages bread, rice and fruit - in his 1972 book, “Dr. Atkins’ Diet Revolution.”
Its publication came at a time when the medical establishment was encouraging a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet. The following year, the American Medical Association dismissed Atkins’ diet as nutritional folly and Congress summoned him to Capitol Hill to defend the plan.
Labeling it “potentially dangerous,” the AMA said the diet’s scientific underpinning was “naive” and “biochemically incorrect.” It scolded the book’s publishers for promoting “bizarre concepts of nutrition and dieting.”
Despite this criticism, his books sold 15 million copies, and millions of people tried the diet. Atkins’ philosophy enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s with “Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution,” which sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and spent five years on The New York Times best-seller list. His most recent book, “Atkins for Life,” has been on the Times’ best-seller list since its release in January.
In an interview published this month in Business 2.0 magazine, Atkins said he was always able to deal with the criticism because of his unflagging belief in the diet.
“I want to eradicate obesity and diabetes,” Atkins said. “I believe God wants me to do that.”
“Why would I give up?” Atkins asked. “I’m on the verge of succeeding.”
But criticism of the diet lingered, with many arguing that it could affect kidney function, raise cholesterol levels and deprive the dieter of important nutrients.
Atkins said no study showed that people with normal kidney function developed problems because of a high-protein diet, and he never gave in to his detractors.
Defending his plan at the American Dietetic Association’s convention in 2000, Atkins quipped, “I’m very happy to be here. Not as happy as Daniel in the lion’s den.”
RESEARCH VALIDATED HIS APPROACH
This year, his approach was vindicated in part by the very medical community that scorned him. In February, some half-dozen studies showed that people on the Atkins diet lost weight without compromising their health. The studies showed that Atkins dieters’ cardiovascular risk factors and overall cholesterol profiles changed for the better.
Still, many of the researchers were reluctant to recommend the Atkins diet, saying a large new study now under way could settle lingering questions of its long-term effects.
From MSNBC http://www.msnbc.com/news/901572.asp?0cv=HA01
Diet doctor Robert Atkins dies
April 17 — Dr. Robert C. Atkins, whose best-selling low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet was dismissed as nutritional folly for years but was recently validated in some research, died Thursday, his spokesman said. He was 72.
Atkins died at New York Weill-Cornell Medical Center and was surrounded by his wife and close friends, said Richard Rothstein, his spokesman.
Atkins had suffered a severe head injury April 8 after falling on an icy sidewalk while walking to work. He underwent surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain, Rothstein said.
PROMOTED HIGH-PROTEIN DIET
Atkins promoted a low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet. Nutritionists had rejected it for years, but it was recently validated in some research.
Atkins first advocated his unorthodox weight-loss plan - which emphasizes meat, eggs and cheese and discourages bread, rice and fruit - in his 1972 book, “Dr. Atkins’ Diet Revolution.”
Its publication came at a time when the medical establishment was encouraging a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet. The following year, the American Medical Association dismissed Atkins’ diet as nutritional folly and Congress summoned him to Capitol Hill to defend the plan.
Labeling it “potentially dangerous,” the AMA said the diet’s scientific underpinning was “naive” and “biochemically incorrect.” It scolded the book’s publishers for promoting “bizarre concepts of nutrition and dieting.”
Despite this criticism, his books sold 15 million copies, and millions of people tried the diet. Atkins’ philosophy enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s with “Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution,” which sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and spent five years on The New York Times best-seller list. His most recent book, “Atkins for Life,” has been on the Times’ best-seller list since its release in January.
In an interview published this month in Business 2.0 magazine, Atkins said he was always able to deal with the criticism because of his unflagging belief in the diet.
“I want to eradicate obesity and diabetes,” Atkins said. “I believe God wants me to do that.”
“Why would I give up?” Atkins asked. “I’m on the verge of succeeding.”
But criticism of the diet lingered, with many arguing that it could affect kidney function, raise cholesterol levels and deprive the dieter of important nutrients.
Atkins said no study showed that people with normal kidney function developed problems because of a high-protein diet, and he never gave in to his detractors.
Defending his plan at the American Dietetic Association’s convention in 2000, Atkins quipped, “I’m very happy to be here. Not as happy as Daniel in the lion’s den.”
RESEARCH VALIDATED HIS APPROACH
This year, his approach was vindicated in part by the very medical community that scorned him. In February, some half-dozen studies showed that people on the Atkins diet lost weight without compromising their health. The studies showed that Atkins dieters’ cardiovascular risk factors and overall cholesterol profiles changed for the better.
Still, many of the researchers were reluctant to recommend the Atkins diet, saying a large new study now under way could settle lingering questions of its long-term effects.