23-01-2004, 07:12 PM
IMO to suggest that Dr Atkins "could" have been suffering from high cholesterol is speculative sensationalism at it's worst. It is obvious that such a high profile person as he, would have had a major autopsy and results of this would have been made public very very quickly if there was any connection between his diet and his death.
It does not necessarily follow that if someone suffers from blood clots that he/she has high cholesterol. There are any number of reasons why this could happen, high cholesterol being only one of those reasons.
Don't you feel that it is irresponsible for doctors to put children - average age 5.2 years, suffering from seizures and NOT obesity (which is what the diet is for) onto a high protein, Atkins type diet? If a person has no fat to burn off, then why go onto the diet? Why put children, who didn't need it onto this diet? Also, it being an Atkins type diet does not mean it was the Atkins diet, as presented in his book, about which we are debating now.
There are so many factual examples now of adults who have benefited from this diet that an example such as the one presented does not hold water I am afraid.
It does not necessarily follow that if someone suffers from blood clots that he/she has high cholesterol. There are any number of reasons why this could happen, high cholesterol being only one of those reasons.
Don't you feel that it is irresponsible for doctors to put children - average age 5.2 years, suffering from seizures and NOT obesity (which is what the diet is for) onto a high protein, Atkins type diet? If a person has no fat to burn off, then why go onto the diet? Why put children, who didn't need it onto this diet? Also, it being an Atkins type diet does not mean it was the Atkins diet, as presented in his book, about which we are debating now.
There are so many factual examples now of adults who have benefited from this diet that an example such as the one presented does not hold water I am afraid.